I miss you Anita

I knew Anita and her family when we were both students at Berry. She was a wonderful person and I am saddened to learn that she is no longer with us.

ANITA WENT TO MONTEVALLO LIKE A FEW OF US DID. HER GOOD FRIEND WAS SIDNEY PARKER.SHE WAS  INVOLVED WITH THE YOUNG REPUBLICAN PARTY.SHE wore BLUE JEANS TO CLASSES BEFORE US OTHER GIRLS DID.IT WAS NOT ALWAYS ALLOWED;THE DRESS CODE CHANGED.SHE GOT TO WEAR THOSE BECAUSE OF HER ARTHRITIS.SHE NONCHALANT WOULD BE A GOOD WORD TO DESCRIBE HER; SHE WAS aLWAYS STUDYING.EVERY NIGHT....I MISS HER SWEETNESS AND KINDNESS.I CAN SEE HER IN MY MIND'S EYE- WALKING,GOING TO CLASSES.ALWAYS HAD A BIG SMILE FOR PEOPLE> SHE WAS REAL EASY GOING. HER OTHER FRIENDS AT MONTEVALLO WERE MELIOUX CLOPTON AND LINDA WEATHERINGTON.THEY MIGHT HAVE LIVED NEXT DOOR TO EACH OTHER> WE HAD FUNN{IN THE MAIN DORM} SHE MADE BEING THERE VERY ENJOYABLE_ A LOVELY PERSON. I LIKED HER STRAWBERRY RED HAIR...SEE YOU>>>>>

After college, Anita and I lived next door to each other onSouthside.  Our apartment decks abutted.  In the evenings,when the weather was warm, we would drink beer, sit on our decks and solve the problems of the world.  Anita had anincredible inner peace.  She left us far too soon.

I did not know that Anita was gone. I had known Anita since childhood. She was a good friend and a great band buddy. We had a lot of fun on trips, during hours and hours of band practice and band contests. We had a special bond because we both lost our mothers while we were in high school.