Grandma Garner

Merintha Mae Blacker Garner passed quietly away in her sleep on April 25, 2009, after suffering a massive stroke two days earlier. If anyone gets a ticket straight into heaven, she will; for a better person has never lived on this earth. She loved unconditionally. She bore widowhood (15+ years), blindness, deafness, loss of her physical body, and pain without complaining. If ever she was inclined to complain, she'd say, "Now, Merintha, count your blessings." And that would be the end of it. I love that dear woman. She has set a perfect example of how I want to be.