Happy Birthday to our mom, Pearlena Hay Bell. April 30, 1919 - August 19, 1979 We love and miss you! Mama loved this song. We loved to watch her enjoy it.
SPECIAL TRIBUTE FROM URSULA
THE OTHER THING I MISS AND WISH THEY COULD HAVE SEEN WAS THE HOUSE. I WISH IT NEVER BURNED AND OUR FAMILY STILL OWNED THE LAND. I WISH THE KIDS COULD HAVE SEEN THE WALLS AND THE WALLPAPER. THE OLD STOVE IN THE BACK ROOM. THE SIDE PORCH WHERE WE USE TO TAKE A BATH. THE PICS ON THE WALL BY THE FRONT DOOR OF DADDY'S DADDY, AND REMEMBER THE COUCH ON THE LEFT WHEN U WALKED IN A PICTURE OF KARL AS A MAIL MAN. THEN THE FIRST ROOM TO THE LEFT WHERE THERE WERE SUITCASES FULL OF OLD CLOTHES UNDER THE BEDS. THE BEDS WITH THE NOISY PLASTIC UNDER THEM. THE OLD CHAIRS IN THE KITCHEN THAT WERE MADE OF SOME KIND OF ANIMAL HIDE. REMEMBER THE OLD WOOD BURNING STOVE IN THE BACK BY THOMAS' ROOM. HE LET ME DRIVE THE TRUCK BACK THERE WHEN I WAS LIKE 8 OR 9. I SMASHED SOME WATERMELONS IN THE GARDEN. I LOVED IT. I REMEMBER TAKING A BATH ON THE SIDE PORCH IN A BIG TIN PAN. THERE WAS A SHEET OR CURTAIN HUNG ON THE BACK PORCH TO COVER US. I REMEMBER GETTING WATER FROM THE WELL WHEN I WAS REALLY SMALL. I REMEMBER THE TREE IN THE FRONT THAT WE SAT UNDER WITH MAMA IN HER HOSPITAL BED SINGING NEXT TO THE RED CAR AND RIKKI'S FAST WHITE CAR. I REMEMBER EVERYONE WHO DROVE BY WAVED. SOME STOPPED BY WHEN THEY SAW US OUT-OF-STATERS. I REMEMBER MAMA ASKED ME TO CHEW A PIECE OF GUM FOR HER THEN GIVE IT TO HER. SHE WANTED ME TO GET ALL THE SUGAR OUT OF IT. SOMEONE CAUGHT ME AND I GOT IN TROUBLE BAD. I THINK IT WAS WALLACE. I DIDN'T CARE THOUGH CAUSE SHE WAS HAPPY I GAVE HER THE GUM. AS LONG AS SHE WAS HAPPY AND I HELPED MAKE HER SMILE I WAS FINE. NO AMOUNT OF TROUBLE WOULD HAVE MADE ME REGRET HELPING HER OUT. WE SAT IN THE YARD DOING NOTHING AND WERE HAPPY TO DO IT. I REMEMBER I USE TO WALK FROM MY OTHER GRANDPARENTS HOUSE DOWN TO THE HOUSE. I WANTED TO SEE HER SO BAD. THERE WERE SO MANY KIDS AT THE PITTS THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T REALIZE I LEFT. MAMA WOULD GIVE ME SODA WATER AND A STAGE PLANK. ONCE SHE GAVE ME A FOOD STAMP TO GO BUY A CINNAMON BUN AT MOON'S OR JR. PALMER'S. THE BIG ONES AND A SODA WATER. I WAS IN HEAVEN. I AM SO SO THANKFUL I WAS ABLE TO MEET AND KNOW HER. I AM THANKFUL THAT SHE LOVED ME LIKE SHE DID AND ALWAYS MADE ME FEEL HAPPY TO BE NEAR HER. SHE WAS A GREAT, LOVING SWEET GRANDMA. SHE WAS TRULY SWEET IN EVERY WAY AND I NEVER SAW HER MAD, OR ANGRY. WELL I DID SEE HER UPSET ONCE WHEN RIKKI WAS UP AND DOWN THE ROAD IN THAT HOT NEW CAR SPEEDING IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE. SHE LOOKS SO MUCH LIKE HER. I JUST REALIZED THAT. I AM A BLESSED GRANDCHILD. I AM BLESSED BECAUSE I KNEW HER, LOVED HER AND KNEW HOW MUCH SHE LOVED ME. THANK GOD I HAD THAT EXPERIENCE IN MY LIFE. I LOVE U MOMMA PEARL.
