In Memory Of Brandi - March 2000

brandi in a sunrise

REBIRTH

written with LOVE by Linda <Hugsrme143@aol.com>

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Lovely Butterfly, sailing in the breeze,

Kissing dainty flowers, dancing in the trees.

What message do you bring me

From Angel's wings above?

Your death and resurrection is written in God's Love.

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Lowly little worm, crawling on the earth

Little do you know of Heaven and rebirth.

But you will be a symbol, and someday you will fly,

And spread God's message everywhere,

That nothing truly dies.

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Lovely Butterfly, Go forth without a care,

Spreading Hope and Joy, never dark despair.....

For once you crawled along, and stumbled just like me,

But God has kept His Promise,

And His Love has set you free.


My dearest Dvarna, Everyone in the angel chat has been thinking of you and wishing you LOVE and PEACE in your

heart. We all thank God for bringing us together in Spirit.    May we always feel with each other and know when the other is in need of a spiritual uplift. This is a poem I wrote years ago, and my mother loved it so much, she wanted me to read it at her passing. My mother died of cancer two years ago and we all flew to Boston to take care of her. We spent three months together loving and sharing with her and her passing was very spiritual and uplifting and I recited this poem at the gravesite and we sent off real butterflies at the same time. It was so inspiring and spiritually uplifting that everyone there cried and said theynever felt closer to God and feared death no more. My mother was a great woman of love and beauty and spiritual living. I would like to send this poem to you for Brandi. I hope it brings you and the family the peace and love you so deserve. God Bless you all and may you know all the online angels love you so dearly and share with me in this tribute to your own dear sweet angel Brandi.

 - with LOVE by Linda

My Angel Will be There

{ Written by Joy , May 1999 }

Each time you see the tree tops swaying,

That will be me waving at you there;

In every brush of the wind on your cheek,

Will be my loving caress dear.

In every song the birds shall sing,

Will be a greeting or lullabye;

In each raindrop that gently falls,

Will be a teardrop that we have cried.

In every rainbow that shall appear...

Love, hope and joy it will shower;

The wonderous beauty in what we've known,

Will be remembered in each blooming flower.

You see, no matter where you look,

Especailly to thine own heart;

My Angel will be there,

So that we shall never be apart.

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Dear Dvarna... Although I haven't had the pleasure of knowing you yet, I hope you will accept this poem of mine as a gift to you, from my  heart to yours. I too am a Mother and have a beautiful young daughter, I feel your pain and loss. I initially  wrote this poem for my loved ones in the event of my passing, but when Angel Hugsrme asked me to help her put this tribute together and as I looked into the lovely eyes of your sweet Brandi...I immediately thought of my poem and somehow I felt as though , if she could, she would want to say the very same things to you and her husband and her precious children. I pray you'll find these words to comfort you somehow.

As well, I pray you feel all of our loving thoughts and healing prayers as we try to help lift the heaviness from your heart.

God be with you, blessing you and your family ever so abundantly with greater love and peace with each new day. With Love, hugs and friendship to you .... Joy

{ JjB4real@aol.com}

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The Macon Telegraph

02-23-00   Macon woman killed in I-75 wreck     By Cara Donlon   

MONROE COUNTY - A Macon woman died Tuesday morning in a car wreck on Interstate 75 just north of Forsyth.

Monroe County sheriff's officials said Brandi Parker, 27, was pronounced dead on the scene. The early morning accident is still under investigation. Sheriff's officials would not release any further information.

Brandi Parker was the wife of Macon-Bibb firefighter Pvt. Randy Parker Jr., who is based out of Station No. 2 on Monroe Street.

Services will be held Friday at Mabel White Memorial Baptist Church and family and friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Snow's Memorial Chapel on Pio Nono Avenue. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the American Cancer Society.


02-24-00  MONROE COUNTY   Deputies release wreck information

Monroe County deputies have released some details about a wreck that killed a Macon woman.

Brandi Parker, 27, was killed just north of Forsyth on Interstate 75 early Tuesday. Officials said Parker was involved in a one-car wreck, and after her 1996 Ford Taurus settled, a tractor trailer leaving a weigh station struck it. The truck had just re-entered the highway from the weigh station, officials said.

Officials said the fiery wreck is still being investigated.

Parker's husband, Pvt. Randy Parker Jr., is a Macon-Bibb firefighter based at the Monroe Street station.

- Cara Donlon

Brandi Parker

Services for Brandi Varnadore Parker will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Mabel White Memorial Baptist Church with burial in Glen Haven Memorial Gardens. Parker, 27, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2000. A lifelong resident of Macon, she attended Windsor Academy and was a graduate of Southeast High School. She was attending Georgia College & State University and was a homemaker. She was a member of Mabel White Memorial Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband, Randy Parker Jr.; her son, Andrew Parker of Macon; parents, Rayford and Debbie R. Varnadore of Macon; a brother, Nick Varnadore of Macon; grandparents, Millard Reynolds and Willie Varnadore Norris, both of Macon; and stepgrandmother, Edna Reynolds of Macon.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in Snow's Memorial Chapel, Pio Nono Avenue. In lieu of flowers, those who wish may make memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 4406, Macon 31208.


American Cancer Society   http://www.cancer.org/

If you want to make a donation in memory of a deceased family member or friend, the American Cancer Society will send a card to that person's family acknowledging your thoughtful donation. You may add a personalized message to the card. You will receive a card confirming your donation has been received and that a gift card has been sent.

Donating Online Is Easy...

We will ask you for your name and address, the deceased's name, and to whom you want to send a card. After you provide this information, we'll help you fill out the credit card payment information.

Thank you in advance for your contribution to the fight against cancer.

http://www2.cancer.org/donate/memhelp.cfm

this page is under construction by Lindsay Holliday - a friend of Brandi's mom - Debbie  

The terrible irony here is that I only met Debbie because she and I are in a group that is fighting for safer roads.  We also are promoting better planning for our community.   Our group is called Caution Macon.   I too have only one daughter.  I can not fathom the feeling of loss here ....        

Debbie, I am sorry that I never got to meet your daughter - except through your own spirit - a great and kind spirit - strong enough to fight for justice - gentle enough to spread warmth among the friends in your presence.  It has been an honor and a pleasure to work with you.