| Location | Bolton |
| Age | 76 years |
| Cause of Death | Heart Attack |
| Date of Birth | 04/05/1931 |
| Date of Death | 16/10/2007 |
| Visitors | 1,578 since 17/10/2007 |
| Creator |
This site is dedicated to my most caring, wonderful, beautiful Nanna - Joyce Hughes. She was sadly taken suddenly on 16th October 2007.
Nanna was taken from us in her 76th year. If she would have lived till she was 100 - it would have been too soon.
Nanna died peacefully in her sleep from what Doctors believe was a heart attack. Her family take great comfort from the fact she would have felt no pain.
Nanna leaves behind her heartbroken Husband David, they were married 54 years. Also her beloved sons David and Tony. David went on to marry Lorraine and have three daughters Hayley, Ria and Holly. A totally devoted Nanna in every sense. She was delighted when Hayley had Tyler, Brandon and Katie, and Ria had Maya and Charlie - the proudest Great Grandparent you could wish for.
Nanna was part of a large family was one of eleven children to Olive and John. Her brothers & sisters: Audrey, June, Jean, Mildred, Irene, Graham and Marion, Raymond and Joan who have also passed.
My Nan was the best of the best, she was always around and very much a part of all our lives, she was at the center of everything.She was a beautiful lady both inside and out. She would help anybody, and always put the feelings of others before herself.
Nan was famous for her ham and picalli butties and would be offering them out before you managed to cross the door step ! Her caring nature will stay with me forever, the way her face would light up when we would arrive and the lengths she would go to to make sure we were happy. I am truly grateful God blessed me with such a wonderful Nan, I just wish she could have stayed with me forever, the hardest part of all is carrying on without her.
I know she will be happy in heaven finally reunited with her Dad who she missed terribly and she will probably be mothering all the angel babies.
No words could ever describe what a truly beautiful lady my nanna was.
missing you
Hi Nanna
i cannot believe three years ago today you were taken away from us, it still feels so raw nanna and I miss you so much. i find it difficult to go to see grandad as the thought of going to your house and you not being there upsets me so much, i am trying nanna and will make sure grandad is ok.
I love you so very much and just want to thankyou for all you gave me, you saw the good in everyone and our family was everything to you and hope i do just the same.
love you now forever and always Nanna please come see me in my dreams
Your bit of magic
Ria
xxxxx
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This Basket Of Burdens
Ⓒ Debbie
My Basket of burdens
Is filled with the grief of my loss
It is so heavy to carry
Although this road I must cross.
This pathway through life
Feels unbearable at times
And I don’t have the strength
For this mountain I climb.
The Basket’s filled with sorrow
Oh, how I miss my love
At first,
It’s impossible to carry,
Where is my help from above?
It’s draining my strength
I can’t do anymore
This pain goes so deep
Right down to my core.
As I carry this Basket
I’ll learn to manage the weight
Each step of the way
Will become easier they say.
But how do they know,
Have they been here before?
If so, where’s their Basket
They’re responsible for?
This Basket of burdens
You can’t see and can’t touch
I carry it inside me
This pain is too much.
Patience is needed to carry
This loss that I feel
A shoulder to lean on
So, someday I will heal.
God sent my family
My friends and spirits unknown
So, I won’t carry this Basket
Forever alone
Someday,
I’ll lay down my Basket
With burdens’ no more
My pain will be gone
When, I cross through that door
Then I’ll know reason
For my Basket of Burdens
How God showed me His grace
When I couldn’t cope with the season
Love and support that He gave
When His presence felt unknown
He was with me each step
When I felt so alone.
✽ܓ✽ܓ✽ܓ✽ܓ✽ܓ✽ܓ✽ܓ
• ♥ • Echoing Memories • ♥ •
Antiques, old things,
Whispers of the past;
Fashioned by true craftsmen,
So they will last and last.
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Oak sheen, lacy things,
Wonderful old glass;
Evident pride and workmanship
In every cut and cast.
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I wander, through these lovely things,
While memories crowd my mind
They are the treasures, of a lifetime,
That my family left behind.
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Each loved one still is with me.
For, the memories never cease;
Of those dear, departed, loved ones
Who rest in blissful total peace.
•:*:• ♥ •:*:•
• ♥ • Ⓒ 2001 by Chris T. Johnson • ♥ •
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Song of my Soul
Ⓒ Ferna Lary Mills
The songs are all off key
The words just will not rhyme
The melody means nothing to me
The rhythm is not keeping time
The comfort just isn't there
The grief overshadows all
The spirit cries in despair
The clock slows down to a crawl
The span of my grief is immense
The heart is engulfed in gloom
The pain in my soul is intense
The song of my soul out of tune.
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✿⊹✿ When you lose someone you love ✿⊹✿
Ⓒ 2004 Jacklynn MacKenzie
The sharp edge of pain becomes dull in time,
But the hurt lingers on in our hearts our life long.
It's our "intimate" companion, but we wish it would leave,
However, it's part of life for us who grieve.
We can't let the hurt take control of our lives,
And yet there are so many times -
That we sit, and we cry and remember the past,
But we must find comfort in the things that last.
Things like love and faith, like trust and hope,
Like courage and strength to help us cope,
When we feel so empty and all alone -
When God has called our loved one Home.
Our thoughts become much deeper;
Our lives change in so many ways -
We participate, we laugh, we cry and go along our way;
No one knows the emptiness
We feel within our hearts;
Only God can heal the pain,
And His peace to us impart.
So, if you've lost someone you love
Who was so very dear,
I pray that God will comfort you,
For He is always near.
He's only just a whisper of a prayer away from you,
And He wants to take your burdens away, and be your friend so true.
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❧ My Most Painful Love ❧
Ⓒ Melissa Pena
On the stormy gray day you went away,
Crystal clear pure tears were shed from my face,
How will I survive without you today?
I stand here longing for your own embrace.
The things I shouldn't have left unspoken;
All the memories I can’t remember;
Leave me with my heart bleeding wide open
To see your pale eyes again glow amber,
Would fulfil my most genuine of wills.
To you I said I would not bid adieu.
I’ve made you a promise that remains still,
When spoken it was true I hope you knew.
I’ll remember you even if it pains,
My love for you will forever remain.
❤•❧•❣•♡•♥•❦•❥•❤•❧•❣•♡•♥•❦•❥•❤•❧•❣•♡•♥•❦•❥•
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Turning Back Time
Where would you go if we could turn back time?
And, just where, in life, would you stop?
Would you relive some moment that's special to you,
Perhaps say something you had forgot?
For me, if I could I'd be surrounded by family
And tell them how I love them so,
I would say all the things that I could have once said;
But was too late when their time came to go.
Oh, yes, I think of the opportunities I've had
To express understanding and compassion.
How sad that those words just never came out,
The one's I could not seem to fashion.
But, is it really too late to say all the things,
That we failed to imply at the time?
Words that were left hanging on the tips of our tongue,
Can now be relayed through our mind.
Repeat, to yourself, all the words that you kept
And transfer them to those whom you wish.
You won't see them, like you could back in time,
But will be heard by those whom you miss.
Ⓒ 2003 Valentyne Lang
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Swim Free Little Dolphin
You are so very much a part of us,
We will cherish & hold you near,
They say everything has a reason,
Even if right now its not that clear.
So when we look deep down within,
We’ll feel your strength inside.
and when we need to know you’re close,
We’ll feel you by our side.
So swim free our little dolphin,
In Heaven’s ocean above,
Swim free our beautiful dolphin,
With all our blessings and love.
(Author Unknown)
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An Eternal Bond
Ⓒ Ferna Lary Mills
There is a bond that you can't see
for it's not bound with twine.
It's formed from strands within our souls,
this love that's yours and mine.
***********
When I went home to be with God,
you must now understand,
I took with me this bond of love
and I still hold that strand.
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So look now at my photograph.
The smile, you'll quickly see.
But only hearts can see the strand
forever binding You and Me.
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Enjoy the precious memories
although we are apart.
We'll share more joys again one day.
I believe that with all my heart!
✝•♥•✞•✝•♥•✞•✝•♥•✞•✝•♥•✞•✝•♥•✞•✝•♥•✞
How Do You Do?
How do you describe an empty heart
Or a mind that will not sleep?
How do you measure the depth of pain
Or the volume of tears that weep?
How do you find new direction
When life's compass has no reference points?
How do you energise listless limbs
With death's arthritic joints?
How do you see the future
Through a lens of opaque glass?
How do you reconcile her name
On a plaque of tarnished brass?
How do you rekindle interest
In a life that was complete?
How do you overcome loss and pain
And the desire for social retreat?
How do you explain to those you know
The pretence that you have to project?
How do you smile when expected to
But your facial muscles object?
How do you trust a God you once knew
Or the power of goodness and prayer?
How you put your faith in his hands
When those hands threw the switch of despair?
How do you absorb the colours of Spring
Through eyes that see only black?
How do you control the endless pain
Of wishing she was back?
-- David T. Kerry
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Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ
Angel On My Shoulder
There's an Angel on my shoulder and I know it must be you,
A whisper in my ear from a voice I always knew.
Sometimes a gentle breeze, where it never should have been,
You let me know you're with me from a place where time begins.
A touch when no one's there, a flicker in my eye,
a rainbow where a storm had been, in a dark and rolling sky.
I know you are my angel, and your heart goes on in me
your love shines down around me from a place I cannot see.
Some may think I'm crazy, some may not believe,
but I can feel your spirit, I know you'll never leave.
Your wings wrap me in warmth, your halo shows me light,
Your whispers keep me safe, in the darkness of the night.
It really does not matter,
That no one else can see.
Just like in the days before,
It is always you and me.
-Author Unknown-
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ
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