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Mary Burton Obituary
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Monday, August 25, 2008 at the Colonial Heights Church of the Nazarene, 601 Ellerslie Ave., with the Rev. Louis Lamphire. officiating. Interment will follow in Southlawn Memorial Park, Prince George. The family will receive friends Sunday from 3-4:30 p.m., at the Colonial Heights chapel of the E. Alvin Small Funeral Homes & Crematory 2033 Boulevard. Condolences may be registered at www.ealvinsmall.com.
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Memories and Condolences
for Mary Burton
Kim Roberts
July 10, 2009
Mama,
Sorry I have not written in so long. It has really been hard. I think about you everyday. It's just not fair that you were taken from us. I miss you so much. I really need you right now. I feel so lost since you left. I feel like my whole world has turned upside down and I am just hanging in midair. I graduated mama. It was so hard not having you there. Stefanie and Crystal did bring a picture of you out there, but it wasn't the same. I thought once I finished school things would be better...boy was I wrong. I still haven't found a job. Anyways, I'm still looking. I'm sure I will find something eventually. I miss you so much Mama. I wish you were here. I know your with me, I feel your presence. I just want to see your smile, hear your voice and feel the touch of your hand one more time.
Mama, please continue to watch over us. We all love and miss you so much. Give the family hugs and kisses for me.
I will love you always!
Stefanie Eads
May 8, 2009
Mom,
Well, Happy Mother's Day! I dearly miss you and need you here. Hope things are well and that Chris and Pete are taking care of you. Please continue looking over Kim, Crystal, and I - we need it. Kim is going to graduate in another week. She's going to do it!!!
Well it's been a long ride and I truly do miss you.
Love Stefanie
Stefanie Eads
December 27, 2008
Mom,
Well Christmas has come and gone and it definitely felt different with you not being here. I hope it was beautiful up there. Please give everyone my love and I think about all of you all the time.
Love forever,
Stefanie
Kim Roberts
November 22, 2008
Oh Mama,
It's still hard to believe that you are gone, that I can't pick up the phone and call you. I miss and need you so much. This past year has been horrible, it was so much easier when you were here to guide us. I just wish things could have been different. It looks like our family just got dealt a bad hand all the way around. I mean, how many families do you know that have 5 losses in 1 year?
Mama, I just want you to know that I love you so much. You were the best mom I could ever ask for. You were not only my mama, but my best friend.
I love and miss you!
Mim
Kim Roberts
November 4, 2008
Mama, it's still hard to believe you are gone. I think of you everyday. I still have those "OMG I've got to call mama" moments. Is there a special phone up there where I could call and hear your voice just one more time? I miss talking to you. You just always had a way of making me feel better about things, no matter how bad I felt the situation was. I could really use one of those talks now. I just so badly want to talk to you and hear you talk back. Thanksgiving is coming up and I am so dreading it. You know Thanksgiving hasn't been the same since Pete left us-it was always hard. And now, you and Chris are gone too, it's going to be miserable. And, who's going to cook the turkey this year? That was your job. We just need to skip it, then we don't have to worry about who's cooking.
Gosh, Mama, it's just so hard to believe you are gone. Me and the girls talk of you all the time. Me, Stefanie and Crystal call each other every time we have one of those "OMG" moments and laugh about what you might say if we were able to talk to you or how you would handle it.
Crystal is doing ok in school and kicking butt on the soccer field. I know she still struggles daily, but she is getting by. I do worry about her. You know how she is about showing how she truly feels and how she deals with this stuff. Me and Stefanie do our best to guide her, but I know it's not the same.
Mama, I love you and miss you so much. It just wasn't fair for you to be taken from us so early.
Stefanie Eads
October 13, 2008
Well, I'm sure you have already found Dean and I hope he is finally feeling healthy. I hope we are done with everyone being taken away from us. We don't have that many left. I really do miss all of you. And you are greatly needed here.
Love, Stefanie
Kim Roberts
September 15, 2008
Hey, Mama!
It's me again. I just had to drop a quick note to say that I love and miss you so much. I've had so many "Oh my God, I've got to call Mama" moments since you left. I have wanted to call you so many times.
I have to tell you, Ashley got her learners permit yesterday. She has drove through the subdivision twice now...she does ok, she would be much better if she wasn't so scared.
The girls are starting to adjust to PGHS. It's still difficult, but getting better. They still hang out with their HHS friends though, so it's not like they have no friends at all. They still miss you very much.
Anyways, I just wanted to say I love and miss you!
Patsy Miller
September 7, 2008
Mary's family:
Even though I could never replace your mother you can call me anytime and I will always be there for you.
Mary was my best friend and my sister and I loved her very much, and I miss her every day too.
Please remember that you still have lots of family and we are all hurting too.
I love each one of you and I pray that you will live your lives in such a way that your mother would be as proud of you as she always was!!!
Wesley Wallace
September 7, 2008
This is from her loving brother - Mary shall be missed very much by all and a tragic loss to the whole world. My sympathy goes out to the entire family - much love from Wesley
Mary was very special and we shall
all miss her. Love, Merle
Patsy Miller
September 7, 2008
Mary's family:
Even though I could never replace your mother I will always be there for you when ever you need me.
Mary was my best friend and my sister and I loved her as much as any of you and I miss her every day too. You still have lots of family and we are all hurting just like all of you are. Please call me because like I said, I will always be there for you all. I love each and everyone of you!!!
Stefanie Eads
September 6, 2008
Mom,
Well as Kim said it is very hard living each day knowing that you are not here to comfort us the way that you always have. Your grandchildren need you but more importantly as adults we still need you. There are things that happen everyday that all of us want to talk to you about and receive advice about. Unfortunately, phones don't work where your at.
Crystal played her first tournament last weekend and scored a goal and she said it was for you. Please help her to choose to do the right things in life and please help me to guide her the way that you would have. She hurts over your being gone because you were her best friend, as you were to all of us. We all miss you and love you.
I come home from work everyday and don't know what to do with myself with you not here to take care of. The house feels empty even though Matt and Zach are here.
I hope Granny, Pete, and Chris are taking care of you. Please ask all of them to join together with you to guide each of us everyday in everything we do and help us to remain close since we are all that is left.
I love you more and always will!
Kim Roberts
September 3, 2008
Mama,
It's so hard to believe you are gone. It all happened so fast. It wasn't supposed to happen like this. You were supposed to be here forever. I miss you so much. I think of you often. I want to pick up the phone and call you. I want to hear you say "I love you" just one more time.
The last couple of months were very difficult, both physically and emotionally...but I wouldn't give up those memories for anything. I know you could hear me as I lay beside you talking to you the days before you left. I know that you did not want to leave us any more than we wanted you to leave. Will it ever stop hurting Mama, will I ever stop crying for you?
The girls started at PGHS today. I was so scared for them. Wendy came home crying that she hated it-she just didn't like starting the 1st day with no friends. I told her to be patient and she will make friends. Ashley said it was ok. She met a couple of new people, but of course misses her friends from HHS. Chelsea, on the other hand, came home all excited. She said she met new people, and is very excited about the change. Of course Chelsea wouldn't have problems meeting new people. She is going to speak to them whether they want to listen or not. lol. Oh Mama, I wanted to pick up the phone and call you to tell you about their first day...it hurt so bad to realize that wasn't possible. I just wish you were able to talk to them and tell them it will be ok. You were always so good to the girls and always gave them that extra boost of confidence. They miss you too. We talk about you often and tell of the great memories we all have of you. It's not fair Mama. I know you always taught us that life wasn't fair, but enough is enough already. I don't have much left to lose.
I know you are sitting up there joking with Chris and Uncle Peter, holding Daddy Pete's hand, singing with Granny and being Daddy's little girl. I know you are not hurting anymore. I know you suffered long enough. I'm sorry for sounding selfish in some of the things that I say, I just miss you so much.
Mama, you were always the glue that held this family together and encouraged us to be close. I'm so scared of losing the closeness with my sisters now that you're gone. We try...we talk every day, but you can hear the hurt in their voices...it's just hard.
I love you Mama and miss you very much. And you will ALWAYS be my bestest friend and the best mother anyone could ever ask for.
I love you!
Kim
Paige Beach
September 1, 2008
Stephanie and Kim, I am so sorry for your loss. I just found out. If there is anything I can do, call me or get in touch with me. I love you both.
Cheryl Rackley
August 25, 2008
May your hearts soon be filled with wonderful memories of joyful times together as you celebrate a life well-lived.
Family Care Home Health
August 24, 2008
We were so sorry to hear of your loss. The thoughts of many are with you at this time of sorrow.
Kathy Hughes
August 24, 2008
I was so sorry to hear of your loss. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help at this time.
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