Pvt. Grant A. Cotting
Pvt. Grant A. Cotting
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Peggy Childers
January 25, 2013
To the family and friends of Pvt. Grant A. Cotting:
It has truly been my honor to sign Grant's guest book these past few years. Unfortunately, due to complications from my Multiple Sclerosis, this may be the last message I'm able to write. Please forgive me and know that Grant will always be remembered in my home.
With love and respect ~ Peggy
October 7, 2012
Still remembered. In memory of Grant Cotting.
Peggy Childers
January 24, 2012
To the family and friends of Pvt. Grant A. Cotting:
Always remembering Grant. "Some gave all."
Peggy Childers
January 24, 2011
To the family and friends of Pvt. Grant A. Cotting:
Please accept my remembrance of Grant on the anniversary of his passing and know that he will never be forgotten.
Peggy Childers
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h s
May 11, 2010
over a year has passed and yet the memory of grant is fresh in my mind.he lives forever.
Kenna
March 16, 2010
”Honor and Remember” - “Project Compassion” We love our Soldiers! We love our country and we cannot express enough love and compassion to the families of our fallen heroes. War does not discriminate – It breaks our hearts to see the faces of the fallen. We want to give this gift to the hero’s Mother, Father and/or spouse. We are a 501c3 nonprofit organization! Almost 2,000 portraits have been completed and shipped to the parents and or spouse - at no cost as this is a gift from one American to another!
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Kenna
February 5, 2010
remember
h s
February 5, 2010
remember grant cotting as a soldier who knew his place,HEAVEN
Peggy Childers
January 24, 2010
To the family and friends of Pvt. Grant A. Cotting:
Remembering Grant on the anniversary of his passing. May our fallen heroes never be forgotten!
Peggy Childers
"Don't Let The Memory Of Them Drift Away"
www.IraqWarHeroes.org
h s
January 19, 2010
sorry 4 your loss
January 13, 2010
sorrowful painful
taking a toll
never knowing what is right of wrong
death has taken its toll
is there a light at the end of the tunnel?i believe there is.
mandy,craig,brandon,scottie,nick , and lucas know that i love you and hope that god will help us through this uphill battle.
December 18, 2009
To know that death has come and taken its toll on a family is heartbreaking.i will always remember grant as though he were me.idid not know him well, but him serving in the army says enough.he is a treasured spirit who will live in our hearts.i grieve,ilive and sometimes i feel bad that i can and he cant.grant if you are reading this from wherever you are,know this,i love you and always will
Kenna
November 16, 2009
”Honor and Remember” - “Project Compassion” We love our Soldiers! We love our country and we cannot express enough love and compassion to the families of our fallen heroes. War does not discriminate – It breaks our hearts to see the faces of the fallen. We want to give this gift to the hero’s Mother, Father and/or spouse. We are a 501c3 nonprofit organization! Over 1,800 portraits have been completed and shipped to the parents and or spouse - at no cost as this is a gift from one American to another!
This is a gift! We have some wonderful sponsors who help with the costs, and only want you know that we care.
Contact us directly at [email protected] or go to www.heropaintings.com . If you have already had a portrait completed, we pray that you are enjoying the portrait and God Bless You.
Sincerely and Respectfully,
Kenna
Betty Nielsen
May 25, 2009
You should be receiving a quilt from Freedom Quilts real soon if you haven't received it already. It is our way of saying we care and we want to bring you some comfort. Shed your tears on your quilt wrap yourself and let it be arms wrapping you with love and comfort. OUr deepest sympathy for the pain you now carry with you. We thank you for being into this world a hero that stood tall and gave of himself for others. I know a mother would rather have her son in her arms safe instead of burying him and dealing with a pain like no other pain. We are here if you need us if you need to have someone reach out and pray with you for strenght my email my dear is [email protected] my website is www.freedomquilts.net the quilts are for all the parents and spouse that have lost a love one since September 11, 2001 that is when I started this project and that is why I'm still at it. With total honor and respect these quilts are made for the families that lost so much just so the rest of us could enjoy freedom.
Gary Tolle
April 19, 2009
Grant, God bless you soldier and thank you for your brave and honorable service to a grateful nation and for paying the ultimate price for our freedom.. You are now in great company with God and so many other fallen heroes before and after you. On 5/6/08 my nephew PFC Aaron J. Ward was killed in action in Iraq and my final promise to him was to never forget him and our fallen hero’s, we will never forget their commitment and sacrifice. To the Cotting family, words cannot express the pain we now share, but our families will forever have a bond and we will be thinking of Grant and your family and will keep you in our thoughts & prayers. Since the loss of my nephew I have written on every single legacy page of every fallen soldier and included a photo of my nephew. I encourage you to do the same to Aaron's page. I have done this to honor my nephew but to let you know your loved one is not alone and my nephew is with him and they are now in God's gracious hands waiting for us to join them one day. From the bottom of my heart please except my sincere condolences and may the memories of your Hero carry you through each day for he will never be forgotten!
Gary Allain
April 7, 2009
PVT. GRANT A COTTING
YOU ARE MY HERO MAY GOD KEEP YOU IN HIS ARMS FOREVER.
Laramie allen
April 4, 2009
Craig and Amanda,
sorry to hear of your loss. God be with you and your family.
Criag, this is Laramie Allen, Son of Bob Allen your dads best friend. i used to baby sit you and your sister when you guys were little.
Amanda Tabikha
February 28, 2009
grant. i was so lucky to have known you for even a moment let alone , have you as a bestfriend, you are amazing and inspire me to live strongly. i love you. i will always miss you.
Kim Turner
February 24, 2009
Craig and Amanda,
I just heard about Grant's passing. I am so thankful for Men like Grant who defend our countrys' freedom. Thank you for your sacrifice and may God bring peace to your hearts. All my love, Kim
February 18, 2009
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.
Destiny De Luna
February 10, 2009
Grant...I am sorry we never kept in touch. Thank you for all those "golden days" back in elementary school. You, Edmund and Kayleen were my best friends. You were such a great friend and will truly be missed. You and your family will be in my prayers. God Bless
Ed Martinez
February 8, 2009
Dear Grant
I happened across an article of your sacrifice. I still remember you and Edmund as little boys at John Muir. I can't believe you and Edmund were so close to each other there in Iraq, edmund was in Anbar Province and is still there. He doesn't know that you were there and will no doubt be very sad to learn the news. We know you are home now brave Soldier and will pray for your family.
God Bless you
Ed and Maria Martinez and Family
Santa Ana, CA
ED & SUSAN RUNYON
February 7, 2009
As the days and weeks pass, and as you return to life's routine, may you continue to feel comforted by the love and support of family and friends.
Barbara Garb
February 7, 2009
Cotting Family my deepest sympathy is with you. I only knew Grant a short time. I worked with him during halloween at the haunted house on FLW. He was a nice young man with a wonderful sense of humor and a awsome sense of duty and honor. We are all better for having known him.
Jennifer & Jared Smith
February 6, 2009
In loving memory of a wonderful person. We will love you and miss you always.
Stephanie Rafoss
February 5, 2009
Prayer for Peace
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace;
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
And where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master,
Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
To be understood, as to understand;
To be loved, as to love;
For it is in giving that we receive,
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen
Jennifer Basile- Robarge
February 5, 2009
Grant- I will miss you, more than you know!!! LOVE YOU.
To Craig and Mandy,
I love you!!!
SHIRLEY DONEY
February 4, 2009
REST IN PEACE PVT. COTTING, TO YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS MAY THE MEMORIES OF THIS WONDERFUL SOLDIERS LIFE FILL YOUR HEARTS WITH BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES
GOD BLESS YOU
Tal and Lisa Frink
February 2, 2009
To Our Good Friends~
It was a joy to have Grant in our lives. We will hold the memories of him in our heart and share stories with a smile.
All our love and support!
The Wills Family
February 2, 2009
Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers to the Cotting family.
Shelley H - Blue Star Mom
February 2, 2009
From our military family to yours, we would like to thank PVT Grant Cotting for his service and sacrifice to this grateful country, as well as send our deepest condolences for your loss. You are in our thoughts and prayers.
Gary Allain
February 1, 2009
Pvt. Grant A. Cotting you are my hero may god keep you in his arms forever
Craig Cotting
February 1, 2009
To our son - we will miss you. You had touched so many lives in such a positive way.
To all those who took the time to off your words of kindness: Thank you.
Peggy Childers
January 31, 2009
To the family of Pvt. Grant A. Cotting:
Grant gave the ultimate sacrifice and will be held in the hearts of Americans forever. I cannot and will not let our fallen heroes be forgotten. My deepest sympathy to you. "Some gave all."
Peggy Childers
"Don't Let The Memory Of Them Drift Away"
www.IraqWarHeroes.org
MacDaniel
January 30, 2009
To the Cotting family,
I know there are no words to say, except how sorry I am for your loss. May you hold Grants' memory in your heart and please remember he shall never be forgotten.
...For you every single soldier
Those who served so honorable
Your life was forever altered
While I’m home safe and free
I stand with grateful admiration
I stand respectful and so proud
I know I’m only a civilian
And I don’t even know if it’s allowed.
But I salute you; allow me the honor
to salute you with permission let me say
Even though I hold no rank know that from my heart
My humble gratitude comes from the deepest part.
I salute you.
Suzanne MacDaniel
A Proud Aunt
Sgt. David M.Fisher
KIA 12/1/04
Paula Kohlhaas Miller
January 30, 2009
To the family of PVT GRANT A COTTING: It is with the deepest of sympathy that I send my condolences as I lost my nephew 4/21/08 in Iraq. Know that your strength comes from Him above and from each other. Thank you for your sacrifice, for your Hero, now in heaven. I salute him! Job well done, faithfull servant to lay down his life for all of us. Know that you will always be in fervant prayer and close in my heart.
PAULA KOHLHAAS MILLER, proud Gold Star Mom/Family of SGT ADAM J KOHLHAAS~101, Ft Campbell, KY~KIA 04/21/-08 IRAQ
James Lozano
January 29, 2009
With a heavy heart I offer my most sincere condolenses on the loss of your soldier Grant A. Cotting. It has been a year, yesterday, that we lost our nephew Joshua Young in Iraq and I hope it brings you some comfort to know that those of us they fought to protect will forever be grateful to them for their sacrifice. That appreciation goes to you his family as well for you have also sacrificed and you will be in our prayers.
God Bless
Gale Poindexter
January 29, 2009
I am writing to offer my deepest sympathies to you and your family over the loss of your HERO Pvt Grant A Cotting. I lost my son in Iraq on May 6/2007, so I can well understand your pain of losing a loved one so dear.
I pray you will be guided by a higher power to give you peace, comfort and strength in this time.
Psalm 34:18
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit
GOD Bless you and your family. Your soldier was a true American Hero and we are all very proud of his service. He will not be forgotten!
(Proud mother of Sgt Joel W. Lewis, 5/20, 3-2 SBCT /Ft Lewis
KIA 5/6/07, Baqubah, Iraq)
www.myspace.com/tulsaok1nurse
Henryk Zaleski USN (Ret)
January 29, 2009
Rest in peace.You answered the call and gave all you had. With humble thanks.
Vickie Turner-Garrison
January 29, 2009
To the Cotting Family...
Know that your Son gave all he could give and that He will forever be remembered as a Hero...God bless you all and keep and comfort you in this time of need...I will never forget the ultimate sacrafice your Son and Family made...
Soldier Mom
Aunt to a Hero
Proud American
January 29, 2009
Safely Home
Michael Iezzi
January 29, 2009
Father we entrust our brother Grant to your mercy. You loved him greatly in this life: now that he is freed from all its cares, give him happiness and peace forever. Welcome him now into paradise where there will be no more sorrow, no more weeping or pain, but only peace and joy with Jesus your Son, and the Holy Spirit forever and ever.
May God hold Grant in the palm of His hand. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. My deepest sympathies.
For the Commander, Carroll R. Michaud
January 29, 2009
The Final Salute
“Brothers in Arms”, Military men and women down through the centuries, have traditionally exchanged “Hand Salutes” as a sign of recognition and as a way to render courtesy and respect one to another.
This “Hand Salute” is the last that we shall render to PVT. Grant A. Cotting our Brother in Arms. To his family it symbolizes the love and respect that we have for Grant. And to Grant it is rendered as a symbol of honor and gratitude to thank him for the ultimate sacrifice he made for his country while opposing terrorist forces in Iraq. No greater love is shown than a man lay down his life for another. Grant, you are a brave Warrior, a true Patriot and a national Hero. With your passing, our Country has lost a National Treasure. We bid you a sad farewell. You will be dearly missed from among our ranks. Be at ease. Rest in Peace.
On behalf of the 1,409 members of Lowe-McFarlane Post 14 of the American Legion in Shreveport, Louisiana, I extend our sympathies and our condolences to Grant’s family and loved ones.
Dennis N. Engdahl, Commander, American Legion Post 14
5315 S. Lakeshore Drive, Shreveport, LA 71109
Sandy Bonesteel
January 29, 2009
The men and women who serve in our Armed Forces hold a very special place in my heart. May the family of Pvt. Grant A. Cotting know that they are in the thoughts and prayers of others.
Kerin Hearn
January 28, 2009
My deepest condolences on your tremendous loss. My 20 year old son is in the Navy and while the Army is different, we're really all in this together. I can't imagine the loss you feel. Please remember you're not grieving alone, others feel your pain too. While I've never met Pvt Grant Cotting or his family, I feel it's my duty to pay respect to this brave young man. He has give the ultimate sacrifice so we can enjoy freedom. Pvt Cotting truly was a hero. God bless you and bring you peace in this time of need.
Garnet Jenkins
January 28, 2009
Please accept my Deepest and Most Heartfelt Sympathy regarding the loss of Pvt. Grant A. Cotting.
The price this Brave Young Soldier and his family have paid for this country and for freedom, Will Never Be Forgotten.
There is so much thanks to be given, to these young heroes, for their Courage, Dedication and Service.
May Grant rest safely now, in God's Care and may God's Healing Grace be with the Cotting family.
I am the sister of such a 19 year young hero, who made the Ultimate Sacrifice in Vietnam, many years ago.
"Wait on the Lord, be of good courage and He shall strengthen your heart"
~ Psalm 27:14 ~
May the Peace of God and your precious memories of Grant,
remain in your heart always.
May this give you comfort and strength through the difficult days ahead.
You are in my thoughts and my prayers.
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