Ernestine Bryant Altizer Lane

Ernestine Lane Obituary

Ernestine Bryant Altizer (Teeny) Lane, 74, of Salem, Va., died suddenly on November 30, 2008, in Woodlawn, Va., as the result of a motor vehicle accident. She was born in Woodlawn and worked in Roanoke, Va., for many years as a legal secretary. Those left to cherish and love her forever are sisters, Janice Norman, Catherine Bonn, and Virginia Burcham, of Woodlawn, Ramona Hall, of Brevard, N.C., and Barbara Hill, of Blue Ridge, Va.; dearest nieces, Ginger Hill Byers, of Cincinnati, Ohio, Beth Hill Stewart, of Roanoke, Va., and Nicole Clark, of Troutville, Va.; special nephews, Michael Norman, of Livermore, Calif., and Lee Clark, of Troutville, Va.; as well as several other nieces and nephews; beloved sisterin-law, Carolyn Sue Liu, of Greensboro, N.C.; and good friends, Sanders Lane and Susan Denise. Teeny embraced life fully, finding delight and beauty in the simplest things. Her greatest joy was found in giving to others as she gave unselfishly and loved unconditionally. Our lives are richer from having known her and she will be greatly missed. A memorial service to celebrate her life will be held at a later date. "If tears could build a stairway and memories were a lane, we would walk right up to Heaven and bring you back again.
No farewell words were spoken no time to say goodbye, you were gone before we knew it and only God knows why.
Our hearts still ache in sadness and secret tears still flow what it meant to lose you no one will ever know."

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Published by Roanoke Times on Dec. 5, 2008.

Memories and Condolences
for Ernestine Lane

4 Entries

Joyce Manning

December 22, 2008

Today, I learned of the death of my very dear friend. I have known Ernestine for more than 30 years and, through her, her loving family. My deepest sympathy to all of her special family.

Carolyn Altizer Liu

December 9, 2008

To the family,

I have loved ET (Ernestine) from the moment she and David came to our house to announce their engagement. She has and always will be a part of my life. When David first introduced her to the our family, he said this is Ernestine, but to you Carolyn, this is Clyde. From that day forward that is what I called her. It wasn't until a year or so ago that she and I decided to drop Clyde and I would call her ET. You, the family knew her as Teeny, as do my girls, Mother and Daddy knew her as Ernestine. So, I decided that I would call her ET. She said she "loved" it. She was like a sister I never had. She would do anything for me and I would do anything for her. She would call me at work if she hadn't heard from me in a while. She would write often to let me know what was going on in her life. I would write to let her know how all were doing in Greensboro. We didn't get to visit much, but the love for each other was, and will always be, there.

I had called and talked with her just before Thanksgiving. I was to have called her on Monday night after she returned from Woodlawn.

She was taken from us too quickly and she will be missed by all who knew and loved her. My heart goes out to the family and my thoughts and prayers are with you during this holiday season.

With deepest sympathy and much love,
Carolyn Sue Altizer Liu

Cindy Staley

December 9, 2008

Aunt Teeny was a very special lady and will be greatly missed by all who were blessed to know her. She was the type of person who exuded happiness and love, you could not be in her presence without smiling. I know that my family will always hold her memory close in their hearts.

Lee and Tammy Clark

December 5, 2008

Remember

Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you plann'd:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.

By Christina Rossetti
The Poetry Foundation