Alice Rebekah Wiley

Remembering you this evening, and missing you so very much. May light eternal shine upon you. May God our Father hold you close to His heart, wiping away all of your tears and healing your griefs and sorrows. May you find your rest in Him, and may you be used for His Kingdom's sake, which was your desire for so much of your life. We need your prayers, sweet Alice. Along with your Daddy, Gary, Ron, and so many others who are part of the heavenly crowd of witnesses, watching us run this earthly...

May 18, 2015 you would have graduated from U Penn with your Master of Social Policy degree. Your classmates remembered you in the program. As Gary said so often, "you are loved and special" and we miss you so much.

Precious Alice. We miss you so much.

Alice,
You have been, and are still, so very loved.

I wish I had had the opportunity to know Alice more deeply as an adult. My memories are of her early to mid-teen years, and after that, I knew her mainly through Facebook,some musical pieces I found online and listened to, and her mother's letters. Three special memories come to mind. The first was sitting in her father's church one night, listening to her play a piano composition with such authority and passion, I was stunned to silence (extremely unusual for me). She was a little unnerved...

In her stellar but shortened life, what a gifted, creative, compassionate lady Miss Wiley was. My deepest condolences to all of her family & friends..