Barbara Jean Pinkney

Granny we love & miss you so very much!! You were & will forever be the glue to the family.. you kept us together. I would do anything just to see you again. You will always have a place in my heart, you were way more to me than just my granny. I miss talking to you & playing bingo. I ask that you continue watch over me & I promise to make you proud. I love you forever & always!

Mommy, there are no words that adequately express the magnitude of how much we miss you. I still find myself saying " ooh wait till I tell Mommy this" then it hits me like a gut punch from Mike Tyson. At the same time I´m so thankful to God for allowing you to transition in peace and surrounded by loved ones. I miss you every single day. I know you´re still with all of us and I feel your presence and I´m extremely thankful for that. You were the best Mother any one could have. If I had...

Mom, whenever I hear "at any rate" or "that cold air is walking in here like a natural man" or "its colder than a witches bosom" I will think of you. You are so much fun! I have nothing but wonderful memories of being your daughter. And, to know that your personality is set for eternity makes me so very happy. I love you to infinity and back!!

My Mom has always had a great sense of humor. As a little girl she would ask her uncle Jonathan F. for five dollars each day. She kept telling him it was for her birthday. Well, he gave it everyday. She smiled got her money and went to the store to spend it. Mom grew up convinced her uncle never knew her birthday. When one day she asked him why he believed her and gave the money. He told her he knew what she was doing but giving her the money made her smile. And, that made him...

Dear Mom: I will always hear your voice in every decision that I make. You are an integral part of who I am and who I am yet to become. I feel your love, wisdom, experience, fun and laughter. My love for you grows exponentially - "at any rate".. Your Daughter, Dawn

Granny, Words can´t express how much I truly love and miss you. It´s been a shock to my system to lose my ultimate best friend who was a constant fixture in my life for 36 years. Yet, even in my sadness, I´m thankful for the time we did have and know you are still around us. Rest in peace with your sisters and all of the extended family you always told us funny stories about. You earned your place in Heaven and I´m happy you are free. Like I always told you as a kid "I love you to...

Dear mom, Thank you for being the perfect example of strength, courage, mercy, and grace. I will always cherish your support and guidance as well as the lessons you taught all of us. I would not have become who I am if not for you. Rest eternally with your beautiful sisters, mother and father, aunts, uncles, cousins until we meet again. We will take it from here and share all of your teachings to the next few generations then join you all in paradise. Love you forever!

My Mom was always happy and smiling. She and her two big sisters had a zest for life and each other. They may have been born in different years yet they were joined as if siamese. They would always say they came as a trio of sisters. Built in best friends from the cradle to the grave. And, they lived it. I'm happy for each of them to be together still. My fun and loving aunt Lois (the oldest) went first. A few weeks later my little doll - Mom (the youngest) went. Then, a few...

My message to my Mother is that I'm eternally grateful to have you for my Mom. This last year without you has only affirmed how good God is. In the transitioning from this realm into the next in all of its pain and glory; you have remained the most beautiful to me. I'm thankful you're with your two big sisters (the best and beautiful that I love and miss) as well as your parents. That I know you missed for so long. The magnificent five together again! I can see God's glorious...