Helen Louise Tarver

My precious Sister Helen, I still find it hard to believe you and your precious Son Larry Joe are gone to HEAVEN already. It has been a month since your funerals. My dear Sister, you have been an awesome Sister all my life. You always showed deep tenderhearted care and love for me; and for our family. If you thought anyone was going to hurt us; you were ready to stand between that one and any of us.

It is difficult to express in words just how much you mean to me. To...

Thoughtful, compassionate, hospitable, generous, sincere, and plucky...these words barely begin to describe the amazing woman we called Aunt Helen. She was like the Timex watch that "takes a licking but keeps on ticking" or the Energizer Bunny which "just keeps going and going." She laughed at obstacles. In fact, Larry once told us that Aunt Helen drove herself to the beauty salon well into her eighties. And despite severe arthritis in her hands, she never failed to send birthday and...