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Helen Margaret Messick Willetts

Wilmington, North Carolina

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HELEN MARGARET MESSICK WILLETTS Helen Margaret Messick Willetts, of Wilmington, NC, died at Cape Fear Hospital on April 9, 2010. She was born on October 8, 1924, in Falcon, NC, daughter of Dr. John Decatur Messick and Magdalene Robinson Messick. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband...

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Margaret, Rick, Elizabeth & Family --
I'm so sorry to hear about Helen, but I know she's with the Lord. What great memories I have of her, especially when our families got together.

The story she told of her & Rose playing a joke on Dad & Lloyd (when they were young) is still a family favorite - we can't tell it without crying we laugh so hard.

And I distinctly remember a fruit trifle she made during one of our visits to the beach. I've tried to duplicate it, but...

Dearest Rick, Margaret and Elizabeth,
I am deeply saddened by the loss of Helen. I've had a picture of her and my dad at his 75th birthday party sitting on my desk for about 10 years now and get to see her contagious smile everyday. I will always remember that as well as her infectious laugh. After reading her obituary I had a flood of great memories that came back to me from our childhood lives together. She really was the "Emcee" at everything we did. She provided a lot of love and...

A life well lived.