Joan M. Wilt

It took me 3 months to be able to sum it all up in my head. 3 months ago, the one person I held closest to my heart, passed away. It took me that long to even be able to write what I wanted to in here without drowning in my own tears.
She was one of the only people that supported me with just about every choice that I made, even if she didnt exactly agree with it. She encouraged me to do what I thought was right, even if I was alone in thinking it. She inspired me to be everything I am...

Wow! That's all i can say i just can't believe she's gone. Mamaw was a wonderful person and even though we weren't related i treated her as my mamaw just as much as she treated me as her grandson. I wish it was all a bad dream that i would wake up any moment and see her the next day at lunch and talk to her as i always did. She was a wonderful lady who a lot of people cared for and loved. Mamaw you are missed a lot and we all love you R.I.P

Wow. Although Mamaw wasn't my biological grandmother, she was my grandmother at heart. Nae and I have been best friends for about 7 years now, and I always would see Mamaw because of this reason. She pretty much 'adopted' me as her grandchild. Anytime Nae and I stayed at a friend's house that lived near Mamaw, we would always go visit her, and she always brightened up my worst days. She was an amazing woman, and she will never be forgotten. As Nae, said it's even hard to go through the lunch...

WoW! That's all I can say right now. Although Mamaw was not blood to me she was my heart and sole. Our families grew up together. Everyday I looked forward to lunch because I knew she would share her amazing smile with me. When beebles told me I was in shock I did not want 2 belive him, it was all fake, like a dream. I really wish that could be the case. Mamaw is the most amazing women I've met in my 17 yrs of life. I will never forget her, she will live forever true in my mind heart and...

i don't really know where to start... i have so many memories with mamaw, i couldn't begin to list them all. i guess that the thing that i should say is that i'll always love her, and that she'll be missed terribly... everything else has already been covered. if anyone (pappy, ashley, nay, beebles... anyone) needs anything, i am here. (well, kinda. that's what my cell is for!) i love you all. <3<3<3

even though she wasn't my grandmother/mamaw, i always looked foward to talking to her. Every time I would pick up Ashley, I would enjoy the several minutes we would share conversing about relatively important situations or just plain gibberish. Minute after minute, second after second, she would make me crack up - like i would run out of oxygen because of laughing so hard...and i told her that i wanted to put her in my pocket because she amused me so. now, she remains as a memory in my heart....

No matter how hard i try, i can't accept the fact that shes gone. i miss mamaw very much. and i dont think of anything but her. my memories of her just run through my head over and over again like a broken record. its hard to go through the lunch line at school, just waiting for mamaw to be there. and everything that i do, it relates to mamaw. and i go to tell someone that it in some way relates to her... then i always pause before i say it b/c i get this pain in my heart b/c it hurts so much...

I can't believe this is actually happening. I just keep waiting for my grandma to walk in the door, so we can go on living our lives without sadness. I miss Mamaw so much. The holidays coming up are going to be some very sad ones. I always looked forward to going to see other relatives with my grandma. It's so hard living in my grandparents house without my grandma here. Everytime I walk in the door or go downstairs I just keep thinking that she's still going to be there sitting on the couch....

Today, I have a great sadness in my heart. This time of year especially because we have a few gatherings where Joan, Jim, and the Grandkids are a part of. Because of our busy lives we don't get together often enough, so we look forward to these special times. We love and will miss you.