Tia Ceanne Payne

Mrs. Angle and Payne Family,

I recently heard the news of Tia's death and was led to this website by fate. I heard about Greg a year after his death and have thought about your family so many times over the years. My heart breaks for all of you and the sorrow you must feel with your loss. Please know that I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. Your family was truly a special part of my life and will forever be cherished in my heart.

To the Payne family:
My family is just now learning with shock some of the things you have gone through these past few years. Words escape me but please know we care.
The Peeples family

Nina,
I am so sorry about Tia. My heart hurts at what you've had to go through. May God comfort you with His peace.

Nina and Family,

I have known you all since 1968 - Greg and I were best friends at Shades Cahaba and went to school through high school. I know that no words will ease your sorrow - only time will help to heal your spirits.
I believe that all of the good qualities of a person will endure through their friends and loved ones - and while I never really knew Tia as a adult I can see that like her brother she has left imprint on those around her and who's lives she touched. My heart...

We had a bond that for 20 years could not be broken. No matter which path we each took in opposite directions, they always converged again, until about a decade ago. We lost contact until a few days before she died. I had searched for years, always one or two addresses behind. I had hoped after so long to find her happy and living well. We spoke several times on Oct. 11-12, and they were truly sad, and upsetting, conversations. My heart will ache always.

TIA WAS LIKE NO ONE ELSE AND EVERYONE SHE TOUCHED KNOWS THAT TO BE TRUE. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL AND FULL OF CURIOSITY,,FELINE QUALITIES,,EVERY ONE IS IN PAIN AND THE LOSS IS UNMEASURABLE BUT IF SHE HAD A SAY SHE WOULD WANT JOY SOMEHOW TO BE A PART OF THIS JOURNEY,,,,,THIS GUEST BOOK HAS BEEN MAINTAINED FOR A YEAR BY PEOPLE WHO LOVE AND LOVED HER MORE THAN LIFE ITSELF,,,,PLEASE WHEN YOU ARE ABLE TOO, LEAVE AN ENTRY TO CELEBRATE WHO SHE WAS AND WILL ALLWAYS BE TO US. SOMETHNG HAPPY, FUNNY, OR...

WHEN I WOKE THIS MORNING/ THE FIRST THING ON MY MIND/ WAS YOU AND I AND OUR DANCE LAST NIGHT/ AND I WAS THINKING OF YOU/ HOPING THAT YOU/ MIGHT BE THINKING ABOUT ME TOO/ AS I WENT THROUGH MY DAY/ EACH TIME I'D CLOSE MY EYES/ YOU'D BE RIGHT THERE/ IN THE FRONT OF MY MIND/ I WAS WONDERING OF YOU/ AND WONDERING IF YOU/ MIGHT BE WONDERING ABOUT ME TOO/ NOW I FIND MYSELF SOMETIMES FORGETTING TO BREATHE/ AND MY HEART SKIPS A BEAT/ NOW AND THEN/ AND I'M REALLY NOT ONE/ TO GET DOWN ON MY KNEES/ BUT...

31 DAYS OF HEARTACHE MADE 31 DAYS OF PAIN/31 DAYS OF THUNDER CRIED 31 DAYS OF RAIN/31 DAYS TO HURT ME/31 DAYS TO CRY/31 DAYS TO WONDER/31 REASONS WHY/DAY 32 CAME SLOWLY/DAY 32 CAME HARD/NOW ITS COME FULL CIRCLE/NOW THE WOUNDS HAVE SCARRED/IN THE FINAL DAYS WE WONDER/IN THE FINAL DAYS WE BLEED/BUT ONE MORE DAY WON'T BRING US ANYTHING WE NEED/1 DAY FOR THE SMILE/1 DAY FOR THE FINAL WALK/1 DAY/1 MORE MILE
BY:
TIA CEANNE PAYNE

Dear Nina and Payne Family,

What a diificult journey you have had to travel these past few years.Years that have seemed like forever.Circumstances that don't seem right,make any sense or seem
fair. In our hearts and minds no time will ever the right time or the best time to have to let go. But, before this life is over there will be someone somewhere that will have to go through what you have had to go through .Only then will you be able to say I KNOW,I UNDERSTAND I have been down...