Joshua T. Knoles

God bless you dad, hope to see you on the other side. Keep watching over me and the family, may you rest in peace.

If Tears Could Build A Starway

If tears could build a stairway. an memories a lane. I would walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

No farewell words were spoken. No time to say good-bye.You were gone before I knew it. and only God knows why.

My heart still aches with sadness. and secret tears still flow. What it meant to love you no on can ever know.

But now I know you want me to morn for you no more. To remember all the happy times. Life still has much in store.

Since you'll never be forgotten. I pledge to you today A hollowed place within my heart is where you'll always stay.

I LOVE YOU JOSH!

Josh,
you are my cousin,
you are my friend.
you know i will miss you till the end.
We wish we could have told you before you went, how much having
you in our life meant.
God had a plan when he took you away.
To show me and johnny that we could go too.
and in our hearts we knew that day.
That what happened to you saved us in some way.
Josh you were too young to go that day.
you know that me our johnny would have taken you place so that you could stay.
They say god has a plan and every man has his day.
I wish I could see you so I could say.
Josh, i love you.
Your cuz,
Dave

The broken Chain

We little knew that morning
that God was going to call your name
In life we loved you dearly,
in death we do the same.
It broke our hearts to lose you,
You did not go alone,
For part of us went with you
the day God called you home.
You left us peaceful memories,
Your love is still our guide
and though we cannot see you
you are always at our side
Our Family chain is broken
and nothing seems the same
But as God calss us one by one
the cahin will link again

We are sorry about your loss. You are in our thoughts and prayers.

Dear Daddy
It's me Hannah. I just wanted to say I miss you and love you sooooo much. I will never forget you or the time we spent together, we had sooo much fun I wish it could've lasted forever. Love you Always
Your Daughter
Hannah Nicole Knoles

josh,
this is courtney.i miss you soooooooooo much and im not the only one.everyone else to.i love sooooo much too.i wish you were still here we had soooooooooo much ti do together still.remember you were the only one who took me places.for instince, out of state.& now we can't have that anymore.but i will always think of you cause well i can't stop thinking of you.sooooooo
i miss you already.
i love you,
your little sis courtney

we have said our goodbyes to you and now we must try and get thru this.you will forever be in our hearts you left a void in our hearts that will never be filled .we loved you in life and we love you still. God speed josh and peace be with you, i will miss my hugs from you i love you aunt dee

I just wanted to write for my family and I think I speak for us all when I say thank you to everyone for all your support and kind words. Josh is loved by so many and will be missed by so many. Even though my family is going through a hard time right now it is good for them to know that there are people out there praying for us and saying such nice things about Josh. So from the bottom of our hearts thank you so much!

We are deeply sorry to hear about Josh. All of you are in our hearts and prayers. Please let us know if there is anything we can do!

To the Knoles and Cook families I am so sorry for your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

To Starr and Family,
My thoughts and prayers are with you in this time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort and make you smile remembering special times. Be calm and you will hear Josh speak, in the stillness, in the calm, his love resounds. If there is anything I can do please let me know. Keep in touch, I will see you soon. Your extended family here at work sends you their deepest sympathy as well.

we've had ups and we had are downs
youve been there when ive needed u and i will always remember you in my heart and memories

Kevin, our prayers are with you and the entire family. Sorry we could not make the visitation,but our sympathy goes out to you.

My thoughts and prayer's are with the family and friends of Josh. Audry, Peggy and John Cook, my heart goes out to you with my deepest sympathy.

Josh,hi this is your family.You are up above us now looking down on us and wishing we will get through this time of sorrow.May your compassion and smile stay in our souls and hearts as we go on.Our prayers will always be with you your family is missing you.It only just seems like a dream and we'll wake and you'll be here ,only to find your not with us.Just remembering your smile will get us through.Love always uncle Kent,aunt Tina ,and your cousins.

Josh you will be missed and I will always miss that beauiful smile and how you always called me aunt donna it was never just donna when I saw you the other day and gave you a glass of water from where you was working on that roof I ask you josh hon do you want something to eat and you said thank you but it was so hot so I gave you two or three glasses of water and then I tricked you and gave you sprite you and I got really tickled when you said that taste really great I'll take another one of those, you were so sweet when you said wheres uncle Fred I said at home laying down, and you said ok aunt donna tell uncle fred I love you and him see you later need to get back to do roof bye josh well miss you forever.

We send our sympathy to the entire
Cook family. Bosco, sorry we coudn't make the visitation, you are in our thoughts and prayers.
Jim and Linda Fry

Starr,
Our thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.

ONE AT REST

Think of me as one at rest,
for me you should not weep
I have no pain no troubled thoughts
for I am just alseep
The living thinking me that was,
is now forever still
And life goes on without me now,
as time forever will.

If you heart is heavy now
because I've gone away
Dwell not long upon it friend
For none of us can stay
Those of you who liked me,
I sincerely thank you all
And those of you who loved me,
I thank you most of all.

And in my fleeting lifespan,
as time went rushing by
I found some time to hesitate,
to laugh, to love, to cry
Matters it now if time began
If time will ever cease?
I was here, I used it all,
and now I am at peace.

To Peggy, John, Starr, Audrey, Bosco and all, I'm so sorry to hear of your loss. I just found out today, and I can't believe this is happening. I won't be able to make the visitation due to a previous commitment; but please know that I am there in spirit. If there is anything I can do to help in anyway, please don't hesitate to ask. Your neighboor,

Our hearts and prayers go out to the Cook Family and the Knoles Family.

Starr,
No words can give you comfort at this time, but only time will heal your pain. Know that your in my thoughts and prayers.

We were so sorry to hear of your loss. The thoughts of many are with you at this time of sorrow.

Josh, I love you so much and it's hard to know that you are now gone. I pray every night for you and I can't wait to come to heaven to be with you. You truely lived your life to the fullest! I know you are up in heaven with grandma Goldie and your grandma Joanne. I love you so much and I am sure going to miss you. I will stay strong for everyone because I know that is what you would want. I just can't believe your gone and I can't explain in words how much I love you. Your memory will always be in my heart. We all have many good memories with you and you are greatly missed. I personally think we should all be jealous of you, Josh, because you get to be in heaven chillin' with God. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU IN HEAVEN!!!
May you rest in heavenly peace!
LOVE, Ashley Noble (cousin)

We've been through the best time of our lives, and we've seen the worst times in our lives, Although you're not alive I'm going to keep your tradition alive. Jamie and I will play ring around the rosie when you were supposed to turn 25. Some people thought you were my brother, at one time in our lives I took care of you like I was your mother. I wish, I wish I could turn back the hands of time. So I could've helped you, and you'd still be alive.
This is like a bad dream and I want to wake up. Being without you makes me think I want to give up, but I am a strong minded person and so were you. I'm going to do all the good things in life that you would do, until it is my time. We had a lot of good memories and now they play like a movie in my head, I still don't believe you're dead.
All we both wanted in life is to be loved. Now God took you from me and sent you up above. So I'm ending this with saying goodbye, even thought saying goodbye makes me cry. I know we will be together in heaven with it's my time to die.

your cousin, melinda cook

My heart goes out to the family of Josh. You all have my deapest sympathy.

Audrey, Aunt Peggy, John and the rest of my Cook cousins: I am so sorry for the loss of Josh. My thoughts and prayers are with you all.

To Starr and family, you have our deepest sympathies. Our hearts go out to all of you.

Josh, All my life you were always there, there's so much that was hard to bear. Through hard times we helped each other through, and I'll always remember the good times too. I hear your voice, I see your face, I know that now, you are in a safe place. The other day I got a tattoo, and did it just for you. When I look to the sky I will watch for you, It's hard to know I'll never again hold you. I know someday I'll see you in heaven. Love Aunt Dorothy

My deepest sympathy to anyone one close to josh. I am very sorry for your loss. I went to school with josh and he was always a freind to me,my husband, and my brothers and we will all miss him dearly.Josh was always a good person and truley lived life to the fullest. May he rest in peace.

Kevin, Angie, Audry, Joe, John & Peg and the rest of the family, we are so very sorry for your loss. Josh was a good boy & I know will be saddly missed. Be strong & take care!

You will always be in our hearts and your family is in our prayers...we miss you Josh, your memories will never die though! We Love You!

Josh not only were you my cousin but also my best friend. You have always been there when I have needed you. I look for you to come home any time but as each days goes by reality sinks in and I know that is not going to happen. I loved you so much as did many people. I have loved you just like you were my own brother. There are times I love you to death and other times I just wanted to scream at you for driving me crazy. Am thankful I got to spend the last few months of your life getting so close to you. You turned into my best friend. I love you so much and I promise to always thank of you and remember all the good things and all the stupid jokes you told that made me laugh. Our whole family loves you so much and we are glad for the children of yours that we can remember you by. Josh I love you very much and am glad you are with God now even though I would much rather be hearing your dumb jokes everyday. My heart will never forget you Josh!

It never quite makes sense when someone so young is called home. While he must have needed you more than we did, it's hard to imagine how. I only saw you from time to time but when I did you were always smiling. You have left an empty space in our hearts. Your memory will live with us forever. Grandma Goldie is waiting to help you home. Rest peacefully knowing that your family will think of you always and we will forever miss you.

For my son Joshua words cannot express the Love Joy and Laughter that you brought into my life. This is the hardest thing ever in my life having to realize that you are not here with me, but I do know that you will forever be in my heart. I cannot see right now how I could ever live without you, yet I know deep down that I will be with you again some day soon and I'll be waiting my darling for that day to come. So for now I'm supposed to be strong which I will my son for you especially and for the beautiful grandchildren that you left here with me. This is not goodbbye Josh it is a different way sort of a new start and beginning that you my son will always be with me and always in my heart. I will never forget you Joshua and even though I want you here with me in person you and I will make sure that you are with me baby, with your mama forever. You have always made me so very proud of you son and sometimes life just is not fair.

No bond is as great as that between a parent and child. Our deepest condolences are with you as you grieve.

Josh was a good friend. Always willing to help out. He will be missed by many. We send our hearts and prayers out to his family.

Do not stand by my grave and weep.
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints upon the snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain and I am the gentle rain.
When you awaken in the morning’s hush,
I am that swift uplifting rush,
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft star that shines at night.
Do not stand by my grave and cry for I am not there, because no one really dies.

Submitted by Kenneth Snodgrass

Bosco, Jeff & family. Our hearts and prayers go out to your family during this hard time. We hope that God will give you all strength to make it through.

"We Heard You Cry"

Dedicated to: Josh Knoles
From: John Earl Cook

We heard your cry
We cannot understand why!
It's a tragedy you had to die.
We know you didn't want to go
It wasn't your time it wasn't supposed to be the end of the line.
We heard your cry
we heard your yelp
we all tried to get you help.
We love you much now your gone its so hard for us to carry on.
I was hoping it was a dream
I know it isn't I just want to scream.
We heard you cry but not no more.
I know you went through heaven's door.
Your children are still here to take your place
We can see you in their face.
I will see you when I die until then I just want to cry.

We love you so much that words cannot describe. We will always cherish you and your memory. Our lives have been changed forever! Your bright smile will always be remembered. You are with us at all times, especially through this most difficult time.

My condolences to Starr and her family for their lost. You will be in my prayers.

Our condolences to Josh's family,I can't imagine losing a child and my heart goes out to you

We are so very sorry for the loss of Joshua. Our prayers go out to the whole family to find the strength to endure this tragedy.