Elsie A. Lafayette

Hi Grandma...I got to thinking about you again. I sure do miss you. We had Thanksgiving at my house. The dressing just didnt come out this year. It was DRY! I really wanted you there to help me with it. Well, I am going to try it again Christmas. I am going to do your little secret. I made the pumpkin pies just the way you liked them. They turned out really good. All the kids are really growing. Tarynn is getting tall, Marissa and Peanut just stopped growing :o) and little Danny is getting big. Sunny starts back to work tomorrow she is happy. Work is going good for me too. Well, just thought I would stop in and write real quick. Well, I am going to bed now. Give Grandpa a big hug for me. See you later. I love you!

Stormie

Hello again Grandma. I have been thinking about you all day long. You went to heaven a year ago today. I miss that smile you had so much. It still hurts to write. I cry every time I do. I wish I could just have 5 more minutes with ya. I would give you a hug, then tell you I love you. You made a big difference in this world, and it is so empty without you. I cant believe its been a whole year. We all miss you so much. Well, I am going to go for now. I love you a bunch!

Well, its me again. I just get to thinking about you and I wanted to write. I guess everything is going good here. I found our old Greyhound bus tickets from a long time ago. You also kept a journal. You wrote down everything. When I slept, when I ate, what I ate. Its very interresting.I am wanting to back down to Fouke before Thanksgiving and putting some more flowers on your grave. I guess we can say thats your Christmas present.I dont know what else to do. You have such a pretty tumb stone. They did a really good job with it.Well, guess I am going to get off of here. I love you a whole lot. And I miss you even more than that!

Hey Grandma...I know its been a really long time since i have written, but dont think i have forgotten about you. I miss you very much everyday. I sure do wish you were still here. Its almost Thanksgiving...and I really need you here to make the dressing with me. I tried to make some butter milk biscuits a while back, but they were nothing like yours.

You should see Peanut now. He has got so big. I wish he could have known you long enough to remember you. Well, guess I will go for now. I love you very much. And I will see you again one day.

Hey there Grandma, Sorrry I have not wrote you, I have not had a computer. I am just sitting here reading all the entries that everyone has wrote you. You were such wonderful person. Everytime someone was down you would bring them up. I miss comming over to your house and seeing you on the bed, and your eyes light up when you saw my eyes, and you would saw how are you on this lovly day? I miss just sitting down and talking to you about everthing.Marsia is 15 mouths old now and I have anotherone comming, I'ts a little boy this time, his name is going to be Sergio Cono Sanchez (or if I dont think of some thing better frist) I really cant say how much of a wonderful person you are, I know your not hurtting now, but we all miss you very much! I remember when you came to me in my dreams It was so wonderful I think about i't all the time. So if you have time I would love to see you again,Well I am going to go I will wright back soon! I love you so very much, I miss you too! bye for now

with all my love

Sunny Lafayette

hey Grandma, I sure do miss you. I cant stop thinking about you. Me, Sunny, and Wendy are going out to the grave yard tomorrow. I have some pretty pink flowers for you. I know you love the color pink.

Were not going to the reunion this year. You know how tight money gets around here. Well, Peanut turned 1 Thursday. I sure wish he could have known you. I tell him he has a very special guardian angel watching over him.

Well, I am going to say good night for now. I love you so much.

Hello Grandma...I finally got this computer fixed. For a long time it wouldnt open this page. I sure think about you a lot, and I miss you so very much. We finally went out to the swings the other day and had a little cook-out. But nobody has been out there since.

You should see Peanut, he is really growing. I have a lot of fun with him. He is a really good kid. I went through the cedar chest Monday, and read that note you wrote again. You were the most sweetest person and the best Grandma anyone could ever have. We were so lucky to know such a person. Well, gotta go. I love you Grandma.

To the Lafayette family: I would like to express my deepest sympathy and condolences in the lose of your dear mother and grandmother. The short time I lived in Hot Springs with my son and daughter-in-law, Jim and Stormie Dunn, Mrs. Lafayette became a very dear friend. I enjoyed the wheelchair races with her and talks out at the swings. She will be deeply and sadly missed by all that loved her.

Dee Dunn

Hey grandma, I am writing to say happy birthday! and i miss you so much! I'll write back soon! i love you so much!

Hello grandma, I really wish you were here for my birthday. It was pretty good, but it would have been better if you were here to celebrate it with me. your birthday is comming up. Its in 2 days. I really miss you alot. And think about you all the time. Ill write you back later. I love you!

hello grandma, sorry i havent written you in a while. but that doesnt mean i didnt think about you. our birthday is getting closer. its going to be very sad not having you here with me, to help me celebrate our birthday togeather. guess what? im in the top 10 in the publishers clearing house. well i love you and i miss you so much! you and uncil gene and grandpa. tell everyone i said hello, and i love them, ill write back soon, i love you so much grandma, and i wish you were here so bad!!!!

Hello Grandma again...I miss you so much! I keep thinking about you. Well, today we finally went out to the swings. We all talked and talked. I sure do miss you. I miss your smile, and that laugh you had. Our world is so empty without you. Its crazy how you can miss someone so much. Still, I cry a little when I write to you. You should see Peanut now. He has really got big. He will soon be 9 months old. I will make sure he knows all about his Great-Grandmother. Its still hard to believe you are gone. You are so dear to all of us. Well, better get off of here. I love you very much, and one day I will see you again. Give Grandpa a big hug for me!

Grandma,

I love this guest book. I love to be able to write to you. I know you can see it. I miss you so very much. I think about you all the time. Losing someone so special reminds you that we dont say "I love you" enough. You have tought me my sisters and brother so much. Even the little things, like, keep your shoes close to the bed incase the house catches on fire. I miss you so much. I keep remembering our summers at Cedar Hill. Those were the best times of my life. You are the greatest. I am proud to say you are my Grandma.

In closing the year, it is time to reflect on the loss of a wonderful person. Not only was she a wonderful mother to her children, but helped Louis do a wonderful job raising his. She will be greatly missed, but has a big legacy. Her life did have a purpose and alot of meaning.

hey grandma, i miss you so much, last night i cried myself to sleep thinking about you, i guess it finnally hit me that you really are gone to heaven. i wish you were still here. i made the jam cake at christmas this year, everyone said they loved it, but i know it wasnt as good as yours. and it never will. but i tried. aunt bonnie helped me make it. if it wasnt for her i probably would have not made it. i just wish you were here. i miss you so much! but you are in my heart, and i know you are looking down on me and watching me, thats why i am trying to be good. well our birthdays are comming up, and i am going to be thinking of you the whole time. wishing you were here to help me celebrate them together. grandma its just not the same around here without you, everyone just misses you so much. well i am crying so much i cant see, so im going to go now, i love you so much!!!! you will always be in my heart!

Hey Grandma, I wrote you in your book, but I have no idea where it went. Well, its almost Christmas. It is going to really suck without you. Me and Wendy is going to cook a big dinner. I sure wish you were here. I have no idea how to make the dressing. I guess I need to go on-line to find the recipe. I remember the last time I made it, I had to keep calling you to see how to make it. Well, I love you a lot, and miss you even more. Ill write again soon!

Love ya!!

My grandma was the best grandma in the world. I am upset that she left but, it makes me feel better to know that she is in heaven with all of our other family and friends. Grandma I love you with all my heart and soul, and I always will. and you still are my favorite grandma ever. and one day we will be togeather again having fun!

What can I say about Grandma...She was a very wonderful lady. I remember spending my summers with her when I was younger. Me and her did things that my Dad still doesn't know of, even to this day. I dont care what anyone says, nobody has a Grandma as special as I do. For the last several years, My dad, Aunt Jean, and Grandma had a tradition...they would go out to the swings at 3:00 and stay til about 5:00. When I got home everyday there they were. It is going to be weird not seeing Grandma there anymore. But, I keep thinking, she has waited for nearly 27 years to see Grandpa, and now she gets to be with him forever. God bless my family. And if I can do anything for anyone, just let me know.......I love you Grandma.

Aunt Elsie was a special person who touched our lives in so many ways. Easy to laugh and easy to love. We have special memories of all those camping trips with her and all the fun we had. She lived a good life. She adored her family, and they adored her. We will miss her greatly. Love you all, Ronnie & Dianne

Offering our deepest condolences during this difficult time.