Jessie Sheets

October 2, 2020

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO MY BEAUTIFUL MAMA AND DADDY IN HEAVEN.

I wish you were both here to celebrate on this earth with me...but am so glad you have each other in HEAVEN to share this special day with.

You danced so beautifully together...I hope you are dancing a jig to celebrate today!

Angels around you both and all my love is sent your way on this special day. I miss you both so very much!

Your Baby Girl...Leslynn

May 27, 2020

My Beautiful Mama:

Another anniversary to celebrate you in Heaven...17 years to date!

The years fly by but yet it still seems like yesterday when you were here to talk to and hug.
I'm glad you are not facing all the sickness that this Earth has gone through this year. It has been a long, hard 3 months of sheltering in place due to the pandemic virus from China. I am so thankful you did not have to suffer through this dangerous time with us.
It has been hard to stay healthy during this virus scare...but we are trying our best to keep our bodies healthy so that we can fight off the other diseases we have been "blessed with" this last year. I pray you are with me today as I go for yet another checkup to make sure I am not going backwards again.

Please give all of our loved ones my love and let them know how much I miss them and wish that we could all be together again. Some day soon we will.

Angels around you always in Heaven...as I pray Angels around us on Earth as well to fight this terrible virus pandemic the world is facing. We pray God will give us a miracle and vanish it from this Earth.

I still miss you dearly and love you more!
Your loving baby girl forever...

May 10, 2020

Happy 17th Mothers Day In Heaven Mom
Happy Birthday In Heaven Daddy

It's another year that has gone by without you two. But a special day again...Mother's Day and Daddy's Birthday!

When it rains...look for rainbows.
When it is dark...look for the stars.
When it's windy...listen to the trees swaying.
When it's night...listen to the tree frogs chirping.
When spring is here...listen for the sweet calls of the doves.

That is what I do when I think of you each and every day of my life. This has been another rough year health wise. I keep asking for Gods Grace and a Miracle Cure...maybe just maybe God will grant me that wish with all our prayers out there.

Please take care of my beautiful Jannie...life is not the same here without her as well. I miss her telling me what to do and not doing it of course. I miss her laugh. I miss her hugs. I miss her saying I LOVE YOU SIS! And I know that you are all up there celebrating your wonderful lives in HEAVEN! I will see you there one of these days soon, I'm sure! So don't forget to leave the lights on and be at the gates when God brings me to you one last time.

Miss you all so much...love you all infinity. Angels around you always. You are all in my HEART and PRAYERS each day of my life and always will be.

Love from your baby girl again...

Leslynn

Happy 98th Birthday Sweet Mama in Heaven.

Still in our hearts, our thoughts and our memories.

Still miss you here on Earth. But we have wonderful memories that push us through each day.
Dealing with a lot of changes in our lives without you here physically, however we know you are with us each step of every day in our hearts to guide us to the right decisions and directions with the grace of God as well.

We feel your presence and grace.

Angels around you always...
With all our love on this special day you were born.

May 27, 2019
HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY
HAPPY 16TH ANNIVERSARY IN HEAVEN
We pray that you welcomed our beautiful cousin (Jannie) at Heaven's Gate.
Still finding those pennies from Heaven.
We ask for guidance and good luck as we face another SITUATION. We pray God's Grace will be with us.
Still love you and miss you more!
Your Baby Girl, Jim and Baby

October 2, 2018
HAPPY 79TH ANNIVERSARY MAMA AND DADDY!
Another glorious year in Heaven in God's grace until we meet again on the other side.
Miss you sorely...love you dearly...Wishing Angels Around You Always!
XoXo
Your Baby Girl

Happy 78th Anniversary Dearest Mama & Daddy...

I miss you dearly...
I love you more...

Your Baby Girl

August 1, 2017

Happy Happy 96th Birthday Dear Sweet Mama...

I still wake each day and think of you... I still go to bed each night with you in my prayers. There's not a day that goes by that you are not with me in my heart, thoughts and prayers.

I pray you have a blessed birthday with all the family who went before us in HEAVEN today and everyday.

Angels Around You Always...With All My Love I Have To Give...

Your Baby Girl Forever!

Happy Mother's Day Mama...

Mother And Daughter

It's a special bond that spans the years.
Through laughter, worry, smiles and tears.
A sense of trust that can't be broken...
A depth of love sometimes unspoken.
A life long friendship built on sharing.
Hugs and kisses, warmth and caring.
Mother and Daughter their hearts as one.
A link that can never be UNDONE!

I Miss You Mom

I thought of you with love today,
but that is nothing new.
I thought about you yesterday,
and days before that too.
I think of you in silence.
I often speak your name.
All I have are memories,
and your picture in a frame.
Your memory is my keepsake,
with which I'll never part.
God has you in his keeping,
I HAVE YOU IN MY HEART!

Today is one of those days when I wish
I was a little girl and could climb into my Mama's lap and cry until the hurt goes
away.

Happy 14th Mothers Day In Heaven...

You are in my heart always as is the love in my heart for you. I love you to the moon and back...

Always and forever...

Your Baby Girl

Always in my heart and mind...especially on this 27th day of May.

Angels around you SWEET MAMA.

I love and miss you to eternity.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAMA

You are in my heart, thoughts and prayers each and every day.

Do a jig for me with Daddy on this beautiful day you were born.

My love is with you always

May 10, 2014

Well here we are at another double meaning day...


Happy Birthday Daddy
and
Happy Mothers Day Mama.

The years just keep clicking by so fast without you two...but knowing that you are together and at peace in Heaven gives me inner peace as well.

I will always miss you.

I will always love you.

I will always cherish the signs and memories you leave for me.

With all my love I have in my heart for you both...

Your Baby Girl
Lesley Lynn
Your Devoted Son In Law
Jim
And Your Grand Dog
Baby

Angels Around You All

May 10, 2014

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY

A double meaning day so close to my heart. Can't get you both off my mind and heart.

I hope you two are making up for all the lost time you had for twenty years.

I love you both dearly and miss you more...but I know we will be together soon. Keep a light on for me when that time comes.

Always remember my heart and love is unconditional as it was from you as well.

Until our next communication...

With all my love I have in my heart...I yearn to see and be with you!

Your Baby Girl LesLynn
Your Devoted Son In. Law Jim
And Baby Seminole Wind

May 27, 2013
It's been 10 years today
Since you went away.
I find it harder to function
Without your loving gumption.

Daddy waited in Heaven 20 years for your love
And you flew away 10 years ago to be with him above.

I know you two are happy and well
But life on Earth without you is pure Hell.

My heart is torn and empty
Just to put it plain and simply.

I yearn for the day we will be together again
And never have to worry about the end.

God blesses me daily to do my best
And everyday without you is truly a test.

So I pray to you every night
And try my hardest to not lose sight.

For I know the Gates Of Heaven are waiting for me
On that glorious day when I am reunited with thee.

I still see the signs from up above
The ones you promised me you would send with love.

The pennies on the street
The songs and their beat.

The clock I keep seeing 222
For that was the number you promised to show.

Until the day God brings us back together again
Please know I love you more now than I ever did then.

There is nothing like a mother and daughters love to compare
Even though many try and erase all the great days that we shared.

So open up those gates when God brings me knocking
For I expect to see my Mama and Daddy in a chair just a rocking.

Just like you did when I was a child
But this time will be forever and will be Heavenly wild.

Written In Tribute To My Sweet Mama On Year Ten In Heaven

Jessie Sheets 1921-2003

I LOVE YOU WITH ALL OF MY HEART!

Your Loving Baby Daughter
Lesley Lynn

We miss Jessie very much. What a wonderful lady and we are so blessed to have had her in our lives (actually she is still with us in our memories). I remember Jessie keeping our kids' Christmas pictures for every year we sent them to her. That mean't so much to me when a person can be so caring to keep pictures of friends' kids forever. We miss you Jessie.

Seven years have flown by without you my dear Mama.

What I wouldn't give to hold you one more time, call you one more time and tell you I love you one more time...but that would be selfish to wish you back on this Earth in the shape that you were in. You were so ready to go be with Daddy and I know we shared everything we needed to, but that does not lessen the piece of my heart that died the day you left. I know we will be together again and it will be glorious to be with everyone that is with you now in Heaven.

I know you are but a memory away...I still pick up the "pennies from heaven" and toss them over my shoulder for good luck...after I read the date. The smell of the iron with distilled water still brings a smile to my face remembering watching you iron as a child. The smell of grilled cheese sandwiches, buttermilk, cranberry salad...all reminders of you that make my heart happy when I smell them and think about how you were the only one who knew how to make "a grilled cheese sandwich". Songs are another trigger for me...I can't believe how many songs I hear and know the words to because of you and Daddy and the music we listened to in the house for years.

They say the older you get the more you are like your Mother...I say hooray for that, who better to be like. A little OC, but that's what makes it so special and like you. I find myself using all of your "Oklahoma phrases" and Jim just laughs and say "ok Jessie"...which is a compliment.

I always know when you are with me at hard times...the signs we talked about before you passed are always there...so you see it is working from the other side!

I love you Sweet Mama and miss you terribly and did not want this day to go by without many thoughts of you that are special to me.

Keep the lights on and I know you and Daddy will be standing there hand in hand when we come home to see you all and be with you forever.

Angels around you always...

Your Lil' Girl Forever!

Jessie Sheets Memorial

August 1, 1921 To May 27, 2003

Graveside services will be held at Hillcrest Memorial Park on Friday,
May 30, 2003, at 3:00 p.m., in Lakeview Lawn for Jessie Sheets who passed away Tuesday, May 27, 2003.
Visitation is scheduled for Thursday, May 29, 2003, from 4-8 p.m.

Jessie was born in Hydro, Oklahoma, on August 1, 1921, and was raised in El Reno, Oklahoma. Jessie was one of three girls and one boy raised by Tom and Billie Gillum, also of Oklahoma and Bakersfield.

Jessie married Leslie Edgar Sheets on October 2, 1939. Their 44-year union of marriage continued until Leslie's passing on October 19, 1983.

Jessie and Les raised three children in Bakersfield; Thomas Leslie Sheets, Billy Joe Sheets and Lesley Lynn Sheets-Horton, all of whom still reside in Bakersfield.

Many of Jessie's weekends and summers were spent with Les and the kids at their cabin in Balance Rock...these memories will forever be cherished.

Jessie is preceded in death by her husband, Les; mother and father, Tom and Billie Gillum; sister, Vernie Koegler and grandson, Ryan Leslie Sheets.

Jessie is survived by her children: Tom and Kandice Sheets, Billy Joe and Laura Sheets, Jim and Lesley Lynn Horton and her little dog, Gracie.

Surviving grandchildren are: Wesley, Sean and Shane Sheets, Eric and Shannon Sheets-Boren, Tug and Shelly Sheets-Bozanich and Gary James Horton. Recently Jessie's family expanded again as she became a great-grandma of baby Ryan Sheets-Bozanich.

Jessie also leaves behind her eldest sister, Thelma Caraker and her companion, Tom Tierney and her brother, Tag Gillum. Also left behind are her nieces and nephews: Jannie & Jim Helton; Jayme, John, Joey and Jacob Stuart; Harry, Jimmy, Paula, Stacia, Skylar and Zerek Brown; LelaSue and Rod Gregory & Family; Terry Bonham & Family.

As a special tribute, Jessie's grandsons/nephews will be her pallbearers. They include Wesley, Sean and Shane Sheets, Eric Boren, Tug Bozanich, Gary Horton and Jimmy Brown.

The Family wishes to give special thanks to the Bakersfield Memorial Hospital CCU and 2nd floor staff; her family physician, Dr. Hector De Jesus, Dr. Amir, Dr. Miranda, Phyllis and Tracie at Glenwood Gardens, Hoffmann Hospice and all others who touched her life in a special way through the years.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Ryan Sheets Memorial Scholarship Fund c/o North High School located at 300 Galaxy Avenue in Bakersfield, California 93308 or to your favorite charity.

Jessie went peacefully at home with her family by her side.
For 80 years, Jessie lived her life as a strong and independent woman. Her health over the last year declined considerably due to multiple falls and surgeries. Like a trooper, she held on to the very end. Jessie relinquished her struggle on earth so that she may be with her Lord Jesus Christ and her husband Les in Heaven.

Fly like an Angel and rest in peace until we see you again Sweet Mama.

Published in Bakersfield Californian from May 29 to May 31, 2003