“What a sweet lady this was!. It was such a pleasure singing with her in our choir. Then she had to stop coming because the pain in her legs made it too hard to climb the steps. Now she can sing in her heavenly choir all she wants to. Sympathies to the family.”

“My dearest Mother has passed And she is now with our loving Father. I know heaven has welcomed both of them. We our going to miss them so much ! I have been left with nothing but the best memories that I will cherish. The smile on her face is what I will remember and keep in my thoughts for good memories. I had the best parents anyone could ask for. Loving daughter, Lea”

“I am so sorry to hear of your loss. When I have experienced the loss of a loved one, I found great comfort in the words of Jesus at John 11:11, where he likens death to being asleep, and at John 5:28,29 – “All those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out.” “

“Mary so sorry about your sister passing. You certainly look alike. We will keep you in our prayers.”

“My grandmother, Minna Marie Freeman passed away 5-31-2014, though gone she is not forgotten. I have so many fond memories with my grandmother, she was such a powerful influence in my life. Her words, her wisdom, her cooking, her love and most of all her laughter. One day she convinced my mother to let me skip school to go with her on the 80+ miles one way from Laurel to Leonardtown to check on her property. We didn’t do anything special on that trip but with 16 grandchildren, on that day she made me feel like the biggest number one! Grandma was all about the grandchildren, she would always load us all up in in the back of her two tone blue 1970’s model Chevy Heavy Half truck up with every 18-wheeler inner tube granddad didn’t have a use for in the back of her truck. As long as she didn’t have any of our moms with us she would allow us to stand and “wind surf” (oh my). She would hit the bumps to bounce us up and down in the back. It was the best 3 mile ride of our lives and we did it many times with her behind the wheel. Anyone that has ever swam in the Chesapeake Bay will know that some years the jellyfish are horrific in numbers. And for anyone that knows me today, as a kid I was the same way I am today about critters, super freaked out of anything even a harmless jellyfish! That day grandma took the three of kids swimming. I wouldn’t get in the water because of the large number of jellyfish, grandma didn’t skip a beat she rolled up her long lime green sorts and with the inner tube tied to her waist so I wouldn’t be far she dragged me around so I could pay without fear. While dragging me around in the inner tube she picked up the jellyfish and slung them ashore for my baby brother Keithy to burry in the sand. John John, he had no fear he was right alongside grandma pointing out the jellyfish for capture. The three of us kids have replayed that day many times around the dinner table. I have fond memories of her giant late 1960’s green Bonneville, I remember that my brothers were not allowed to chew gum in the car because she was fearful they would drop it on the seats. Not me, I was allowed because I was a “big girl”. My grandparents rented beach cabins every summer, at either Piney Point or Point Lookout. One year at the cabins grandma had the coolest fishing pole ever, it was a collapsible one. She wouldn’t let any of the grandchildren use it except me. She made me feel so special and I loved fishing all day knowing I was the only grandchild allowed to use the special pole. On the way back into the cabin I didn’t realize I forgot to collapse it and as I walked in the door the screen door slammed behind me and broke the rod in two. My mother came unglued. I not only received a spanking from my mother (against grandma’s wishes) I was not allowed to go with all of the grandchildren to the local carnival that night. I was completely crushed, grandma begged mother to let me go, but mother didn’t give in. After everyone came home grandma had managed to sneak me some cotton candy. Once again I was made to feel so special even though I was being punished. There is one memory that brings me to laughter more than any other, it is one that is about both mother and grandma. Grandma’s house took a long time to complete because it was built by all of her friends and son in laws on the weekends. I don’t really remember how many grandchildren were there but we were all sleeping in grandma’s unfinished house some of us on a mattress stacked on the sheetrock, some on a pallet on the floor and some on cots. Out at grandmas it is so incredibly dark and mother was telling one of her spooky stories, she could scare us kids like none other and that night was no different. She was going on and on and on and we were all entranced and just when she was approaching the scariest part she asked us if we could see the head in the window. We were all too afraid to even look, mother continued trying to convince us there was a head in the window as we all got the courage to look towards the window the head spoke! All of us screamed in fear! It was grandma she had come out to check on us to see if we needed a blanket or two. We were all too scared to fall even think about going to sleep that night. So many other things I could go on and on. The stuffed ham at Easter, the massive Easter egg hunts at her house with the cousins. Her famous pumpkin cookies, I loved them so much she mailed me some when I was stationed at NTC San Diego. And who could ever forget the cats! Grandma loved her cats, sometimes more than she loved her husband, her children and the grandchildren. Don’t you hurt her cat! You would never hear the end of it, although I think I was the only grandchild allowed to adopt two of them Penelope and Solomon, once again I was made to feel special. Grandma, I have so many crazy fond memories of your life I hope you realize how much of an influence you had on this little girl. I learned so much about how to be a grandmother from you. I cannot wait to practice what you have taught me. I am only too sad that you will not get to see the fruits of your teaching to this little girl you once carted around with such favor. I loved you more than you ever knew ~ Love Bonnie Anne “