06/23/08 - NNHS Newsletter - Dell Rogers Laws
Dell Rogers Laws
(d. 21 June 2008)
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06/23/08 - NNHS Newsletter - Dell Rogers Laws
Dell Rogers Laws |
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Dear
Friends and Schoolmates,
Once again we bring you sad news.
Dell Rogers
Laws, mother of 
Paul Laws ('61) of VA, Martha Laws Nowygrod ('68) of NJ; Debbie Laws-Landis
('71) of PA;
and Philip Laws of VA, passed
away in Lititz, PA on Saturday, June 21, 2008 at the age of 89.
Another
son,
Joe Laws ('65), preceded her in death in 2003.
From Linda Lane Lane
('64) of VA - 06/25/08 - "Death of a Friend":
Dell Rogers
Laws. She was the mother of Paul, Martha, Debbie, Phillip and the
late
Joe Laws. Mrs. Laws lived on the corner of 53
rd Street and Huntington Avenue for many years. She was very active
in Noland Memorial United Methodist Church
for many years. My mother always loved spending time with Dell as she was
always so full of life. I have pictures of her in our home for several
birthday parties wearing her beautiful smile.....
No, Linda, I surely missed it,
or more accurately, I read it with eyes that refused to see. I frequently
do this, especially when deaths occur in clusters such as we've experienced this
week. If Memorial
Editions have not been posted by the morning of the first day they appear,
that's a sure sign I have not caught them. Thank you so much for showing me this.
From the Daily Press - 06/23/08:
Dell Rogers Laws
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NEWPORT NEWS -
Dell Rogers Laws, 89, died on June 21, 2008 at Landis Homes, a retirement
community in Lititz, Pa. |
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| I visited Dell a couple years ago, and as I was leaving I looked sad, and she said, "Don't be sad, son, because I can still dance", and she started shuffling her feet which in turn made me laugh. Celebrating a life well lived. We will cherish the memories forever. The Batchelor family |
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Aubrey Batchelor (Williamsburg, VA) - June 23, 2008 Contact me |
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To the family of Dell Laws: " 'Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus". With that trust, this is not the end, but the beginning of an unbelievably glorious existence in the eternal presence of the One who loved us. "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither has it entered into the heart of man the things God has prepared for them that love Him" I Cor 2:9 May you take comfort in that thought that she is with her Saviour. Paul, we're sorry we can't be with you at this time. We'll be with our kids in Harrisonburg area. With love, Bert & Jacque Fowler |
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Bert &
Jacque Fowler (Hampton, VA) -
June 23, 2008 Contact me |
| Paul and Sherry, so sorry to hear about the passing of your Mother. Thoughts and prayers go out to you both. Miss you both. Nancy & Buzzy Blanchard |
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Buzzy Blanchard (Kenner, LA) -
June 25,
2008
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The Laws Family. Your mother was a lovely lady and had been a friend of my family at Noland for years. You are in our thoughts and prayers. |
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Linda L. Lane (Williamsburg, VA) -
June 25,
2008
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Our sincerest sympathies are extended to Mrs. Laws' family and their friends.
Y'all take good care of each other! TYPHOONS FOREVER! We'll Always Have Buckroe!
Love to all, Carol
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All Creatures of Our God and King
Words by Saint Francis of Assisi, circa 1225
(Cantico di fratre sole, Song of Brother Sun). He wrote this hymn shortly before
his death, but it was not published for almost 400 years. Translated to English
by William H. Draper for a children’s Whitsuntide festival in Leeds, England;
first appeared in the Public School Hymn Book, 1919;
Music -
Lasst Uns Erfreuen,
Ausserlesene Catholische Geistiche Kirchengesäng
(Köln, Germany: Peter von Brachel, 1623);
harmony by
Ralph Vaughan Williams in The English Hymnal
(London: Oxford University Press, 1906)
(courtesy of
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/a/c/acoogak.htm - 05/09/08)
All creatures of our God and King,
lift up your voices, let us sing:
Alleluia, alleluia!
Thou burning sun with golden beams,
thou silver moon that gently gleams,
Refrain:
O praise him, O praise him,
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Thou rushing wind that art so strong,
ye clouds that sail in heaven along,
O praise him, Alleluia!
Thou rising morn, in praise rejoice,
ye lights of evening, find a voice,
Thou flowing water, pure and clear,
make music for thy Lord to hear,
Alleluia, alleluia!
Thou fire so masterful and bright,
that givest man both warmth and light,
Dear mother earth, who day by day
unfoldest blessings on our way,
O praise him, Alleluia!
The flowers and fruits that in thee grow,
let them his glory also show:
And all ye men of tender heart,
forgiving others, take your part,
O sing ye Alleluia!
Ye who long pain and sorrow bear,
praise God and on him cast your care:
And thou, most kind and gentle death,
waiting to hush our latest breath,
O praise him, Alleluia!
Thou leadest home the child of God,
and Christ our Lord the way hath trod:
Let all things their Creator bless,
and worship him in humbleness,
O praise him, Alleluia!
Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son,
and praise the Spirit, Three in One:
"All Creatures of Our God and King" midi and lyrics courtesy of http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/a/a100.html - 05/09/08
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