I JUST RECEIVED SOME SAD NEWS!!!

[QueenWhiteRose~Christie]

THE CANDLE BELOW IS FOR HER..
THIS IS FOR YOU "MAMA VEE"

[QueenWhiteRose~Christie]

I HAVEN'T BEEN TO BED YET SINCE NIGHT BEFORE...
IN A FEW MINUTES I SO HOPE TO BE ABLE TO SLEEP...NOT SURE THOUGH...
I JUST RECEIVED WORD THAT MY EX MOTHER-IN-LAW PASSED AWAY
YESTERDAY....MY DAUGHTER JUST CALLED ME TO LET ME KNOW...
THE FUNERAL WILL BE ON MONDAY...
HER NAME WAS MRS. R.L. JOHNSTON--VIVIAN--I CALLED HER "MAMA VEE"--ON THE NIGHT OF MY WEDDING WAY BACK ON JUNE 1, 1971 I ASKED HER, "OKAY, NOW WHAT DO I CALL YOU, CAUSE SAYING MRS. JOHNSTON DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT?" AND SHE SAID, "JUST CALL ME "MAMA VEE"...MY CHILDREN CALL HER "MIMI"...
SHE WAS IN THE WAVES,WAY BACK IN WORLD WAR II AND SHE ALSO TAUGHT TAP AND ALSO WAS A RETIRED VOCATIONAL TEACHER AT THE COOPER HIGH SCHOOL IN ABILENE, TEXAS...
IF ANYONE GETS THE ABILENE REPORTER NEWS..I WOULD APPRECIATE RECEIVING ALL WRITINGS ABOUT IT...THANK YOU AHEAD OF TIME...FOR MAILING OF THEM TO ME PLEASE CONTACT ME....THANKS AGAIN!!
HER SON AND I ARE DIVORCED AND HE'S THE DADDY TO ALL 3 OF MY CHILDREN...SHE HAD ALZISMERS..SPELLING?? SO SORRY, TYPING THIS THRU TEARS...
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, 3 DAUGHTERS, 2 SONS, 22(I THINK) GRANDCHILDREN, AND SEVERAL GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND ALOT OF NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND ALOT MORE FAMILY
SHE WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED AND SHE IS SO LOVED...SHE WILL BE WATCHING OVER US ..THIS I KNOW!!!
SHE AND I WERE CLOSE...I WOULD LOVE TO BE THERE BUT MY HEALTH WILL NOT PERMIT ME TO BE THERE....DARN THIS HEALTH!!!
"MAMA VEE", LOVE YOU SO MUCH, I HAVE LEARNED ALOT FROM YOU, YOU WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED AND JUST KNOW YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE A VERY SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART AND WITHOUT YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND AND ""GOD"" GIVING BIRTH TO YOUR SON, MY CHILDREN'S DADDY, I WOULD NOT HAVE MY 3 BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN AND I WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN THOSE 8 PRECIOUS GRANDCHILDREN EITHER...I LOVE YOU!!! LUVS CHRISTIE"