POEM TO BAMA

 

 

BAMMA/ MARY E. WILLIAMS - GRANDMOTHER

               By Helen Jones (Notes) on Sunday, October 3, 2010 at 4:11pm

SHE WAS SO BRIGHT, IN HER WALK

SHE WAS SO MEEK IN HER TALK

HER LIGHT SHINED SO BRIGHT EVERYDAY

SHE SHINED IT ON OTHERS SO THEY SAW THE WAY.

 

SHE LOVE EVERYBODY, EVEN THOSE SHE DIDN'T KNOW

SHE WAS FOR REAL, SHE DIDN'T PUT ON A SHOW

SHE WAS LIKE JESUS, THAT'S THE DIRECTION I WANT SO

OH, HOW I REMEMBER HER LOVE AND GLOW.

 

I REALLY MISS HER, EACH AND EVERY DAY

BUT I KNOW I'LL MEET HER ON THE WAY

WHEN WE HEAR OUR SAVIOR SAY

WELL DONE, COME IN, RECEIVE YOUR PAY

 

I NEVER REMEMBER AN UNKIND THING

THE HUMBLENESS AND JOY SHE WOULD BRING

A GIFT GIVEN FROM GOD ALMIGHTY OUR KING

YES, SHE WAS ALWAYS UNDER THE MASTER'S WING

 

BAMMA, IF YOU COULD HEAR ME, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY

THANK YOU JESUS FOR MY GRANDMOTHER AND THE WAY

SHE SHOWED ME, THRU YOU, HOW TO PRAY

AND FOREVER IN CHRIST, I WILL STAY

I WILL NEVER GIVE MY SOUL AWAY

TO SATAN AND HIS FOLLOWERS TO BURN IN HELL ONE DAY

 

I REMEMBER THE TIME WHEN I WAS A CHILD

AND HOW MOST OF MY LIFE WAS BEGUILED

IF IT WASN'T FOR JESUS'S HAND ON ME

I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHERE I WOULD BE

 

IT WAS TIMES WHEN I WAS ON MY OWN

YES, I THOUGHT I WAS GROWN

BUT THE GRACE OF GOD, CARRIED ME THRU

I LOOK BACK AND KNOW GOD IT WAS YOU

 

YOU SEE, I WASN'T THAT BAD, I WOULD SAY

I DIDN'T ALWAYS FOLLOW THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW WAY

I DIDN'T ALWAYS THINK OF OTHERS AND PRAY



A GOOD EXAMPLE OF CHRIST WAS MY GRANDMOTHER

SHE ALWAYS THOUGHT AND DID FOR ANOTHER

SHE'S SLEEPING IN JESUS, HIS WILL SHE OBEYED

OH I CAN CLEARLY REMEMBER THE DAY

WHEN SHE LEFT US, TO RECEIVE HER PAY

WITH CHRIST OUR SAVIOR, THE ONLY WAY.....

 

 
 
UPDATED....The 3rd Williams Family Reunion

!!!!UPDATE......!!!!
 


HELLO TO ALL: REUNION JUNE 24, 2017

We are in the planning stages for this event and would like the cooperation of all family members.  If you would like to be a part of this event, send an email with the activity you would like to do sucn as a talent show and we will try to fit you in.  This can be any talent you would like to share, poetry you would like to recite, dedication to any members no longer with us.  We may not fit each activity in but will try our best.   We will also have a great fun activity for the kids.  Thank you and please continue to pass the word.

HELEN I. JONES  2017



Date
April 13th, 2010

Time
1:24pm EDT

Location
15150 Cloverdale Road,
DALE CITY, VA, US, 22193