Memories Always: December 2011

Friday, December 30, 2011

May the New Year bring GOOD memories of loved ones lost.

May they help and heal your heart as the days and months go by.

It is true that time and the Lord God -- Yahweh -- of all the earth heals when you let Him into your heart.

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

3 Children, Grandparents Die During Fire in Connecticut

STAMFORD, Conn. -- Three children died Christmas morning during a blaze that also claimed the life of their grandparents who had tried to save the sisters.

Twins Sarah and Grace were 7 years old; their older sister Lily, 10. Their grandparents were Lomer and Pauline Johnson. Madonna Badger, mother and daughter of the victims, and her friend Michael Borcino, escaped the fire. She is a 47-year-old marketing executive.

Conneticut officials had the Victorian mansion razed on Monday, deeming it a fire hazard to a curious and grieving public. Fire officials said Monday on morning television shows that the cause of the fire that burned the three-story home had been determined before the structure was razed.

Watch: Fatal Fire Kills Five in Connecticut
ABC News/Sunday, December 25, 2011

Watch: Christmas Mansion Fire: What Really Happened
Good Morning America/Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Connecticut House Where 3 Kids, Grandparents Die is Razed
CNN News Blogs/Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Madonna Badger: No Foul Play in Connecticut Fire That Killed 5
ibtimes/Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Nicole Cochran Loses Life

GEORGE COUNTY -- Nicole Cochran, 20, died Saturday morning during a head-on collision on Mississippi 63.

According to news reports, Cochran was killed around 11 a.m. when John Holyfield crossed into oncoming traffic as he was northbound on the state highway.

The Lucedale woman was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, according to WLOX TV.

Crash Takes Young Life
WLOX TV-13/Saturday, December 24, 2011

CONTACT

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We welcome your feelings and comments about any young person -- infant to age 25-- listed on this blog. As well, we would love to include any photos that family and friends would add to these life memories.

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COMMUNITY SUPPORT

Celebrate Recovery, a 12-step Bible-based and worldwide group open to adults who have hurts, hangups, habits and addictions -- 6:15 p.m. every Thursday at Cedar Lake Christian Assembly, 11555 Cedar Lake Road in Biloxi, with free supper and meeting. For more information, call 228-826-3661; 6:30 to 7 p.m. meal and meeting from 7 to 8 p.m. at Higher Grounds Cafe at Oasis Church, 4007 N. Pascagoula St., Pascagoula. Go to www.oasisonline.tv or call 228-5639 for details; 6 p.m. at Church on the Rock, 3901 Chicot St., Pascagoula. Call 228-282-0040 for more information.
Compassionate Friends of Leakesville, 7 p.m. first Tuesday each month at Faith Presbyterian Church, 1300 Mississippi St., Leakesville, MS 39451. Anyone who has lost a child, grandchild or sibling from the surrounding counties is welcome to come to the meetings. We are a bereaved parents self-help support group. Contact Vicki Gabriel at (601) 848-7060 or email vagabriel51@gmail.com .
GriefShare, a 13-week recovery support group for those who have experienced the death of a loved one, meets at 6 p.m. each Thursday in the fellowship hall of First United Methodist Church in Pascagoula. The church is located at 2710 Pascagoula St. Contact 762-5222.
Mississippi Gulf Coast Chapter of Compassionate Friends, 6:30 to 8 p.m. first Tuesday each month, meeting room at St. Martin Public Library, 15004 Lemoyne Blvd., Biloxi. For parents who have lost children of any age and are grieving. Details by calling Linda at 826-9171 or Julia at 273-2979 or 228-392-7576.