*Last summer I made a trip to Tennessee and spent about three hours at the library. I was finding obits of various family members of my husband's. One thing I kept finding in common was that there was a sister I did not know about. Well a half sister. I kept seeing that she was alive still.
I ask my husband and his sister, they thought and then both stated are you sure she is alive?
I told them yes I was sure she had to be alive. So I then called a brother of my husband and told him. He was so excited to know that she was still living and proceeded to tell me his fond memories of time spent with her and her husband.
Today, almost a year later, I talked my husband into driving by her house. It must have hit him that he wanted to see her. He parked the car, turned it off and went to the door and knocked. When she answered he said hi I am looking for Alice. She told him that's me. Then he told her who he was. My did she give him big hugs. She was so glad to see him. She now wants us to all get together. She told us about her children and all they were doing.
It was a good visit with her and my husband found out that one of his uncle's children is very ill and not going to be around much longer and that his uncle's other daughter has had a stroke and not doing real well. He was shocked that his uncle's wife was still living.
I feel I have had a fairly profitable trip this time also.
This just proves how important obits can be.
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