For Jane Mary Morris Ringo
Born: December 15, 1920, Brooklyn, NY
Died: December 13, 2009, Sautee-Nacoochee, GA
World traveler, writer, bon vivant and mother extraordinaire.
Under a wide and starry sky
Dig a grave and let me lie.
Glad did I live and more gladly die
And I laid me down with a will.
Here be the verse you grave for me:
“Here she lies where she longed to be.
Home is the sailor, home from the sea.
And the hunter, home from the hill.”
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And
As always:
For Captain Tamara Long, USAF
Born: 12 May 1979
Died: 23 March 2003, Afghanistan
You fly with the angels now.