So long ago...........a life cut so short. Tears so many times for this little girl who was to never live on this earth. If only.........if only things could have been different. But they weren't.....so still, we grieve for a life that never was. Blessings, little one - we love and miss you still.
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Sometimes God picks the flower,
That is still in bloom,
Sometimes the rosebud's chosen,
That we feel He's picked too soon.
Sometimes the flower is fading,
With petals floating down,
But God know the perfect time,
To gather flowers from the ground.
There is a heavenly garden,
In which God takes great pleasure,
Because He's placed within it,
The loved ones that we treasure.
He walks among the blossoms,
Giving them eternal rest,
And I know that it must please him,
Because He chose our very best.
__________
This little girl was my Daddy's only sister. She is the daughter of Lawrence Sherrill Brantley and Ossie Mae Ansley/Brantley. I never knew about her until sometime in the 1970's, I was living in Dallas, Texas at the time and had flown back to Atlanta to spend some time with my Grandparents. I grew up barely knowing them, because of my mother. I spent about ten days with them, just really getting to know them more than I ever had.
Several different times, my Granddaddy and I would sit in the swing outside and talk about when I was a young adult. I was surprised when he started telling me about the baby girl they had, that didn't live.
My Grandmother had fallen outside when she stepped on a sweet gum ball and lost her balance. She went into labor and had been in labor for three days, unable to deliver the baby. A doctor was in charge and he just wasn't successful. My Grandfather finally went and got a midwife and she was able to deliver the baby from my Grandmother. Of course, because of the three days of labor, the little girl had died.
I was in my middle to late twenties at the time and just didn't know to ask all the right questions. He never told me where she was buried. I never knew what year even, that she had come into this world. Memories of that day have always stuck with me, wondering where she was.
My sweet Grandaddy died in October, 1982 and then my grandmother in 1995. No one living seemed to know about this baby girl.
Then some very nice folks in Utah put 20,000 death certificates online for Georgia. I have been working on a very large cemetery in the heart of Atlanta called Hollywood. I started with year 1918, going through them one by one for Fulton County, looking for Hollywood as the burial place of any individual interred there.
Lo and behold, I found this little girl's death certificate....and I had literally stumbled upon it. I sat there mezmerized - I couldn't believe I had found her. And..........she was buried at Hollywood Cemetery - 100 years ago,(2023). Hollywood has been a work in progress trying to add all the names of those buried there. The cemetery is in terrible condition.
Just a couple of years before, my uncle - my Daddy's brother, told me about my GGrandparents, Dr. William Alfred Brantley and Virginia Susan Sherrill/Brantley. I found out that they were buried at Hollywood Cemetery. For years, I had gone to Magnolia Cemetery, just up the street, where my Daddy was buried. I never even knew that Hollywood existed nor that it was just 1/2 mile down the road from Magnolia. That is what got me looking there for them and other relatives, then one by one, realized they were buried there, too. Just think, I had never heard of Hollywood Cemetery, then found my GGrandparents were buried there, then as I worked on more and more genealogy, found that I have 65 relatives buried there. (2015) That was a shocker, to say the least. Here was this precious little girl also buried there.
Because of the heavy growth of vines, I have been unable to get to where Dr. Brantley is buried. I suspect that this baby is also buried in this plot. (6/30/2009 - My uncle confirmed that the baby is buried in Dr. Brantley's plot with no marker). This was his grandchild and my Grandparents were young at the time. We know there is no marker for her within Dr. Brantley's plot as my son has been down there to look. Eventually there will be a marker, now that I know her dates and we can clean out so that we can get down to the plot.
A thank you to all that leave flowers and notes for this child. Bless you and your family for taking the time to remember her.
Now, she is no longer lost to the elements of time. Now, she will always be remembered. She was reunited with her brother, Bill in 1954, her brother Marvin in 2010, her father in 1982 and her mother in 1995. We miss them all.
After so very many years, the circle is now once again complete. One day, I will get to see and hug them all again and see the face of the aunt I never got to know.
____________
Sorrow passes quickly when we truly understand the flower that was once our own is now held in the hands of God.
Sweet blessings to you little one.
-------------
Sometimes God picks the flower,
That is still in bloom,
Sometimes the rosebud's chosen,
That we feel He's picked too soon.
Sometimes the flower is fading,
With petals floating down,
But God know the perfect time,
To gather flowers from the ground.
There is a heavenly garden,
In which God takes great pleasure,
Because He's placed within it,
The loved ones that we treasure.
He walks among the blossoms,
Giving them eternal rest,
And I know that it must please him,
Because He chose our very best.
__________
This little girl was my Daddy's only sister. She is the daughter of Lawrence Sherrill Brantley and Ossie Mae Ansley/Brantley. I never knew about her until sometime in the 1970's, I was living in Dallas, Texas at the time and had flown back to Atlanta to spend some time with my Grandparents. I grew up barely knowing them, because of my mother. I spent about ten days with them, just really getting to know them more than I ever had.
Several different times, my Granddaddy and I would sit in the swing outside and talk about when I was a young adult. I was surprised when he started telling me about the baby girl they had, that didn't live.
My Grandmother had fallen outside when she stepped on a sweet gum ball and lost her balance. She went into labor and had been in labor for three days, unable to deliver the baby. A doctor was in charge and he just wasn't successful. My Grandfather finally went and got a midwife and she was able to deliver the baby from my Grandmother. Of course, because of the three days of labor, the little girl had died.
I was in my middle to late twenties at the time and just didn't know to ask all the right questions. He never told me where she was buried. I never knew what year even, that she had come into this world. Memories of that day have always stuck with me, wondering where she was.
My sweet Grandaddy died in October, 1982 and then my grandmother in 1995. No one living seemed to know about this baby girl.
Then some very nice folks in Utah put 20,000 death certificates online for Georgia. I have been working on a very large cemetery in the heart of Atlanta called Hollywood. I started with year 1918, going through them one by one for Fulton County, looking for Hollywood as the burial place of any individual interred there.
Lo and behold, I found this little girl's death certificate....and I had literally stumbled upon it. I sat there mezmerized - I couldn't believe I had found her. And..........she was buried at Hollywood Cemetery - 100 years ago,(2023). Hollywood has been a work in progress trying to add all the names of those buried there. The cemetery is in terrible condition.
Just a couple of years before, my uncle - my Daddy's brother, told me about my GGrandparents, Dr. William Alfred Brantley and Virginia Susan Sherrill/Brantley. I found out that they were buried at Hollywood Cemetery. For years, I had gone to Magnolia Cemetery, just up the street, where my Daddy was buried. I never even knew that Hollywood existed nor that it was just 1/2 mile down the road from Magnolia. That is what got me looking there for them and other relatives, then one by one, realized they were buried there, too. Just think, I had never heard of Hollywood Cemetery, then found my GGrandparents were buried there, then as I worked on more and more genealogy, found that I have 65 relatives buried there. (2015) That was a shocker, to say the least. Here was this precious little girl also buried there.
Because of the heavy growth of vines, I have been unable to get to where Dr. Brantley is buried. I suspect that this baby is also buried in this plot. (6/30/2009 - My uncle confirmed that the baby is buried in Dr. Brantley's plot with no marker). This was his grandchild and my Grandparents were young at the time. We know there is no marker for her within Dr. Brantley's plot as my son has been down there to look. Eventually there will be a marker, now that I know her dates and we can clean out so that we can get down to the plot.
A thank you to all that leave flowers and notes for this child. Bless you and your family for taking the time to remember her.
Now, she is no longer lost to the elements of time. Now, she will always be remembered. She was reunited with her brother, Bill in 1954, her brother Marvin in 2010, her father in 1982 and her mother in 1995. We miss them all.
After so very many years, the circle is now once again complete. One day, I will get to see and hug them all again and see the face of the aunt I never got to know.
____________
Sorrow passes quickly when we truly understand the flower that was once our own is now held in the hands of God.
Sweet blessings to you little one.
So long ago...........a life cut so short. Tears so many times for this little girl who was to never live on this earth. If only.........if only things could have been different. But they weren't.....so still, we grieve for a life that never was. Blessings, little one - we love and miss you still.
-------------
Sometimes God picks the flower,
That is still in bloom,
Sometimes the rosebud's chosen,
That we feel He's picked too soon.
Sometimes the flower is fading,
With petals floating down,
But God know the perfect time,
To gather flowers from the ground.
There is a heavenly garden,
In which God takes great pleasure,
Because He's placed within it,
The loved ones that we treasure.
He walks among the blossoms,
Giving them eternal rest,
And I know that it must please him,
Because He chose our very best.
__________
This little girl was my Daddy's only sister. She is the daughter of Lawrence Sherrill Brantley and Ossie Mae Ansley/Brantley. I never knew about her until sometime in the 1970's, I was living in Dallas, Texas at the time and had flown back to Atlanta to spend some time with my Grandparents. I grew up barely knowing them, because of my mother. I spent about ten days with them, just really getting to know them more than I ever had.
Several different times, my Granddaddy and I would sit in the swing outside and talk about when I was a young adult. I was surprised when he started telling me about the baby girl they had, that didn't live.
My Grandmother had fallen outside when she stepped on a sweet gum ball and lost her balance. She went into labor and had been in labor for three days, unable to deliver the baby. A doctor was in charge and he just wasn't successful. My Grandfather finally went and got a midwife and she was able to deliver the baby from my Grandmother. Of course, because of the three days of labor, the little girl had died.
I was in my middle to late twenties at the time and just didn't know to ask all the right questions. He never told me where she was buried. I never knew what year even, that she had come into this world. Memories of that day have always stuck with me, wondering where she was.
My sweet Grandaddy died in October, 1982 and then my grandmother in 1995. No one living seemed to know about this baby girl.
Then some very nice folks in Utah put 20,000 death certificates online for Georgia. I have been working on a very large cemetery in the heart of Atlanta called Hollywood. I started with year 1918, going through them one by one for Fulton County, looking for Hollywood as the burial place of any individual interred there.
Lo and behold, I found this little girl's death certificate....and I had literally stumbled upon it. I sat there mezmerized - I couldn't believe I had found her. And..........she was buried at Hollywood Cemetery - 100 years ago,(2023). Hollywood has been a work in progress trying to add all the names of those buried there. The cemetery is in terrible condition.
Just a couple of years before, my uncle - my Daddy's brother, told me about my GGrandparents, Dr. William Alfred Brantley and Virginia Susan Sherrill/Brantley. I found out that they were buried at Hollywood Cemetery. For years, I had gone to Magnolia Cemetery, just up the street, where my Daddy was buried. I never even knew that Hollywood existed nor that it was just 1/2 mile down the road from Magnolia. That is what got me looking there for them and other relatives, then one by one, realized they were buried there, too. Just think, I had never heard of Hollywood Cemetery, then found my GGrandparents were buried there, then as I worked on more and more genealogy, found that I have 65 relatives buried there. (2015) That was a shocker, to say the least. Here was this precious little girl also buried there.
Because of the heavy growth of vines, I have been unable to get to where Dr. Brantley is buried. I suspect that this baby is also buried in this plot. (6/30/2009 - My uncle confirmed that the baby is buried in Dr. Brantley's plot with no marker). This was his grandchild and my Grandparents were young at the time. We know there is no marker for her within Dr. Brantley's plot as my son has been down there to look. Eventually there will be a marker, now that I know her dates and we can clean out so that we can get down to the plot.
A thank you to all that leave flowers and notes for this child. Bless you and your family for taking the time to remember her.
Now, she is no longer lost to the elements of time. Now, she will always be remembered. She was reunited with her brother, Bill in 1954, her brother Marvin in 2010, her father in 1982 and her mother in 1995. We miss them all.
After so very many years, the circle is now once again complete. One day, I will get to see and hug them all again and see the face of the aunt I never got to know.
____________
Sorrow passes quickly when we truly understand the flower that was once our own is now held in the hands of God.
Sweet blessings to you little one.
-------------
Sometimes God picks the flower,
That is still in bloom,
Sometimes the rosebud's chosen,
That we feel He's picked too soon.
Sometimes the flower is fading,
With petals floating down,
But God know the perfect time,
To gather flowers from the ground.
There is a heavenly garden,
In which God takes great pleasure,
Because He's placed within it,
The loved ones that we treasure.
He walks among the blossoms,
Giving them eternal rest,
And I know that it must please him,
Because He chose our very best.
__________
This little girl was my Daddy's only sister. She is the daughter of Lawrence Sherrill Brantley and Ossie Mae Ansley/Brantley. I never knew about her until sometime in the 1970's, I was living in Dallas, Texas at the time and had flown back to Atlanta to spend some time with my Grandparents. I grew up barely knowing them, because of my mother. I spent about ten days with them, just really getting to know them more than I ever had.
Several different times, my Granddaddy and I would sit in the swing outside and talk about when I was a young adult. I was surprised when he started telling me about the baby girl they had, that didn't live.
My Grandmother had fallen outside when she stepped on a sweet gum ball and lost her balance. She went into labor and had been in labor for three days, unable to deliver the baby. A doctor was in charge and he just wasn't successful. My Grandfather finally went and got a midwife and she was able to deliver the baby from my Grandmother. Of course, because of the three days of labor, the little girl had died.
I was in my middle to late twenties at the time and just didn't know to ask all the right questions. He never told me where she was buried. I never knew what year even, that she had come into this world. Memories of that day have always stuck with me, wondering where she was.
My sweet Grandaddy died in October, 1982 and then my grandmother in 1995. No one living seemed to know about this baby girl.
Then some very nice folks in Utah put 20,000 death certificates online for Georgia. I have been working on a very large cemetery in the heart of Atlanta called Hollywood. I started with year 1918, going through them one by one for Fulton County, looking for Hollywood as the burial place of any individual interred there.
Lo and behold, I found this little girl's death certificate....and I had literally stumbled upon it. I sat there mezmerized - I couldn't believe I had found her. And..........she was buried at Hollywood Cemetery - 100 years ago,(2023). Hollywood has been a work in progress trying to add all the names of those buried there. The cemetery is in terrible condition.
Just a couple of years before, my uncle - my Daddy's brother, told me about my GGrandparents, Dr. William Alfred Brantley and Virginia Susan Sherrill/Brantley. I found out that they were buried at Hollywood Cemetery. For years, I had gone to Magnolia Cemetery, just up the street, where my Daddy was buried. I never even knew that Hollywood existed nor that it was just 1/2 mile down the road from Magnolia. That is what got me looking there for them and other relatives, then one by one, realized they were buried there, too. Just think, I had never heard of Hollywood Cemetery, then found my GGrandparents were buried there, then as I worked on more and more genealogy, found that I have 65 relatives buried there. (2015) That was a shocker, to say the least. Here was this precious little girl also buried there.
Because of the heavy growth of vines, I have been unable to get to where Dr. Brantley is buried. I suspect that this baby is also buried in this plot. (6/30/2009 - My uncle confirmed that the baby is buried in Dr. Brantley's plot with no marker). This was his grandchild and my Grandparents were young at the time. We know there is no marker for her within Dr. Brantley's plot as my son has been down there to look. Eventually there will be a marker, now that I know her dates and we can clean out so that we can get down to the plot.
A thank you to all that leave flowers and notes for this child. Bless you and your family for taking the time to remember her.
Now, she is no longer lost to the elements of time. Now, she will always be remembered. She was reunited with her brother, Bill in 1954, her brother Marvin in 2010, her father in 1982 and her mother in 1995. We miss them all.
After so very many years, the circle is now once again complete. One day, I will get to see and hug them all again and see the face of the aunt I never got to know.
____________
Sorrow passes quickly when we truly understand the flower that was once our own is now held in the hands of God.
Sweet blessings to you little one.
