[Nfbwv-talk] Madaline Honeycutt RIP

[David Andrews]

Thanks, and my condolences to Karen.  I am thinking I met her mom 
once -- but can't remember when or where!

I know everybody's thoughts and prayers are with you all.

Dave

At 10:18 PM 10/5/2018, you wrote:
>As many of you know already, Karen's mother--Madaline 
>Honeycutt--died early this afternoon at the age of 89.  For just 
>over two weeks she had been in the hospital and a rehab facility for 
>treatment of complications resulting from a mass on the lung, 
>presumed to be cancer.  Karen and I--along with daughter Donna and 
>partner--visited with her at the hospital on Monday, and Karen and I 
>were in the process of arranging for her to move into our home with 
>the help of hospice care.  We knew the end was drawing close, but it 
>came a little more quickly than we had expected.
>
>A number of you got acquainted with her during several NFB national 
>conventions which she and her sister Shirley attended along with 
>us.  She took an interest in the Federation and understood that it 
>was an important part of our lives.  She was also generous with her support.
>
>She was, in her own way, a strong and determined woman from the 
>mountains of Pocahontas County.  Following a divorce in the 
>mid-1960s--when she was around the age of 35--she left West Virginia 
>in hopes of finding a job and a new life in Washington, DC.  She got 
>a job, eventually found another husband, and settled into a home in 
>suburban Maryland where she has lived for nearly fifty years.  Her 
>husband died eighteen years ago, and since then she has continued to 
>live alone, as actively and independently as the increasing 
>challenges of growing older would permit.  Her annual month-long 
>December visits with us became a part of our holiday tradition which 
>will give us many fond memories.
>
>West Virginians have a way of eventually coming home, and her wish 
>was to be buried along with family in Randolph County.  According to 
>those wishes, we are planning funeral services for Saturday, October 
>13 (probably around 11:00 AM) at Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins, 
>WV.  Since Karen is the only child, we are the ones responsible for 
>making funeral arrangements, and we are still working on the details.
>
>Karen has received kind words from a lot of friends, and we 
>appreciate that very much.
>
>Peace,
>
>Ed