I REMEMBER BETTYE CECIL

I've written about Grandmother's three boys,Harry;Howard, and MJ,but haven't talked about Bettye Cecil! That was her baby girl.....Her one and only daughter and one whom I have found out quite alot about since she has died. Her brothers always called her skinny legs,this young girl who was born in Harrisburg,Pa, and grew up in Miami,Florida.She went to school with Joseph Cotten and was engaged to Bob Jones of the Bob Jones University fame!
Mama loved arranging flowers;was a Master Judge, and sang "O Holy Nite" every Christmas Eve ,and her beautiful soprano voice was her trademark. She loved to cook, and to bake things for people.Mama's smile was her trademark too.
Mama didn't give me scripture to live by,like Grandmother did,but she followed those principles in her daily living, and I used them as my example.Her famous words would be....."because I said so." Mama was strong, when she was really weak, and was the perfect example of someone being made strong because of Christ being in them. She could not have withstood Rectal Cancer and Dementia without Him.
"My strength is made perfect in your weakness."
Her brothers called her skinny legs!
My brothers called me that too!
God called her His child!
God called me His child too!
Harry;Howard;MJ;Bettye Cecil....and Grandmother & Grandaddy!
Boy, does God have His hands full!
Becky