Barbara Jean Cauble

Garry, I am so sorry to hear about Barbara. It has been several years since I have seen her and that was at Lorina’s. I was with my mom, Geneva. May God give you a sense of peace and be with you always.
Linda Norris

Dear Gary, I cannot tell you how sorry we are to hear about Barbara. Our memories of Barbara are special and will remain with us forever. Our prayers and thoughts are with you.

Dear Gary,
I am so sorry to hear of the loss of your Mother. I can only say that I thought she was always one of the most beautiful and sweetest women I had ever known. I know that Becy was glad to see her walk through Heaven’s gates.
Gary, I know she was always so proud of you and you were the very joy of her life. May God give you His ever loving peace in the days ahead of you. Please know that you are in my prayers and this is sent to you with my deepest sympathy. Your Mother will remain in our hearts forever.
With love and prayers, Carolyn

Dear Gary,

For those of us that have buried our Mothers, we know the emptiness and grief that you will have to learn to live with and we will be praying for your strength. Gary, you will lay to rest the best friend you have ever known.

Barbara was to you just like the Mother that many of us had. You were her life and I know God said,
‘Well done,’ to Barbara when she passed from this life to Heaven.

Gary, while we were growing up together, I think that we took for granted that everyone had Mothers like Barbara and Helen. The longer I live I find that not to be so true. We may not have had the riches that others possessed but we had the truest love and friendship that anyone could possibly know. Our Mothers were there to pick up the pieces when we had our problems with life.

Gary, life has not been fair to you by having such tragedy in your life at the age of 30. To be beaten unmercifully over the head with a fire extinguisher and to be left for dead during a prison riot in CA was not the life you had planned or your Mother for her son.
The outstanding athlete that you were at A.C. Reynolds and to have a try out with the Dodgers in 1965 and then, for you to have to learn how to walk and talk was more than you or your Mother should have ever had to face in this life.

Your Mother stood strong during the miracle of your recovery.
Gary, we were so fortunate to learn from our Mothers the strength it takes to live the ‘journey of life.’ I promise you will feel your Mother’s strength in the days ahead in order to live with a friend called grief.

No one but those who grew up with us can understand how we were taught to laugh. Your relatives and my friends had no hidden agenda, just hardworking folks that understood the value of a good laugh.

From the life I have had to endure, I can thank not only my own Mother, but also Barbara for the gift of laughter and strength.
Gary, we watched these two special Mothers endure the ‘stinging experiences of life.’

Let us always remember the good times and be grateful we endured the cards that were dealt to us and still doing so. The gift of laughter that we inherited taught us not to take ourselves too seriously. ‘Unaka Avenue’ was teaching us how to live life and treat others when we had no idea what life was going to ask us to accept.

Gary, when you feel a minute sense of peace and you wonder where it is coming from, remember that He said, ‘He would not leave us comfortless.’ Reach out to those who understand your grief because we are our brother’s keeper and your wonderful friends and cousins will want to comfort you.

Gary, may you know the peace that does surpass all human understanding in the days ahead.

You and I have come to a crossroad
in life that only we can understand and it is very hard to accept that all our relatives that made our lives truly the ‘Happy Days’ are gone. How blest we are though that we have such memories!

Do not ever, ever forget how proud your Mother was of you.

We love you dearly and will always be here for you,
Max, Dianne Burleson Phillips, Jeff and Christy

Garry, My thoughts are with you at this time. I share your greive. Please call anytime you want to talk or anything. I want to hear from you soon.
Love & prayers
Anne