Hope G. Martin – September 7, 1944 – July 25, 2007

I would like to take a moment and honor my mother, who passed away three years ago.  Everyone grieves in different ways.  For me, I go to her grave once a year, each July 25th.  No other day in the year do I go.  But every July 25th I go to Memphis Memorial Gardens on North Germantown Road, and pay my respects.  It does not matter if it is rain or shine.  It does not matter if it is on a Sunday when I will be preaching such as  this year. This Sunday, I will get up at 4:00 A.M., drive to Memphis, pay my respects, and be teaching Sunday School in Henderson by 9:00 A.M.   And I won’t be back till Monday, July 25, 2011.  The picture above was taken in April of 1984.