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Husband: Arthel Wilburton Selph
Married: 22 Feb 1939
Children: Sandra Lee Selph, Carol Maxine "Macky" Selph, Ronald Duane Selph
Grandchildren: Denna Carol Loyd, Christi Lynn Selph
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Father: Elijah Thomas "Bud" Carpenter
Mother: Minta Julina Cooper
Siblings: Hattie, Leona Sarah, Ethel, Infant Daughter, Myrtle May Carpenter, Infant Daughter, Tommie Jo Carpenter, Earl Eldon Carpenter
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Paternal G/P: Thomas Jefferson Carpenter & Mary McGuire
Maternal G/P: Isaac Joseph "Joe" Cooper & Sarah Caroline Sheets.
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Her entire life was centered around her family. She was the most unselfish person I have ever met. Her hands were always busy on handiwork of some kind..sewing, crocheting, quilting. Usually, these items were made for someone in the family or a close friend. Her never failing love for me was something I could always depend on. Her children and grandchildren were her joy in life. To lose her was to lose a part of myself. A few days after her funeral I had a dream about her. I was having such a hard time dealing with her death. In the dream she came to me. Instead of the sickly frail person she was at the time of her death I saw this beautiful radiate person. All around her was this bright light and the love that surrounded her was overwhelming to me. She came close to me and I ask her.."Where are you?" She replied, "I am closer than you think". She kept repeating this over and over..all the time she was smiling. She said she had to go and I was pleading with her to stay. I had my hand out stretched to her trying to hold on to her. She kept repeating, "I'm closer than you think"..and then she was gone. At that moment I woke up and I was sitting on the side of my bed with my hand out stretched like it had been in my dream and the love I felt in my dream was still all around me. To this day I still have to wonder if I really was dreaming... or was my dear mother there with me in my room that night. I know what I choose to believe. Whatever the case I was able to move forward after that "dream". The memory of that dream brings me comfort even today so many years later.
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Husband: Arthel Wilburton Selph
Married: 22 Feb 1939
Children: Sandra Lee Selph, Carol Maxine "Macky" Selph, Ronald Duane Selph
Grandchildren: Denna Carol Loyd, Christi Lynn Selph
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Father: Elijah Thomas "Bud" Carpenter
Mother: Minta Julina Cooper
Siblings: Hattie, Leona Sarah, Ethel, Infant Daughter, Myrtle May Carpenter, Infant Daughter, Tommie Jo Carpenter, Earl Eldon Carpenter
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Paternal G/P: Thomas Jefferson Carpenter & Mary McGuire
Maternal G/P: Isaac Joseph "Joe" Cooper & Sarah Caroline Sheets.
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Her entire life was centered around her family. She was the most unselfish person I have ever met. Her hands were always busy on handiwork of some kind..sewing, crocheting, quilting. Usually, these items were made for someone in the family or a close friend. Her never failing love for me was something I could always depend on. Her children and grandchildren were her joy in life. To lose her was to lose a part of myself. A few days after her funeral I had a dream about her. I was having such a hard time dealing with her death. In the dream she came to me. Instead of the sickly frail person she was at the time of her death I saw this beautiful radiate person. All around her was this bright light and the love that surrounded her was overwhelming to me. She came close to me and I ask her.."Where are you?" She replied, "I am closer than you think". She kept repeating this over and over..all the time she was smiling. She said she had to go and I was pleading with her to stay. I had my hand out stretched to her trying to hold on to her. She kept repeating, "I'm closer than you think"..and then she was gone. At that moment I woke up and I was sitting on the side of my bed with my hand out stretched like it had been in my dream and the love I felt in my dream was still all around me. To this day I still have to wonder if I really was dreaming... or was my dear mother there with me in my room that night. I know what I choose to believe. Whatever the case I was able to move forward after that "dream". The memory of that dream brings me comfort even today so many years later.
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Husband: Arthel Wilburton Selph
Married: 22 Feb 1939
Children: Sandra Lee Selph, Carol Maxine "Macky" Selph, Ronald Duane Selph
Grandchildren: Denna Carol Loyd, Christi Lynn Selph
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Father: Elijah Thomas "Bud" Carpenter
Mother: Minta Julina Cooper
Siblings: Hattie, Leona Sarah, Ethel, Infant Daughter, Myrtle May Carpenter, Infant Daughter, Tommie Jo Carpenter, Earl Eldon Carpenter
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Paternal G/P: Thomas Jefferson Carpenter & Mary McGuire
Maternal G/P: Isaac Joseph "Joe" Cooper & Sarah Caroline Sheets.
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Her entire life was centered around her family. She was the most unselfish person I have ever met. Her hands were always busy on handiwork of some kind..sewing, crocheting, quilting. Usually, these items were made for someone in the family or a close friend. Her never failing love for me was something I could always depend on. Her children and grandchildren were her joy in life. To lose her was to lose a part of myself. A few days after her funeral I had a dream about her. I was having such a hard time dealing with her death. In the dream she came to me. Instead of the sickly frail person she was at the time of her death I saw this beautiful radiate person. All around her was this bright light and the love that surrounded her was overwhelming to me. She came close to me and I ask her.."Where are you?" She replied, "I am closer than you think". She kept repeating this over and over..all the time she was smiling. She said she had to go and I was pleading with her to stay. I had my hand out stretched to her trying to hold on to her. She kept repeating, "I'm closer than you think"..and then she was gone. At that moment I woke up and I was sitting on the side of my bed with my hand out stretched like it had been in my dream and the love I felt in my dream was still all around me. To this day I still have to wonder if I really was dreaming... or was my dear mother there with me in my room that night. I know what I choose to believe. Whatever the case I was able to move forward after that "dream". The memory of that dream brings me comfort even today so many years later.
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Husband: Arthel Wilburton Selph
Married: 22 Feb 1939
Children: Sandra Lee Selph, Carol Maxine "Macky" Selph, Ronald Duane Selph
Grandchildren: Denna Carol Loyd, Christi Lynn Selph
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Father: Elijah Thomas "Bud" Carpenter
Mother: Minta Julina Cooper
Siblings: Hattie, Leona Sarah, Ethel, Infant Daughter, Myrtle May Carpenter, Infant Daughter, Tommie Jo Carpenter, Earl Eldon Carpenter
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Paternal G/P: Thomas Jefferson Carpenter & Mary McGuire
Maternal G/P: Isaac Joseph "Joe" Cooper & Sarah Caroline Sheets.
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Her entire life was centered around her family. She was the most unselfish person I have ever met. Her hands were always busy on handiwork of some kind..sewing, crocheting, quilting. Usually, these items were made for someone in the family or a close friend. Her never failing love for me was something I could always depend on. Her children and grandchildren were her joy in life. To lose her was to lose a part of myself. A few days after her funeral I had a dream about her. I was having such a hard time dealing with her death. In the dream she came to me. Instead of the sickly frail person she was at the time of her death I saw this beautiful radiate person. All around her was this bright light and the love that surrounded her was overwhelming to me. She came close to me and I ask her.."Where are you?" She replied, "I am closer than you think". She kept repeating this over and over..all the time she was smiling. She said she had to go and I was pleading with her to stay. I had my hand out stretched to her trying to hold on to her. She kept repeating, "I'm closer than you think"..and then she was gone. At that moment I woke up and I was sitting on the side of my bed with my hand out stretched like it had been in my dream and the love I felt in my dream was still all around me. To this day I still have to wonder if I really was dreaming... or was my dear mother there with me in my room that night. I know what I choose to believe. Whatever the case I was able to move forward after that "dream". The memory of that dream brings me comfort even today so many years later.
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