Published in the Picayune Item 2 Mar 2010
Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep
by Mary Elizabeth Frye (1905-2010)
Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glint on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you wake in the morning hush,
I am the swift, uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circling flight.
I am the soft starlight at night.
Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there, I do not sleep.
(Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there, I did not die!)
Willie Mae Spiers Lee, formerly of Picayune, Pearl River County, Mississippi passed away on March 1, 2010 at her home in Pensacola, Fla.
Willie Mae, born on September 18, 1912 was the daughter of Mary Dell Dickson and Ruben Harris Spiers. Mae attended Clark College and received her education degree at Mississippi Women's College. Her 30 year teaching career included teaching English and French at Henleyfield, Carriere, Crosby, Centerville and Picayune High Schools in Mississippi. Following retirement, Mae enjoyed gardening and traveling with friends. She was a member of the Picayune Garden Club. She moved to Pensacola in 1982 to spend her final years near her children. Flower gardening was a major focus of her life in Pensacola.
Mae was preceded in death by: her loving husband, Hulon Estes Lee; her three sisters, Ethel Vaughn, Amelia Lumpkin, Jane Ann Seals and her parents.
She is survived by: her three children and their spouses, Barbara Lee and Don Holifield of Pensacola, Janet Lee and Clark Heath of Woodbine, Ga. and Hulon Eugene "Gene" and Jeanette Lee of Bremen, Ga. She has four grandchildren, Thomas Heath of Colorado Springs, Colo., Karen Barker of Huntington, W. Va., Andrew Heath of Woodbine, Ga., and Dr. Mary Heath of Monteagle, Tenn. She also has three great grandchildren, Caleigh Barker, Dylan Heath, and William Heath Roberts.
The visitation will be held from 11:00am until 1 p.m. on Saturday March 6, 2010 at McDonald Funeral Home, 401 West Canal Street Picayune, MS 39466, followed by her funeral service at 1 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home Chapel. Graveside services will follow the service at Carriere Cemetery, Carriere.
The Rev. David Lowery will officiate at the services.
Obituary, register book, and driving directions to the funeral home can be found at www.mcdonaldfh.com