Bill Smith’s Memorial Service (5-30-22)
May 16, 1939 – May 14, 2022″
I’m Free
DON'T GRIEVE FOR ME, FOR NOW I'M FEE I'M FOLLOWING THE PATH THAT GOD HAS LAID YOU SEE, I TOOK HIS HAND WHEN I HEARD HIM CALL, I TURNED MY BACK AND LEFT IT ALL I COULD NOT STAY ANOTHER DAY, TO LAUGH, TO LOVE, TO WORK, TO PLAY. TASKS LEFT UNDONE MUST STAY THAT WAY I'VE NOW FOUND PEACE AT THE END OF THE DAY. IF MY PARTING HAS LEFT A VOID, THEN FILL IT WITH REMEMBERED JOY. A FRIENDSHIP SHARED, A LAUGH, A KISS OH YES, THESE THINGS, I TOO WILL MISS. BE NOT BURDENED WITH TIMES OF SORROW I WISH YOU THE SUNSHINE OF TOMORROW. MY LIFE'S BEEN FULL, I SAVORED MUCH GOOD FRIENDS, GOOD TIMES, A LOVED ONES TOUCH. PERHAPS MY TIME SEEMS ALL TO BRIEF DON'T LENGTHEN IT NOW WITH UNDUE GRIEF. LIFT UP YOUR HEART AND PEACE TO THEE, GOOD WANTED ME NOW - HE SET ME FREE.