Annie J. Smith - Online Memorial Website

Can something good be said about death?
It Separates friends, families and sows pain, grief and sadness.
The Bible says that death is our great enemy.
However, the Bible also gives us hope!
John 5: 28, 29 as well as Acts 24:15; indicate that there will be a resurrection of the just and unjust.
Psalm 37:29 also promises that the righteous will possess the Earth.
Through the pages of the Bible we can acquire knowledge and guidance that help us face the loss of our loved ones…It gives us a sure hope.
Please go to the following link for more information regarding the Hope expressed in this passage
http://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/dead-live-again-tract/dead-live-again

My deepest condolences.  May these few words from the Holy Scriptures bring you comfort in your time of grief...

John 11:32-45

32 And so Mary, when she arrived where Jesus was and caught sight of him, fell at his feet, saying to him: “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33 Jesus, therefore, when he saw her weeping and the Jews that came with her weeping, groaned in the spirit and became troubled; 34 and he said: “Where have YOU laid him?” They said to him: “Lord, come and see.” 35 Jesus gave way to tears. 36 Therefore the Jews began to say: “See, what affection he used to have for him!” 37 But some of them said: “Was not this [man] that opened the eyes of the blind man able to prevent this one from dying?”

38 Hence Jesus, after groaning again within himself, came to the memorial tomb. It was, in fact, a cave, and a stone was lying against it.39 Jesus said: “TAKE the stone away.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, said to him: “Lord, by now he must smell, for it is four days.”40 Jesus said to her: “Did I not tell you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” 41 Therefore they took the stone away. Now Jesus raised his eyes heavenward and said: “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 True, I knew that you always hear me; but on account of the crowd standing around I spoke, in order that they might believe that you sent me forth.” 43 And when he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice: “Laz´a·rus, come on out!” 44The [man] that had been dead came out with his feet and hands bound with wrappings, and his countenance was bound about with a cloth. Jesus said to them: “Loose him and let him go.”

45 Therefore many of the Jews that had come to Mary and that beheld what he did put faith in him;

Please go to the following link for more information regarding the Hope expressed in this passage

http://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/dead-live-again-tract/dead-live-again

My condolences, as feelings of pain and bitterness become unbearable. It is my desire to convey a comforting thought based on the Holy Scriptures

          

  John 5:28 "Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out."

 

 

This passage speaks of the resurrection of our loved ones. It is not God's plan to see us suffer and die, so He extends the following invitation to us: "Come near to God and He will draw near to you" (James 4:8)

 

Please go to the following link to obtain more information regarding the Hope expressed in this passage and again we are sorry for your loss.

 

 http://www.jw.org

To the Smith Family:

When a face that was dear, no longer is here
And a voice that was loved is hushed.
It seems as if time went too quickly
It seems as if things were too rushed.
Then one by one, we remember
And one by one, we recall
Many quiet and wonderful hours
And the joy that we shared in them all.
And there is a great feeling of comfort
When a heart that is grieving and sad
Can remember and be thankful
For all the sweet hours it had.

We had many sweet hours with our "Precious Friends" Annie and Smitty.
God bless each of you with comfort.

Romans 12:12  Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. 

To my "Barnabas"! What an encouragement you have been to me in my ministry as well as to my family! I am going to miss you dearly...but because of our faith in Jesus the Christ and His resurrection, I know that I will see you again! I love you dear friend and I look forward to celebrating with your family and friends your life on this earth on Thursday!

We have only known Annie for about a year and a half when we began attending at the Church of Christ Northwest but her impression on us is so great. She was one of the first to welcome us and we will never forget how kind and warm she was to us that day and every day we saw her at services, Bible study, and special events. Her encouragmant meant so much and our admiration of her faith, her sweet spirit, and her smile will be what we remember the most about her. Our condolences and prayers go out to you.