Uncle Russells Funeral

Funera Last Week my uncle russell passed away,he had a heart conditionwhich caused him to lose circulation to one of his lower extremeties.He had to have one of his lower part of his legs cut off. This timehe spent sometime in a nursing facility. He complained that they ignoredhim. When he went to the hospital he had bed sores and the doctors weren'ttoo happy with the facility that was supposed to be taking care of him. Igot a phone call from my sister nancy about my uncle russell,she said thathad passed away on Thursday May 28th in hospital. I called my cousin to offermy condolences. I spoke to my mother she said that my aunt eleanor hadn't hadtime to make the funeral arrangements yet. The next day I hoped on the subwayD line to Queens where I transfered to the E line then to the F Line to 179ththen I took the N22(Long Island Bus) to Hicksville train station to Wyndanchthen to my mother's house. I spent a day and half at her house. Then I went overto my cousin's house. I helped him clean up his house. Then on Tuesday we went tothe wake and payed our respects.On the day of the funeral people from my uncle'sorganization,called Pals For Christ which is a prison ministry.They spoke about theirexperiences with him. One lady sang,another person played the Sax. My cousin Paulspoke about his last conversation with him. My uncle telling him that he wantedgo home and my cousin saying don't worry we will take you home,but he ment thathe wanted to go to heaven not his earthly home. Then my 2 cousins Tasha and Shannaread his obituary which read as follows Russell Charles Williams Born Dec 4th 1924to family of a large family of 5 sisters. He had a good work attitude he would shinepeople's shoe's,he would later on become an carpenter and open his own business.In1950 he met and married Eleanor Greene. He had two children from a previous marriageRussell Jr. and Diane. His children with Eleanor are Marie Williams Leighton,Dennis Williams,Steven Williams,Mark Williams.He has many grand children and greatgrand children. After the eulogy,people were encouraged to view the body the lasttime.Then we went to Pinelawn Cementary to bury him. At Pinelawn we gathered aroundthe casket while the preacher read from the bible,then they gave people flowers whicheverybody put on the casket then headed out to the cars. I stayed on Long Island fortwo more days then I went home