Thanks for the inspiration, Bettie! You'll truly be missed.

We will never forget your wonderful smile beautiful Bettie. Salut & God Speed on your journey home as you slip the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God. =) To know and love another human being is the root of all wisdom.

Love ya always,
From a big fan in Nashville, Tn.

Goodbye:

I am going to my own hearth-stone,
Bosomed in yon green hills alone—
A secret nook in a pleasant land,
Whose groves the frolic fairies planned;
Where arches green, the livelong day,
Echo the blackbird’s roundelay,
And vulgar feet have never trod
A spot that is sacred to thought and God.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson