Re: Robert Preston Kirkpatrick, Alabama, Florida, Deceased ~1984
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Robert Preston Kirkpatrick, Alabama, Florida, Deceased ~1984
Robert Kirkpatrick 11/09/08
Val Jackson 1923-2011
I believe that I knew your grandmother for the past 11 years.I am sorry to say that she passed on July 1, 2011Val and I were volunteers at the Birmingham Zoo for many years.As she aged, she became unable to volunteer but our friendship remained strong.About a month ago, she took a bad fall and after a two week stay in the hospital, she was transported to a nursing home for further rehabilitation.She was only there about 4 days when she passed in her sleep at the age of 88.I have attached some pictures of Val taken in April of this year. Your grandmother was quite the dare devil. I did not ask Val much about her personal life. I did know that she had a son that died at a early age and that he was on dialysis at the time of his death.I know that Val has a daughter Dolly and that she has two children, Shannon and Patrick and that Shannon has two daughters. Other than that, I cannot tell you what their married names are since I only heard of them by first names.
I came across your information because I found out what Val's son name was and googled it and came up with your genealogy site.I was trying to see if there was an obituary on Val but found nothing.I only know that she was cremated.I would think that the family would bury the cremains in the same cemetary as your dad which is Ashbank Cemetary in Navoo, Alabama.Navoo is also the birthplace of Val and 4 other siblings and the grandparents etc. are buried there as well.Val's zoo friends decided to have our own memorial for Val and met last night where there were many stories and fond memories.
I hope this helps in your search for your family members.
Denise McClay