Yvonne's spirit is in the presence of God. Her body died peacefully at home due to complications of Melanoma (skin cancer) on Tuesday, June 5, 2007. She was immensely comforted by the unwavering assurance that God was ultimately in complete control of everything, and that He held her hand as she journeyed through the valley of the shadow of death. Yvonne's body will lie in state at the funeral home until a couple of hours before the funeral. Should you go by, you will find a register there for you to sign. There will be one at our family home (in Hidden Valley) and at the funeral as well. You are cordially invited to join our family as we congregate publicly, to mourn her death, celebrate her life, and worship God. We'll meet at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 9, 2007 in The First Baptist Church of Waco Sanctuary located at 5th & Webster Ave. Interment will immediately follow in the beautiful, historic Oakwood Cemetery where she will be buried next to her father.
Pamela Yvonne was born in Amory, Mississippi, to Bernice and Bobby Mize, and moved to Little Rock, Arkansas with the family when she was five years old. She was their only child. Yvonne was baptized when she was eight years old and was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock. While in the seventh grade, she sold more magazine subscriptions than anyone else in the entire school. She graduated from Little Rock Central High School, a large historic public school, where she enjoyed being a cheerleader. She came to Waco in the fall of 1978 to enter Baylor University where she joined the Chi Omega Sorority, and we met on the very first day of school. We became fast friends, and ultimately best friends, even before we had our first `real' date.
We were married in The First Baptist Church of Waco where our four sons are the fifth generation of my family to be members (starting with the Wilkirsons). The date was July 23, 1983. (We were married over half our lives!) She had just earned her Masters degree, with honors, in Speech Pathology and Audiology from Baylor University.
Yvonne seemed to be at her best when around babies and young children. She was the first volunteer allowed in the nursery at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center. She gave newborns their first bath. That may be when she first became interested in babies' nutrition. Yvonne studied hard and became a Lactation Consultant. She was Internationally Board Certified and spoke at Pediatric conventions around the state. She was also an editor for Childbirth Graphics, a division of The WRS Group. Kudos to her and my good friend, Dr. Harvey Spark, with whom she opened The Breastfeeding Support Center in the Hillcrest Medical Tower as a branch of his booming pediatric practice. She also loved traveling to Guatemala with a team of volunteers from our church to minister to little ones in a very primitive orphanage.
If Yvonne could speak to us today, she would surely encourage us not only to 'stop and smell the roses', but to stop and love a child - to invest our life in the life of a child. I'm proud to say my wife did just that!
Waco Tribune-Herald: 6/6/2007...Q1
Pamela Yvonne was born in Amory, Mississippi, to Bernice and Bobby Mize, and moved to Little Rock, Arkansas with the family when she was five years old. She was their only child. Yvonne was baptized when she was eight years old and was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock. While in the seventh grade, she sold more magazine subscriptions than anyone else in the entire school. She graduated from Little Rock Central High School, a large historic public school, where she enjoyed being a cheerleader. She came to Waco in the fall of 1978 to enter Baylor University where she joined the Chi Omega Sorority, and we met on the very first day of school. We became fast friends, and ultimately best friends, even before we had our first `real' date.
We were married in The First Baptist Church of Waco where our four sons are the fifth generation of my family to be members (starting with the Wilkirsons). The date was July 23, 1983. (We were married over half our lives!) She had just earned her Masters degree, with honors, in Speech Pathology and Audiology from Baylor University.
Yvonne seemed to be at her best when around babies and young children. She was the first volunteer allowed in the nursery at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center. She gave newborns their first bath. That may be when she first became interested in babies' nutrition. Yvonne studied hard and became a Lactation Consultant. She was Internationally Board Certified and spoke at Pediatric conventions around the state. She was also an editor for Childbirth Graphics, a division of The WRS Group. Kudos to her and my good friend, Dr. Harvey Spark, with whom she opened The Breastfeeding Support Center in the Hillcrest Medical Tower as a branch of his booming pediatric practice. She also loved traveling to Guatemala with a team of volunteers from our church to minister to little ones in a very primitive orphanage.
If Yvonne could speak to us today, she would surely encourage us not only to 'stop and smell the roses', but to stop and love a child - to invest our life in the life of a child. I'm proud to say my wife did just that!
Waco Tribune-Herald: 6/6/2007...Q1
Yvonne's spirit is in the presence of God. Her body died peacefully at home due to complications of Melanoma (skin cancer) on Tuesday, June 5, 2007. She was immensely comforted by the unwavering assurance that God was ultimately in complete control of everything, and that He held her hand as she journeyed through the valley of the shadow of death. Yvonne's body will lie in state at the funeral home until a couple of hours before the funeral. Should you go by, you will find a register there for you to sign. There will be one at our family home (in Hidden Valley) and at the funeral as well. You are cordially invited to join our family as we congregate publicly, to mourn her death, celebrate her life, and worship God. We'll meet at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 9, 2007 in The First Baptist Church of Waco Sanctuary located at 5th & Webster Ave. Interment will immediately follow in the beautiful, historic Oakwood Cemetery where she will be buried next to her father.
Pamela Yvonne was born in Amory, Mississippi, to Bernice and Bobby Mize, and moved to Little Rock, Arkansas with the family when she was five years old. She was their only child. Yvonne was baptized when she was eight years old and was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock. While in the seventh grade, she sold more magazine subscriptions than anyone else in the entire school. She graduated from Little Rock Central High School, a large historic public school, where she enjoyed being a cheerleader. She came to Waco in the fall of 1978 to enter Baylor University where she joined the Chi Omega Sorority, and we met on the very first day of school. We became fast friends, and ultimately best friends, even before we had our first `real' date.
We were married in The First Baptist Church of Waco where our four sons are the fifth generation of my family to be members (starting with the Wilkirsons). The date was July 23, 1983. (We were married over half our lives!) She had just earned her Masters degree, with honors, in Speech Pathology and Audiology from Baylor University.
Yvonne seemed to be at her best when around babies and young children. She was the first volunteer allowed in the nursery at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center. She gave newborns their first bath. That may be when she first became interested in babies' nutrition. Yvonne studied hard and became a Lactation Consultant. She was Internationally Board Certified and spoke at Pediatric conventions around the state. She was also an editor for Childbirth Graphics, a division of The WRS Group. Kudos to her and my good friend, Dr. Harvey Spark, with whom she opened The Breastfeeding Support Center in the Hillcrest Medical Tower as a branch of his booming pediatric practice. She also loved traveling to Guatemala with a team of volunteers from our church to minister to little ones in a very primitive orphanage.
If Yvonne could speak to us today, she would surely encourage us not only to 'stop and smell the roses', but to stop and love a child - to invest our life in the life of a child. I'm proud to say my wife did just that!
Waco Tribune-Herald: 6/6/2007...Q1
Pamela Yvonne was born in Amory, Mississippi, to Bernice and Bobby Mize, and moved to Little Rock, Arkansas with the family when she was five years old. She was their only child. Yvonne was baptized when she was eight years old and was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock. While in the seventh grade, she sold more magazine subscriptions than anyone else in the entire school. She graduated from Little Rock Central High School, a large historic public school, where she enjoyed being a cheerleader. She came to Waco in the fall of 1978 to enter Baylor University where she joined the Chi Omega Sorority, and we met on the very first day of school. We became fast friends, and ultimately best friends, even before we had our first `real' date.
We were married in The First Baptist Church of Waco where our four sons are the fifth generation of my family to be members (starting with the Wilkirsons). The date was July 23, 1983. (We were married over half our lives!) She had just earned her Masters degree, with honors, in Speech Pathology and Audiology from Baylor University.
Yvonne seemed to be at her best when around babies and young children. She was the first volunteer allowed in the nursery at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center. She gave newborns their first bath. That may be when she first became interested in babies' nutrition. Yvonne studied hard and became a Lactation Consultant. She was Internationally Board Certified and spoke at Pediatric conventions around the state. She was also an editor for Childbirth Graphics, a division of The WRS Group. Kudos to her and my good friend, Dr. Harvey Spark, with whom she opened The Breastfeeding Support Center in the Hillcrest Medical Tower as a branch of his booming pediatric practice. She also loved traveling to Guatemala with a team of volunteers from our church to minister to little ones in a very primitive orphanage.
If Yvonne could speak to us today, she would surely encourage us not only to 'stop and smell the roses', but to stop and love a child - to invest our life in the life of a child. I'm proud to say my wife did just that!
Waco Tribune-Herald: 6/6/2007...Q1
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