Karen Faye Bolin-Smith-Wheatley

Karen came in to this world on Sunday Morning  Nov.7,1965 at 3:05a.m. She was so beautiful with A head full of black hair,she was  A good baby. Her big brother and sister adored her they couldn't stay away from her. Her hair started turning to A medium brown like her Daddy's and it started getting curly and longer, she started growning and growning and before we knew it she was crawling,trying to talk,pulling up,walking,cutting teeth all the things that babies do. The years seem to pass all to quickly she wasn't A baby anymore, almost 4 years later A baby brother came along she adored him then 3 years later another baby brother came A long which she adored . Then she started first grade,second,thrid,forth,fifth,sixs,seventh,eight,ninth,she had grown in to such A beautiful young girl. By this time she fell in love and wanted to get married I wasn't ready for this big step but I signed the papers so she could marry. They had A Church Wedding and her sister Betty stood up with her,she made A beautiful Bride. Next came the birth of her first son Jason who was born way to early but as young as she was she made A good Mother, Then two years later she has Another baby boy Cedar. Like all married couples they had their up's and down's but they kept their family going. But then the split up but it was several years before they go A divorce. Karen meet Another man from Kentucky and they got together and married,he had two boys around the same age as Karen's two boys that he was raising on his own so Karen became their Mother she raised those two boys like they were her own.Again this marriage had it's up's and down's but they worked them out But this marriage also came to A divorce her son's were grown the youngest one Joined the Army and wasn't long before he was sent to IRAQ, this worried Karen as it did all of us but she was so thankful when he got to come back to the States. Karen and her ex were getting ready to get remarried,her son Cedar was sent back to Iraq so Karen was worried again. Karen ex-husband two son's were married ( so was cedar ) but the other two boys and their wives had children 6 amoung the two of them 5 girls and 1 boy, Karen loved her grandchildren she enjoyed keeping them,doing things with them they were her live as was her four sons and her soon to be husband. Then on March 2,2009 at 11:00p.m. Karen died in her sleep from A Heart attack. She left us all with so much sorrow and pain in our hearts we weren't ready for this but  who isever is ready for the death of one of our loved ones. Karen went on before us she is an Angel now looking down on us watching over us and waiting until the day that we will meet again in Heaven. Karen left behind several nieces and nephews that loved her so much some of them even called her "NANA" she was like A grandma to them. They all miss her so much just like we all do,we love Karen so much and we know she is in A far better place than we are BUT it doesn't make it easier on any of us.....Karen is gone but she will never be forgottened she will live on in our hearts!!!