hope your up there looking after my dad and and denny uncle tank your always in my thoughts all of you xxxxxxx
RUSSELL T MAYHEW xxxx
Russell
11th April 2022
Canon Henry Scott-Holland, 1847-1918,
Canon of St Paul's Cathedral
Death is nothing at all
I have only slipped away into the next room
I am I and you are you
Whatever we were to each other
That we are still
Call me by my old familiar name
Speak to me in the easy way you always used
Put no difference into your tone
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow
Laugh as we always laughed
At the little jokes we always enjoyed together
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me
Let my name be ever the household word that it always was
Let it be spoken without effort
Without the ghost of a shadow in it
Life means all that it ever meant
It is the same as it ever was
There is absolute unbroken continuity
What is death but a negligible accident?
Why should I be out of mind
Because I am out of sight?
I am waiting for you for an interval
Somewhere very near
Just around the corner
All is well.
Nothing is past; nothing is lost
One brief moment and all will be as it was before
How we shall laugh at the trouble of parting when we meet again!
Poem read at the funeral service
12th May 2010
Uncle Frank you'll be looking down on me thinking I'm soppy.. but the truth is I loved ya big guy. You always had a smile on your face and thats one of the many reasons you were loved by so many. I'm really glad I got to spend some time with you and my Aunty Christine last year and to have had a few pints with you. There are so many fun memories I remember of you when I was a kid, when we visited you both in london and more recently when I came to spain.. especially your conversations with the local spanish community, usually ending up in a light game of charades... and ya know... those are some of the things I'll always remember of you.. a great guy who always made me laugh. Just know that I'll never forget you or the mark you've left on my life. I feel truly blessed to have known you, I love you and will miss you. Your nephew Oliver x
From Nephew Oliver x
12th May 2010