May 1, 1919 was a very special day. Vernis Marie Cooper was born. In 1938 she married Kenneth Lowell Vermillion. In 1942 their first son Kenneth Robert was born and then in 1946 they had another son named John Paul. I didn't get to know her until 1968 when I married John but I was blessed to know her for 37 years. She passed away in July 2005. If there was only one thing I could say that I learned from her (because there were so many) was how completely generous a person could be. She was always "giving".... of her time, her money, her love, her possessions and mostly of herself. She loved her 3 grandchildren and one great-grandchild and since I lost my own mother in 1976, I was certainly glad that she got to see her grandchildren grow up. She always treated me like a daughter and I miss her to this day and when May 1st rolls around each year I think of her and what her life meant to so many.
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