Mr. Jimmy Lyle Harcrow

Chapel funeral service for Jimmy Lyle Harcrow, 63, of Hokes Bluff will be 2:00 pm on Saturday at Collier-Butler Funeral Home. Jimmy passed away Thursday, December 8, 2011. Rev. Michael Murray will officiate with entombment at Crestwood Cemetery. Collier-Butler Funeral Home directing.

Jimmy was a devoted husband, loving father, grandfather and friend to all. He retired from Goodyear and was a Vietnam Veteran. He was preceded in death by his parents, AC & Cordelia Harcrow; sisters, Anita Davis and Ann Morris; daughter, Connie Freeman; and nephew, Chad Harcrow.

Survivors include his wife of 30 years, Fran Harcrow; daughter, Dee (Troy) Theriot; son, Scott (April) Atchley; son-in-law, Billy Freeman; granddaughters, Tiffani (Jeremy) Branham, Lauren Theriot, and Haedyn Freeman; grandsons, A.J. (Cat) Theriot, and Paw Paw’s special “Little Man” and the love of his life, JT Freeman; brothers, Jerry (Julie) Harcrow and Tony (Kim) Harcrow; and numerous nieces.

Pallbearers will be Jimmy Harris, Brandon Parks, Billy Parks, Jackie Parks, Blake Johnson, Randall Johnson.

Special thanks to Kelly Dennis, Patsie Kendricks, and Amedysis Hospice for the special care they gave him.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests green plants.

The family will receive friends on Saturday from 12:30 until 2:00 pm.

Online condolences may be made at www.collier-butler.com.

One More Time, With Love

I’d like to tell a story

of how it all began,

with the words “I love you”

from a good and loving man.

He sat us down at the table

and told us how he felt,

about our dear mother

a woman he could not forget.

He said he loved her dearly

for she was his guiding light,

he would love, honor and keep her

each day and every night.

He loved her for her beauty

her tenderness and grace,

the loving way she looked at him

with sincerity on her face.

He said he loved us both

my brother, Scottee, and I,

he would love and protect us

until the day he died.

He showed us the ring

he so loving chose,

to place upon her finger

to take away her woe’s.

We knew his love was real

from the way that he spoke,

of becoming our dear father

even though, he was broke.

It wasn’t his money

or the possessions that he had,

but the love he was offering

that made us want him for a dad.

We gave him our blessing

and all our love, too,

to marry our dear mother

and to marry us, too.

We’ve put him through hell

since that very first day,

with teenage rebellion

and angst along the way.

He may have regretted

those words he said back then,

but he never let us know it

he always let us in.

We love him more deeply

with each passing year,

to think of his love for us

makes us shed a tear.

He’s always been there

through all of our ups and downs,

the times that we were happy

and those times that made us frown.

The man that I describe

has had his troubles, too,

terrible childhood memories

and Vietnam, too.

Though life with him ain’t easy

and the times have been tough,

we never thought of leaving him

there’s just, too, much love.

But no matter how tough it gets

or how he pushes us away,

we will stand beside him

and love him more each day.

If this description sounds like you

then you must be the man,

who we have chosen to love

and give our mothers hand.

We might not always show you

Just how much you really mean,

to Scottee and myself

You are our everything.

To simply say I love you

doesn’t seem to say enough,

but here we are saying it

one more time, with all our love.

Dee Theriot

Your Daughter

December, 1997