Anita Ellen Cole Parham, born January 3, 1942, went home to be with the Lord on March 25th 2020. She always did things her way and she decided to go the same day her beloved husband Buddy left us in 2019. It felt like a planned departure. Anita has now joined her husband and 2 sons, Gerry and Chad Isenhour in Heaven. Also welcoming her home was her sister Cheryl Cole, brother Jerry Cole and her parents Edna May Key Cole and John Matthew Cole.
Left here to carry on her memory is her five step children and 4 step grandchildren and 2 great step grandchildren. Her brother Bill Cole of Hickory. Several nieces and nephews and great great nephew Levi Boone, who loved her very much. His smile brightened a room when she spoke his name.
Anita had a way of speaking to people that made them feel very special. She claimed me as a daughter -- tho I was a niece. She included me in their family vacations my entire childhood and gave me too many cherished memories to list. She worked most of her life in the furniture industry and at caring for her sons who were her entire world. She loved her Gaithers and Jimmy Swaggart. She never missed an episode of either. However, she was also an avid racing fan and had a thing for Kyle Bush! Watching the Sunday races with her was quite the experience. She seemed so sweet and soft spoken until someone over took Kyle in a race. Then it was all over. Spending this time with her was priceless. We have all been blessed to have known her and had her as a part of our lives.
This may not be a typical obituary, but in this crazy upside down world where we cant even have a proper funeral service it feels right to honor her with telling anyone who didnt really know her a bit about who she really was. She was also one of the neatest house keepers God ever put on this planet. Even when her floors were clean enough to eat off of she would apologize for her mess. I would love to be like that. I was not blessed with that gene! Anita also loved her sweet dog Colby more than the air she breathed. She worried more about leaving him than anything else those last couple of weeks. He misses her as well. She had made her peace with God and was ready to be free of the pains she experienced here on earth.. tho we were not ready to let her go. Her phone has rang off the hook from people who have loved her and will deeply miss her. My apologies to anyone I did not list by name. But know she loved all of you as well and your presence in her life was appreciated.
She will have a private grave side service this week at Catawba Memorial Park in Hickory. With this unusual pandemic situation only 10 people are allowed to be there to celebrate her life. I pray anyone taking the time to read this will post their own memories of her and honor her memory in your own way. Somehow I feel like she will know. I know if she were here she would tell us to celebrate her and know she is happy and whole again and not to be in a hurry to join her.. to live our lives to the fullest here and find our own bit of happiness.
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