God hath not promised

    Skies always blue,

Flower strewn pathways

   All our lives through;

God hath not promised

    Sun without rain,

Joy without sorrow,

    Peace without pain.

But God hath promised

    Strength for the day,

Rest for the labor

    Light for the way;

Grace for the trials,

    Help from above,

Unfailing sympathy,

        Undying love.

      Wilda Lopez, 82, of Mexico, died at 6:55 a.m. Sunday, November 9, 2003, at her home.

Mrs. Lopez was born on August 12, 1921, in Ashland, Kentucky, a daughter of William Bradley and Helen Margurite Arthur Simmons. On Sept. 22, 1950, in Catlettsburg, Kentucky, she married Roque Lopez, who survives at the home. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Mexico and had worked for Smiley’s Grocery as a bookkeeper.

In addition to her husband, two sons, Edward R. Lopez, Wellington, Mo., and William Bradley Lopez and his wife Donna, Union, Mo.; a brother, William Bradley Simmons Jr., and two grandchildren survive her.

Three sisters, Ethel M. Workman, Betty Hurst and Jeanette Bailey preceded her in death.

A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2003, at 11 a.m. at Pickering Funeral Home with the Rev. Jerry Ostrom officiating. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until the time of the service on Wednesday at the funeral home.

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