When I come to the end of the day

And the sun has set for me
I want no rites in a gloom-filled room.
Why cry for a soul set free?

Miss me a little, but not too long
And not with your head bowed low.
Remember the love that we once shared-
Miss me, but let me go.

For this is a journey we all must take
And each must go alone.
It’s all a part of the Maker’s plan,
A step on the road to home.

When you are lonely and sick at heart
Go to the friends we know
And bury your sorrows in doing good deeds-

Miss me, but let me go.

      L. R. “Becky” Jones, 67, of Mexico , died at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 29, 2004, at Pin Oaks Nursing Center in Mexico .

      Ms. Jones was born on September 10, 1936, in Benton City , a daughter of Douglas and Jewellena Talbot Newman. She worked for 30 years as an accounting clerk at the University of Missouri – Columbia , and retired in 1993.

Survivors include one son, Frank E. (Gene) Pearson, Mexico; a daughter, Kathy (Pearson) Morgan and husband Mike, Lebanon; three sisters, Nellie Wilson, Grand Junction, Colo., Florence Bedwell, Vandalia, and Joy Kistler, Arlington, SD; and five grandchildren, Megan, Keegan and Kerrigan Pearson, and Kelly and Kristen Morgan.

Her parents and one sister, Leveryn Chase, preceded her in death.

A memorial service will be held at 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 6, at Pickering Funeral Home with the Rev. Todd Walker officiating. Visitation will be Thursday from 7 p.m. until the time of the service at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to Audrain City County Health Unit Hospice or to the American Cancer Society, and may be sent to Pickering Funeral Home, 403 N. Western, Mexico , MO 65265. 

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