Do not stand at my grave and weep,

I am not there, I do not sleep.

 

I am a thousand winds that blow,

I am the diamond glints on snow,

I am the sunlight on ripened grain,

I am the gentle autumn rain.

 

When you awake in the morning hush,

I am the swift uplifting rush

Of quiet birds in circling flight.

I am the soft starshine at night.

 

Do not stand at my grave and weep,

I am not there, I do not sleep.

(Do not stand at my grave and cry,

I am not there . . . I did not die!)

                Mary E. Frye, 1932

       August Taylor (A.T.) Brett, was born on Dec. 7, 1929, and died at 5:18 p.m. Monday, March 21, 2005, at Boone Hospital Center , Columbia .

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 24, 2005, at Pickering Funeral Home with the Rev. Marvin Jones officiating. Visitation will be on Wednesday from 6 until 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in East Lawn Memorial Park .

Mr. Brett was retired from A. P. Green Co. after 48⁺ years of service.

He was Dad to seven children, David Brett, Russell Hogan, Richard Brett, Sue Nolan, Lois Hodson, Connie Mackey and Penny Heckes; grandfather to 30 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren. He was a special friend to Lola Whitworth.

He was preceded in death by his wife Mary Hogan Brett, his parents Claude and Katherine Brett, and a sister Evelyn Ettling. After the deaths of his parents, he was cared for by an aunt and uncle, “Annie” Demorah and Frank Brett, who also preceded him in death.

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