Lit on 02/02/2007
Lit by Annie Grindstaff
I miss and love you so much Dad
~Clifton Posey~  A great man, husband and dad.  Dad was born in Lauderdale County, Alabama on December 2, 1930 and passed away on April 20, 2005 in Columbus, Indiana.   


 He married Bessie Jane Curry  (http://bessie-posey.last-memories.com/index.php)  in Iuka, Miss.  on October 4 1948.  They have six children:  Vickie Reynolds, Clifton Posey Jr., Patricia Rice, Lonnie Posey, Janice Wood, and Annie Grindstaff.  They also have twelve grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren. 
      Dad was a hard worker all his life until his very last breath.  Dad found out he had cancer in August 2004.  However, that didn't stop dad he kept right on fighting and making the best of what time he had left.  For thats something Clifton Posey was not and that was a quitter.  That word was not in his vocabulary.  Dad worked as a bricklayer for many years for Dunlap & Co.  Also was a member of the bricklayers union. 
     Dad enjoyed many things in his life, but the thing he loved the most was being outdoors.  Fishing, hunting, and doing gardening.   There wasn't a flower or vegetable that he couldn't grow.   He loved to grow sunflowers there was always a row growing at the side of the house every year as tall as the roof. 

  The garden wow dad could grow about anything.  People would stop and admire the garden and ask if he would like to sell the tomatoes or peppers.  He would always say  " Ah no... here let me go inside and get ya a sack. "   Sure enough he would fill up the sack and give 'em some. He would get compliments on top of compliments about what he grew.   He also enjoyed feeding the birds and sittin at the dining room table and watching 'em fly in to eat.  I remember dad saying he loved the cardinals but exspecially the hummingbirds they would always fasinate him how their wings would just flutter so fast. 
     Of course, there wasn't a summer night that went by that you didn't go by that dad and mom wasn't glued to the tv watching a baseball game.  It was fun they would go back and forth at one another cause mom would always cheer for the Reds and dad always would cheer for the Cubs / Braves.  There was never a dull moment in that house.  Always filled with laughter and Stories. 
     When you walked thru the door the smell of a down home southern meal.  Beans w/ ham and fried potatoes and cornbread with a big slab of onion.   Hmm can't forget about dads famous chicken /rabbit stew.  If your nose led ya to the kitchen you knew who was in there cooking.  DAD!   Wow we sure had some good times there.  Dad always believed in family get togethers cookouts or big dinners or on the holidays there were always  twenty or thirty of us getting around at mom and dads ...laughing and "shootin the shit" 

as dad would say...dad had his own way of saying things thats what made dad who he was Dad didnt' put up a front , if ya didn't like him for who he was ...head on out the door and down the road...but thats just it anyone who knew dad loved him dad knew no strangers and had no enemies.  He would speak to everyone and help anyone who was in need.  If he had a dollar we all had a dollar.  Thats just who he was.  The refrigerator door was always open to whom ever walked in if you left that house hungry it was your own fault cause he would welcome a stranger to his dinner table. 
     Clifton Posey wasn't only my dad he was my bestest friend in the world , my buddy and my hero.  Me and dad would always sit at the dining room table and talk about all sorts of things from politics to what kinda bait to use to go catfishing.  I will always remember those times.  I will never look up to another man as I did him.  I learned alot from all those talks we had and i'll never forget him .  Thats why i'm so proud to call Clifton Posey my dad.  I can also say me and dad shared something that no one can take away,   On February 21,2005  we got saved,  Dad was in the hospital battling with his cancer and he recieved a visit from Rev. Burt Powell.  He spoke to us about it and dad and I decided to welcome God into our lives.  That was and will always be something special to me and no one can take away.  Although, he's not here with us right now.  He will never be forgotten for some day we will all be together again.  Until then he remains in our hearts ....We love and miss you Dad!!



~Remember Me~
Remember me when flowers bloom
Early in the spring
Remember me on sunny days
In the fun that summer brings

Remember me in the fall
As you walk through the leaves of gold
Remember me in the wintertime
In the stories that are told

But most of all remember each day
Right from the start
I will be forever near
For I live within your heart




A Broken Chain

We little knew that morning that god
was goin to call your name
In life we loved you dearly
In death we do the same

It broke our hearts to lose you
you did not go alone
for part of us went with you
the day god called you home

You left us peaceful memories
your love is still our guide
and though we cannot see you
you are always at our side

Our family chain is broken
and nothing seems the same
but as god calls us one by one
the chain will link again

We love and miss you dearly dad theres not one moment that doesn't go by that your not in our thoughts...But one day we'll all be together again until then we're missing you...
love always,
Bessie, Vickie, Cliff Jr. Patty, Lonnie, Janice, & Annie jo




Anyone can be a father,but it takes
someone special to be a daddy
I'm just as blessed as I can be
for the worlds best dad belongs to me
The greatest gift I ever had
came from god I call him dad
Dads are the treasures of the world
Dad dreams, he plans, he struggles
that we might have the best,
His sacrifice is quiet
his life is love expressed,
For always being there to care
always tryin to be fair,
for every piece of good advice
for every quiet sacrifice
most of all for being you
Thanks dad
I love ya!!

I still hear the songs
I still see the lights
I still feel your love
On cold wintry nights

I still share your hopes
And all of your cares
I'll even remind you
To please say your prayers

I just want to tell you
You still make me proud
You stand hand and shoulders
Above all the crowd

Keep trying each moment
To stay in his grace
I came here before you
To help set your place

You dont have to be
Perfect all of the time
He forgives you the slip
If you continue the climb

To my family and friends
Please be thankful today
I'm still close beside you
In a new special way

I love you all dearly
Now dont shed a tear
Cause I'm spending my
Christmas with Jesus this year


We Love & Miss you so much Dad....


To my dearest family, some things I'd like to say.
But first of all, to let you know, that I arrived okay.
I'm writing this from heaven. Here I dwell with God above.
Here, there's no more tears of sadness;
Here is just eternal love.
Please do not be unhappy just because I'm out of sight.
Remember that I am with you every morning, noon and night.
That day I had to leave you when my life on earth was through.
God picked me up and hugged me and He said, "I welcome you.
It's good to have you back again, you were missed while you were gone.
As for your dearest family, They'll be here later on.
There's so much that we have to do, to help our mortal man."
God gave me a list of things that he wished for me to
do. And foremost on the list, was to watch and care for you.
And when you lie in bed at night the day's chores put to flight.
God and I are closest to you....in the middle of the night.
When you think of my life on earth, and all those loving
years, because you are only human, they are bound to bring you tears.
But do not be afraid to cry: it does relieve the pain.
Remember there would be no flowers, unless there was some rain.
I wish that I could tell you all that God has planned.
If I were to tell you, you wouldn't understand.
But one thing is for certain, though my life on earth is
over. I'm closer to you now, than I ever was before.
There are many rocky roads ahead of you and many hills to
climb; But together we can do it by taking one day at a time.
It was always my philosophy and I'd like it for you too;
That as you give unto the world, the world will give to you.
If you can help somebody who's in sorrow and pain;
Then you can say to God at night......"My day was not in vain."
And now I am contented....that my life was worthwhile.
Knowing as I passed along the way I made somebody smile.
So if you meet somebody who is sad and feeling low;
Just lend a hand to pick him up, as on your way you go.
When you're walking down the street and you've got Me on
your mind; I'm walking in your footsteps only half a step behind.
And when it's time for you to go....
from that body to be free. Remember you're not going.....
you're coming here to Me



My First Christmas In Heaven
I see the countless Christmas trees around the world below
with tiny lights, like Heaven's stars reflecting on the snow.
The sight is so spectacular. Please wipe away the tear
For I am spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this year.
I hear the many Christmas songs that people hold so dear
But the sounds of music can't compare
with the Christmas choir up here.
I have no words to tell you, the joy their voices bring.
For it is beyond description, to hear the angels sing.
I know how much you miss me,
I see the pain inside your heart.
But I am not so far away We really aren't apart.
So be happy for me, dear ones, You know I hold you dear,
And be glad I'm spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this year.
I sent you each a special gift, from my heavenly home above,
of my undying love.
After all, love is a gift more precious than pure gold.
It was always most important In the stories Jesus told.
Please love and keep each other, as my Father said to do.
For I can't count the blessing or the love
He has for each of you.
So have a Merry Christmas and wipe away that tear.
Remember, I am spending Christmas
                            with Jesus Christ this year.   
                                                                               

We thought of you with love today.
But that is nothing new.
We thought about you yesterday.
And days before that too.
We think of you in silence.
We often speak your name.
Now all we have is memories.
And your picture in a frame.
Your memory is our keepsake.
With which we'll never part.
God has you in his keeping.
We have you in our heart..

Road To Eternity

Life is but a stopping place,

A pause in what’s to be,

A resting place along the road,

To sweet Eternity. 
We all have different journeys,

Different paths along the way,

We all were meant to learn some things, 
But never meant to stay…

Our destination is a place,

Far greater than we know, 
For some the journey’s quicker,

For some, the journey’s slow.

But when the journey finally ends,

We’ll claim a great reward,

And find an everlasting peace,

Together with the Lord.