Melissa Ann Horton

   Melissa Ann Horton, 30, passed away Sunday February 10, 2002, in Everett. She was born in Edmonds on February 22, 1971.

   She is survived by her two sons Jeffery and Jeremy Little; bonded soul mate and best friend, Cornell Huggins; parents Bill and Meredith Horton; brother Jeffery Paul Horton and his fiancée Windy Crahay; grandmothers Margaret Jones and Barbara Harrison; Special aunts and uncles, Marty and Mike Stewart, Steve and Carol Horton, Daryl Jones, Roger Horton, Max and Eve Smee; and all her beloved cousins and friends.

   Funeral services will be Wednesday, February 13, 2002, at 2 p.m. in Purdy and Walters with Cassidy Funeral Chapel. Visitation will be Tuesday from noon until 8 p.m.

   Memorials may be made to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington.

   Arrangements entrusted to Purdy and Walters with Cassidy, Everett.

THE DASH

I’ve seen my share of tombstones, but never took the time to truly read,

The meaning behind what is there for others to see.

Under the person’s name it read both the date of birth, dash (-), and the date the person passed.

But the more I think about that tombstone, the important thing is the dash.

Yes, I see the name of the person but that I might forget,

I also read the date of birth and death but even that might not stick.

But thinking about the individual, I can’t help but to remember the dash.

Because it represents a person’s life and that will always last.

So when you begin to charter your life, make sure you’re on a positive path.

Because people may forget your birth and death, but they will never forget your dash.

Alton Maiden

University of Notre Dame - 1996