Thank You

Our family would like to thank everyone for your outpouring of love and sympathy for our family during the loss of our dad.

Thanks to everyone who has prayed, emailed, called, visited, attended the visitation and funeral, sent food, flowers, cards, etc. - everything has just meant so much to all of us. Your expressions of sympathy and the memories of our dad that you have shared with us help give us comfort in this difficult time.

It all would have meant so much to him.

We pray that God will bless each of you during this holiday season and may you have a Merry Christmas and a safe and happy New Year.

grace and peace,
Jennifer

Our dad's passing...

It is with great sadness that I let you know that our dad, Glen Allen Tharp, has passed away today.

He was a good person with a big heart and was loved by so many people. People still stop me and tell me stories about him when he was younger. I would always call and tell him when someone asked about him and it meant a lot to him, too. He will be missed.

He died early this morning of heart complications. He lived here in Greenwood at Magnolia Manor Apartments. He had many great friendly neighbors that he loved to visit with and talk to. He was driving himself and loved to come and see us and play with the grandkids and visit Jodie. He had been doing good since his stroke 2 years ago and had told us over the weekend that he had a cold and was going to go to the doc today to see if he could get some medicine to get rid of the crud.

Thank you for your continued thoughts and prayers for our family. Please especially pray for our grandmother, as this is real hard on her, and Jodie. It broke our hearts for Beth, Mama and I to tell her tonight.

God's grace and peace,
Jennifer

www.ofhwinona.com Funeral services for Glen Allen Tharp of Greenwood, formerly of Winona, are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, December 9, at Lee Chapel in Winona, with burial following at Milligan Springs Baptist Church Cemetery near Kilmichael. Visitation will be from 4:00 until 7:00 p.m., on Tuesday, December 9, at Lee Funeral Home in Winona.

Gala pictures & Update

Sorry that it has taken me so long to post. We moved houses and my little boy broke his leg so it's been busy around my house. Mama and Jodie have been helping us out a lot!

The Brain Injury Association Gala & Fundraiser was a great success. Thanks to everyone who donated items for the auction, bought tickets for the raffle and to Jodie's great friends, Lisa & Jason Clark, for attending the event. Lisa and Jason bid and won the painting that Jodie painted and donated for the "Art of Recovery" fundraiser. They were so excited that they won Jodie's painting and we were so happy that it now belongs to someone very special to us. Also, thanks to Jonathan Nichols (and his mom, Robbie :) for letting us borrow his Ole Miss jerseys to wear for the sports-themed event - we got a lot of compliments!!

Beth and I enjoyed getting to finally meet Dr. Katz - we have heard Mama and others speak so highly of him that we were honored to get to meet him and his wife. He is really concerned and focused on helping Jodie get better. We were also glad to meet other brain injury and spinal cord injury survivors and to hear of their own "journeys" - these are some of the most amazing and inspiring people that I have every had the privilege to meet. Their stories are true testimonies to the Power of Prayer and God's healing grace. We had a wonderful evening!!

We hope that you will continue to support this worthy and special cause - it means so much to us.

Jodie had an appointment with Dr. Katz a couple of weeks ago and like I have said many times, he is focused on gettng Jodie to speak and we couldn't me more excited and supportive of him and his treatment of Jodie. He continues to work on a medicine regimen that is best suited for Jodie and her needs and at times he has to change around her meds to get her on the right track. We continue to pray for Dr. Katz as God directs him in helping Jodie reach her fullest potential.

As always, thank you for your continued love, thoughts and prayers for Jodie - she feels them every day!

Our family would like to wish you a very happy and healthy holiday season - Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

Blessings,
Jennifer