This is Eva Slate Gray. She is my Great Great Grandmother. She was born in North Carolina in 1866 and died in South Carolina in 1914. Her oldest son, Dennis Gray was my Great Grandfather. His daughter, Eleanor DuRose Gray Fitzgarrald was my Grandmother. Her oldest daughter, Julie Lynn Fitzgarrald Browning, is my mother.
Eva had a hard life. She was a widow at a young age and had to raise three small children on her own. Because of their poverty she put my Great Grandfather in an orphanage so he could eat and gain an education.
I am walking with her for a couple of reasons. One is that I admire her so much for the sacrifices she made for her family. I don't think our family will ever understand fully just what those were until we are all together again in the next life. The second reason is that, our family needs some help from beyond the veil to complete her temple work, both for her and her family. There have been many doors open already, but there are many left that are locked.
She is a pioneer to me. I know that she will be with me and that we will walk the trail of Martin's Cove and sit in Rock Creek Hollow together. I know she will feel the importance of the work both here on this earth and in the spirit world. With her help, we will get the necessary information to get her temple work done so she can become a member of the fold and be called by our Savior as His Own and we can be a forever family.
Have you found someone to walk with? The time is now! You need them as much as they need you.
