Birth date: Oct 22, 1928 Death date: Jul 4, 2020
Clara Grace Marchant (Nestler), 91, born on October 22, 1928, in Chicago Heights, Illinois, to Augustus & Anna Nestler, fell asleep in death on July 4, 2020, in Anniston, Alabama. Until her last breath, she remained a faithful ser Read Obituary
To the marchant family I come from a line of good cooks , but none ever even came close to her pot roast. Never had a chance to to try her biscuits I will have to wait until the new system for that. Looking forward to seeing her again. With much love. Jeffery and Dee phillips
Dearest Annette,
I have clear memories of your Beautiful Mother, (and, of course, along with your Father, at our house).
She was aptly named - the “Picture of Grace, and Beauty!” Anyone who met her - INSTANTLY LOVED HER!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
We can certainly see from where your BEAUTY, STYLE, & GRACE, originate!!!
It won’t be long, before we will all get to hug her neck, again!!!
We Love You All,
Valerie Gilbert
If you would like a copy of the program for Grandma's memorial on Saturday, please email me at [email protected]. I've included a copy of it here as well. Thank you!
Thinking about some amazing memories when at Grandma and Grandpa’s house when I was younger..... One time Grandma & I went to McDonalds to get hot fudge sundaes. We started cracking up at something we saw. I had a mouth full of fudge and laughed so hard I spit it allllll over her hair making polka dots in her just done hair. We both looked at eachother straight face for a sec. Then she starting dying laughing so much that we were in tears - me trying to get each spec of fudge out of her beautiful, white hair. That was such a wonderful time. We laughed about it a lot on the drive back to her house. & Oh how I miss Grandma’s homemade biscuits with honey drizzled over. It was the absolute best to me because I never had biscuits and honey before then. I miss her holding my hand than tapping it telling me she loved me when I was having social anxiety meeting new people out there in Alabama. Grandma really was such a sweet human being. I’m also pretty sure we all got our amazing humor from her. She would crack me up with her one liners especially after her doing something that made her laugh at herself aka passing gas when bending over to grab a Corona which has been one of my fav Grandma moments from back in the day and has help make me be the silly, comfortable with thy self woman I am today 💜💙 beautiful woman inside and out ....
Sweetest person you could ever meet... she Truly reflected her heavenly Father's qualities in every way..... she had a way of Hospitality like no other. Always made you feel welcome.
Waiting too see you again.❤️.. won't be long now.🙏
FROM ALICIA DUFFY: I keep finding myself remembering little things and crying. Like her strict schedule - lunch was always at 12 noon, followed by a nap that you BEST NOT INTERRUPT! And how lunch was so many times a small bowl of Campbell's chicken noodle soup and a sandwich, usually tuna fish. But those little things were the best.
I share the same memories as Sarah, April, and Wendi. Grandma was the same loving grandma to us all. She loved me to fix her hair. I spent countless hours fixing her hair and she didn't care how long it took me. We would wake up and watch The Price Is Right and Sweat to The Oldies, just like April remembers. Heidi was always by her side. We loved that dog so much, didn't we, Wendi!! Sarah, Grandma did enjoy her beer, LOL (always in moderation, of course!). All Grandma ever wanted was for us to just be there with her, she loved us all. I used to ask her, "Grandma, am I fat?" And she'd say, "No, you're pleasantly plump." My mom and I laugh about that a lot, but that sums up Grandma, full of encouragement and love. Of course, she was famous for her delicious biscuits; my mom now carries on that tradition. Her classic red lipstick was always on. Even if we sat at the house all day, she didn't care, she would have on that lipstick! But most memorable of all was her unconditional love. If I could say anything to Grandma, it would be, "I'm sorry for whatever pain you had in your life. I'm sorry if you were ever sad or lonely. I'm sorry for ever not being there when you needed me. But soon Paradise will be here. Soon Jehovah will resurrect all the children you've lost. And Grandma, I'll be there with you and life will be perfect. And you'll always have us forever! We will never say goodbye!" (Revelation 21:3, 4, "With that I heard a loud voice from the throne say: 'Look! The tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his people. And God himself will be with them. And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.'")
Grandma Clara was my Favorite Grandparent. She was a beauty and a true southern belle. She always had her make up on and her hair done. Always red lipstick 💄 I guess I got that from her. She was always kind, gentle, non judgmental, and loving. I remember going to Disney world with her and going on Pirates for the first time and pinching the back of her hand the whole time bc I was nervous and she let me do it. I remember learning to make biscuits going to get all the ingredients at the piggly wiggly and making roast and gravy and biscuits. She was so patient. I have memories of doing water aerobics with Grandma and her having a beer in her purse when she would visit my other grandparents. I remember picking blackberries in the fields behind her house and making blackberry cobbler. As an adult my memories with her were always of me laughing bc she was so funny and fun to hang around. I love her very much and I’m so sad she is no longer in this world but I’m happy all her pain and suffering is over. 🌹
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