Obituary of Sara Ingram

Ms. Sara Arlene Ingram, age 68, passed away Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at a Lamar County Healthcare Facility. Ms. Ingram is the Daughter of the late Mr. Charles Aldine Ingram and the late Mrs. Mable Emmett Ingram. Ms. Ingram loved people, animals, children, Johnny Cash music, and collecting angels. Above all she loved giving and witnessing for the Lord. Survivors include: 2 Sisters – Glenda Sue Waters (& Charles), and Wyona Ingram Hamby (& Tom); Brother – Charles Ingram Jr.; Nieces and Nephews – Ryan (&Kelly) Waters, Natalie (& Chuck) Reed, and Katherine Davis; Great Nieces and Nephews – Madeline, Sophie, Piper, Hamby, Ingram and Seth; Step Great Nephews – Trey and Hudson; Aunt – Lucille Ingram and Cousin Dennis Ingram Funeral Services for Ms. Sara Arlene Ingram will be conducted Saturday, October 15, 2016 at 4:30 p.m. in the Chapel of Williams Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Lamar Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the Williams Funeral Home on Saturday, October 15, 2016 from 3:30 p.m. until the service hour. Those who wish may view the Memorial page and sign the guestbook online at: www.williamsfh.net Williams Funeral Home of Barnesville is in charge of the arrangements. (770) 358-1678 ODE TO ARLENE by Sylvia Negron I wrote my first poem at the age of nine. and started the tradition of making words rhyme. Poems are inspired by love, of course, and back then I wrote of the beloved horse. In these few words I hope to express, our love for Arlene as she's laid to rest. So many memories are brought to mind that it's hard to select just a few, I find. My very first memory was when I was just eight, and insisted, that at one, I could carry her weight. Though duly warned that she loved to bite, I picked her up and held on tight. Our bond has always been close, you see. for Arlene, literally, cut her teeth on me. And like with a turtle, I began to wonder if before she turned loose, it would have to thunder. Her illness was slow to assert itself. She even started first grade before her health became bereft. Over the years, words can't describe, her life resembled A roller coaster ride. At times going well, then taking a plunge, all the doctors predicted she would only die young. But they reckoned without her enormous will, her love of Jesus And the faith He instills. Above all, she loved people and life itself, totally refusing to be put on a shelf. No matter the day or even the times, each time you saw her, she was dressed to the nines. But her role as Cinderella was the grandest of all, riding in her coach and dressed for the ball. Down the streets of Macon With cold temperatures extreme, she rode and reigned like royalty supreme. Queen Elizabeth never had a more dazzling procession Than Arlene in her ride in the Cherry Blossom Festival. Excited to show you something new, she shared her all before she was through. And, now, she's residing in the presence of the King and soaking up Heaven while the angels sing. Saying hello to family who've gone before, waiting for the rest of us to reach that shore. And I know what she'll say. She would always insist: "Come here, Sylvia, Let me show you this."