There is no greater gift than the love, beauty and joy graciously extended by those we share our lives with.
Dear Family & Friends,
I asked Pete and Brannan not to publish an obituary ... but instead wanted a letter to all of you ... to those who filled my life and heart with love, friendship, kindness, grace and joy.
I am so grateful to have lived a life in which my days and heart were shared with so many incredible people. Each of you ... and your beautiful threads of family and friendship ... have held me up, inspired me and nudged me through a life made wondrously complete by the gift God gave me in you.
And, as I told Brannan in my last weeks here on earth ... my love (and deep gratitude) does not stop now. But instead continues — not only in my own heart — but in the lives and actions of those I hold dear.
Thank you for loving me, for loving my dear Pete, my sweet Brannan, my kind stepson Leigh ... for loving all of my family and for allowing us the privilege of being part of your hearts, stories and lives.
Thank you for making my own story so beautifully and magnificently complete. I can certainly say now, “It is well with my soul.”
With love,
Anne Pedersen
A memorial service will be held Saturday, March 1, 2014, at 1 p.m., at First United Methodist Church, 130 W. Second St. in Bay Minette.
In keeping with her lifetime of faith and service (and desire to make everything beautiful but also lasting), Mrs. Pedersen's family is requesting in lieu of flowers that donations in her name be made to any of the following: First Church of Christ Scientists, 1151 Dauphin St.
Mobile, AL 36604; First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 338, Bay Minette, AL 36507; or Bay Minette Public Library (please include a note requesting books on interior design or gardening in her memory), 205 W. Second St., Bay Minette, AL 36507.
Arrangements by Mack Funeral Home, Robertsdale.
