Judith Morgan Flores of Mathews, departed this earth on Nov. 20, 2015.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Barbara Morgan.
She is survived by her daughter, Tiffany Ratliff; son, Sheldon Rowley; sister-cousin, Sheldon Starr; as well as her grandchildren, Morgan Farmer, Jessica Creekmore, Cooper Rowley, Katherine Rowley, and great-grandchild, Oakley Farmer.
She also lives on through various friendships, paintings, and journals.
An intimate service in her honor will be held at Old Field Point in Moon.
Judith, also known fondly as Mimi, always thought of the positive. No matter what life threw her way, she held her head high and kept on pushing, even at the end. She answered darkness with her own personal light and sadness with a radiant smile.
Below is a poem written by Judith in 1995 that says it all.
“Free To Be”
Throughout the years my creative soul
Has struggled to be free
Through tears and fears my inner self
Has fought to find the key
To find the key to fit the gate
Or to scale this wall of doubt
Built with fear of failure
It successfully kept me out
Its shadow cast upon all thought
And every hope of winning
As years went by I stood outside
And watched as light was dimming
But deep inside, within my soul,
A tiny flame kept burning
A heart’s beat fanned the flame
And kept the creature stirring
And then one day unlike the rest,
The pieces now in place,
I gained the nerve to climb the wall,
Its shadows to erase
With joy I knew I had found the way
To free this inner child
No fear of failure, crippling doubt
Could quench this fire wild
I’d found the source and with it strength
And truly found the core
At last the will to risk the try
This child is free to soar
With tears soft mist upon her face
My creative soul is free
Unbridled and unmasked
I’ve found myself, at last completely ME.