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Touching Story About A Woman Who Liked Jim Posted by Larry Jordan on June 18, 2009, 3:14 am 69.66.111.56 Here is a touching story about a 97 year old woman, Millvina Dean, who was the last survivor of the Titanic ocean liner that sank in 1912. She was the youngest passenger aboard the ship, but lost her father who was among those who perished when the ship went down in the north Atlantic. She had lived in a nursing home in Southhampton, but had recently had to begin selling some of her Titanic mementoes to try to meet monthly expenses. She passed away recently and, at her request, Jim Reeves' "Moonlight and Roses" was played at the end of her funeral. Click the link below to read this poignant article. It's just another example of how Jim Reeves' music has touched the lives of so many people around the world. Link: Titanic Survivor  Post a Response

Re: Touching Story About A Woman Who Liked Jim Posted by John Walker on June 18, 2009, 5:50 am, in reply to "Touching Story About A Woman Who Liked Jim" 92.41.54.108 Hi Larry, On the subject of Titanic, i used to look after an elderly lady who had been aboard Titanic just shortly before she departed on her fateful maiden voyage. Apparently, this lady was a friend of one of the crew, a steward if i recall correctly and she was sneaked aboard in order that she could see for herself what Titanic looked like on the inside. This was around the time the wreck was discovered and naturally enough it was all over the front pages of the press and TV. At first Annie did not believe that they had really found Titanic,s final resting place no matter what we told her she could not be persuaded that this was true. However,someone then showed her a simple picture taken by a small R.O.V. that had been sent into the interior of the vessel. This picture was of a chandelier that was still hanging from the ceiling in time and space. Somehow Annie,s memory was jogged, and only then was she finally convinced that the Titanic had really been discovered. From then on it was just as if a switch had been flicked and she would recount to others just how beautiful the ship was on the inside. Her friend the steward perished in the disaster and perhaps this was the reason why she did not speak of the ship all that much but i find it amazing that a simple thing such as a light fitting could bring back a flood of such memories. Obviously she had seen the very same chandelier on board and it had somehow stuck in her memories all these years. It's strange how something so mundane can revive so many memories. Annie passed away some years ago but i shall never forget the look on her face when she was telling us about the things she had seen all those years ago. I just thought you would liken to know about this lady. John.  Post a Response

Re: Touching Story About A Woman Who Liked Jim Posted by Robert Plant on June 23, 2009, 3:59 pm, in reply to "Re: Touching Story About A Woman Who Liked Jim" 81.96.129.105 I guess so many have a story to tell on this one. In our Dining Room we have a signed and numbered copy of a painting of the Titanic by the artist Simon Fisher and counter signed by Millvina Dean! It's been hanging there for ten years and I never knew she enjoyed Jim's music! As a Christian Evangelist I have used the Titanic story on many occasions to present the Bible's message of the Gospel. It is a great illustration of our danger in neglecting God's love, His Son and His warnings! Last year I was preaching in Southampton for a week and discovered that I was staying in a house next door but one to Fred Fleet's house in Norman Road. He was the lookout in the crows nest who first sighted the iceburg and gave the warning. He survived and gave very telling evidence at both the inquests in US and UK. Sadly he hung himself in the back garden of the house around 1969 if I remember correctly just about three weeks after his wife died. I thought that too was a sad but touching tale. I also purchaed a very interesting book at the small museum there called "The Crew of the RMS Titanic". All it is is a list of the names, jobs and addresses of every crew member on the ship and whether they lived or died. I drove round some of the streets close to where I was staying looking at the houses where some of these dear folk had stayed. Southampton must have been totally decimated by what happened with so many not coming home. If only we could learn to learn from history!  Post a Response

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