Jeffrey L Hartley

Goodbyes do not come easy. Farewell is hard at best. To part from loved ones breaks the heart and puts us to the test.~~So, long makes it no better, the tears will surely flow. It is so hard to accept that you are gone, that you had to go.~~Why did you have to leave? Everyone of us that loved you protest. As salty tears fill our eyes and pains shoot through our breasts.~~But thoughts of you linger and memories fill our minds of the times together and the pleasures we did find.~~As friends, as comrades, as family, your memory lingers friend. The joys we shared will carry us through until we meet again.

Some folks say that life is a game. If it is, I am certain of only one thing, at the end, the winner is not the person with the most money, the most "stuff ", the most power.~~The winners are those with the most love. So, if life is a game, the object of the game is to give and receive as much love as possible.~~Jeff was a true winner in life.~~May you rest in peace my friend.

The Dash.~~I read of a man who stood to speak at the funeral of a friend, he referred to the dates on his tombstone from beginning to end.~~He noted that first came the date of his birth and spoke the following date with tears, but he said, "What mattered most of all was the dash between those years."~~For that dash represents all the time he spent alive on earth, and now only those who loved him know what that little line is worth.~~For it matters not how much we own...the cars...the house...the cash...what matters is how we live and love and how we spend our dash.~~So think about this long and hard, are there things you'd like to change ? For we never know how much time is left that can still be arranged.~~If we could just slow down enough to consider what is true and real, and always try to understand the way other people feel.~~Be less quick to anger and show appreciation more and love people in our lives like we never have loved before.~~If we treat each other with respect and more often wear a smile, remembering this special dash may only last a while.~~So when you eulogy is being read with your lifes actions to be rehashed, would you be proud of the things they say about how you spent your dash.~~Ed Meyer U.S. Navy Vet (Petty Officer 1st class) WWII Veteran, Louisville, Ky. Louisville, Ky.

I'd like the memory of me to be a happy one.

God bless you and your family.

this is my uncle i love him alot and cant wait to see him in heaven love you uncle jeffrey

God bless you and your family.

God Bless You and your family

I am sorry for you loss may God be with you during this time. God Bless the Hartley family.

Just want to let you know that your in my prayers. I pray that God gives you the strength you need & comfort you. God Bless!! Hempstead, TX

May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.