Nancy Jean Redding

Nancy Redding, age 75, of Prague, Oklahoma passed away on November 28, 2022 at Circle of Life Hospice Home located in Bentonville. She was born April 12, 1947 in Laconia, New Hampshire the daughter of Ida Reynolds and Lucien Dupont.

She enjoyed attending church and reading scripture. She was a very outgoing person and loved being around people. She enjoyed making people laugh and smile. She also enjoyed cooking desserts like her peach cobbler, cooked in a cast iron skillet.

She was preceded in death by: her parents, one brother; David Dupont. And her beloved husband; Stanley Redding who passed on January 9th of 2022.

Nancy is survived by: one son; Thomas and his wife Betty, of Bella Vista.

Poem to my mom.

My dear sweet heavenly father, I come to you today

with faith and hope; I ask, send an angel Mom’s way.

I know her time is near and soon you'll take her home

to stroll across the streets of gold where other angels roam.

It's hard to watch her suffer and slowly fade away.

Help me, God, to understand; give me strength, I pray.

She means so much to all of us; forgive me for my fears.

Life will never be the same without her presence here.

My mother is my angel; she taught me how to love

and told me about you, Lord, and heaven up above.

When she crosses over and steps into the light,

tell her that I love her and when the time is right,

meet me at the pearly gates where everything's brand new.

We'll walk across God's meadow lands where skies are always blue.

Somewhere beyond the sunset every now and then,

I pray she watches over me until we meet again.

(Published by Family Friend Poems December 2011.)