After a five year battle with seizures, brain surgery and e Sam Smith died in his sleep last night.  For the past three years Sherry has been shuttling back and forth from our family to his bedside to help her mom in the backbreaking work of caring for him at home.  Though Sam’s condition had greatly worsened in the past year and he had become an incredibly difficult patient, Sherry and Audrey ignored appeals to hospitalize him & continued to care for him at home until the very end.  Before his illness Sam had been characterized by his outgoing, mischievous nature and his immense love of people.

Funeral services will be held in Pennsylvania on Thursday.  For the past week, Sam, Sherry, and Audrey had all been suffering from a stomach virus and Sherry is still recovering from surgery a month ago, so please pray for a restoration of health and spirit for both Sherry and Audrey and for wisdom to handle legal matters.

Thanks to all those who have been praying for Sherry about this matter for the past years.  We deeply appreciate it.