Judy Kay Micol

February 9, 1945 ~ April 20, 2009

The world has lost a unique, amazing person and a loving mother.  It is still hard to believe that she is really gone.

Judy passed away on April 20, 2009, leaving behind many who loved her dearly including her husband, Raymond Micol, her son Bradley Micol, daughter in law Paula, her daughter Angela Micol and her father, Lawrence Campbell.  Brothers: Wenford Campbell and wife, Debbie of Newton; Larry Campbell and wife, Sandra of Concord.  Sisters: Patsy Yount and husband, Howard of Newton; Diane Hadley and husband, Wayne of Vale.

Please help us provide an outlet for our grief by contributing to this website and adding your thoughts and memories of our mother and loving wife Judy.  We want to see how Judy touched your life so please leave a memory for her by clicking on the Memory pages tab and contributing.  We all hope this site will be seen one day by her grandchildren so they can share in her memories and learn about her life and all the people she touched.  Please contribute to our memories of her and we thank everyone who shares in her life story and lights a candle in her honor.

Christmas Trip 2008, Pigeon Forge, TN

We would like to thank everyone who sent cards to Judy while she was sick and in the hospital.  We have saved them all and she received over 100 cards of encouragement and although she didn't get to read them all she did see them as we placed them on the window pane while she was in the hospital for encouragement.  We'd also like to thank everyone who has sent sympathy cards and we've received over 75 sympathy cards.  All the cards are being saved so that one day her future grandchildren will see the impact Judy had on others and bear witness to all the caring thoughts and prayers that were sent out during her illness and after her passing.  We thank everyone for all your prayers and we know that God does have a plan.

So, what will we most remember about her?  We will always remember...

• Her cooking,
• Her flowers,
• Her laughter,
• Her country sayings,
• Her decorating,
• Her friendship,
• Her good advice,
• Her bravery,
• Her beautiful singing voice,
• Her green thumb,
• Her love of family and friends,
• Her devotion to her husband,
• Never complaining about all the tubes and all the procedures she went through over her fight with cancer.
• Always making her friends and family feel good even when they were faced with challenges,
• Her self-lessness,
• Her open mind when faced with new ideas and ways of thinking,
• Her acceptance of others,
• Her good heart,
• Her unending generosity,
• Her faith in Christ and her love for her church.

Please take some time to have a look around.  Take some time to remember and to reflect.  Read some thoughts and memories left by others and then contribute yourself.

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Let's all honor Judy's memory by sharing the unending legacy she left behind.  Let's preserve all that made her unique and share those precious memories we have of her.

Judy, we miss you every day and your memory will never be forgotten!

 Mom during her battle with cancer, still smiling.

Funeral Services

April 23, 2009

Gateway Baptist Church, Sandy Ford Rd., Hickory, NC

Providence Road Baptist Church Cemetery in Maiden

Memorials: Palliative CareCenter & Hospice of Catawba Valley, 3975 Robinson Rd., Newton, NC 28658

Like Angels You Were Always There

If ever there was an appropriate eulogy to describe both Judy and Raymond it would be Like Angels You Were Always There.  Many people thought Judy was an angel and she was always there for them as well as her family.  Always there to lend an ear and give the best advice anyone could ask for.  She always had a way of making you feel better no matter how down things seemed.  Now that she is gone, many will feel her loss and continue missing that angel that was always there, the light inside Judy that helped everyone she touched make it through the darkness.

 Psalm 23

Though we mourn, we mourn for our loss, but we celebrate because our hope is in life eternal and we know that Judy has gone home.

We do not understand, but we stand strong on our Faith that death is truly the day of one's birth.  There is a time to mourn, and we will mourn.  But there is also a time to dance, and we are certain that time is now for Judy.

When disease strikes, it is easy and natural to question why it happens to that person.

We wonder why one person remains healthy while the next does not.  We wonder why, but only in times like these. 

We never question the good things in life, like the time we did have with Judy.  No, we normally take them for granted.  But it's the good times that we will remember most and cherish most.

There was so much pain watching as you battled day after day.  And while we knew it was coming, we never really thought you would leave us.  There is no way to prepare and there are so many things left unsaid and so many things said too infrenquently.  Though we tried to express how much we love you, we could never say it enough before you were gone.

Though your life was cut short, you seem to have lived more in your life than most ever do.  You had a zeal for life, whether you thought so or not, and it rubbed off on all those around you.  We are all better off having known such an amazing person.  Your perseverence has been an example to us all.

So, we will try to remember all those great things that made you who you were and try to not ask why.  We will remember those special times spent with you and always treasure our time with you in our hearts and your memory will live on with us all as long as we have life.