Jessica Allen, 19, born July 19, 1991 in Indio passed away August 15, 2010 in Avondale, Ariz. Jessica is survived by her mother, Denise Kight; and father, Thomas Gary Baze, Jr.; sister, Kyla Kight; two brothers, Brandon Williams and Casey Kight and her grandparents, Fredi and Bob Huffine and Gary and Nikki Baze. She attended schools in Indio, Palm Springs and Hemet, Calif. She was a very enthusiastic student at Estrella Mountain Junior College in Arizona. Her determined spirit will be remembered by everyone who knew her. A Celebration of Life will be held at 2:00 PM on Sat. Sept. 25, 2010 at the Indio Hills Community Park at 80-400 Dillon Road, Indio Hills.
The hardest worker ever at Olive Garden, Jessica Allen, died in August.
I am just now getting around to posting pictures of her and her goodbye service.
Her entire family is in California and my friend Leilani and myself took it upon ourselves to give her a proper farewell here in AZ. Leilani provided the decorations and my church building provided everything else. It was a beautiful little rememberance ceremony that we had for her.
Her parents even came over from Cali and was taken back by all the love for her daughter.
Each person was able to share stories about her and her life.
I remember her really wanting to dress up as Jesus for Halloween, if anyone could pull it off she could.
at the end of it her family wrote messages on balloons and released them.
I shared this poem at her service:
Too Rough for Heaven!!!
"Dear Lord, we think a mistake's been made
And we feel it's right and proper
To inform you of this error made
And ask you to consider our offer
You see...you took someone from us
Who's too rough around the edges
And would be better off on earth with us
Than up with you in heaven
And it wouldn't be a hardship
For us to take her back
Just send her back to us...safe and sound
And there'll be no questions asked
We're even prepared to list the reasons
That she'd be better off right here
And we're sure when they're considered
Your choice will be quite clear
she's just not ready for heaven yet
Right now she'd find it quite a task
But if you'll give her a few more years
We'll work on fixing that
First, you'll find she prefers a pair of jeans
And well-worn shoes or boots
To whatever it is that you wear up in heaven
Be it robes or business suits
For she's much to hard a worker
To keep clothes pristine...she'd make a fuss!
And though you need hard workers in heaven
she'd still be better off with us
Second, when you consider
The language for which she's known
Her colorful words would shock the angels
So you might want to send her home
For though you'd respect that she speaks the truth
And "calls things as they are"
Frankly, we need more truth like her’s here on earth
Heaven is just too far
She doesn't have perfect table manners
She prefers beer to a glass of wine
She’s just not ready for your heavenly feasts
Her manners aren't that refined
And we realize you appreciate her kindness
And the respect she’s rightly earned
From those of us privileged to know her."
Love you and miss you Jessica
