Amanda's Song

Amanda's Song

Earl J. Dingus  ~  Nov. 17, 1924 - August 23, 2014

Song of Amanda Grace Morefield Dingus – mother of Earl.  

He cannot remember a time when she was not singing.

She was singing this after his 9-month old brother David Curtis passed away:

Budded on Earth to Bloom in Heaven

Into our life the angel came

And plucked the bud so rare

And placed it there in beauty's care

T’will bloom at Jesus feet.

Chorus

O, Jesus help us bear our grief

And heal each wounded heart

Prepare us all in heaven to meet

Where we shall never, never part.

Could we but lift that misty veil

That hides that heavenly land

We’d see our precious darling there

And surely understand.

Chorus                            

This was a difficult time for the family when David Curtis left this earth.  Earl remembers his father making the casket for little David Curtis.  Earl at 5-years old, watched father Samuel Crockett Dingus build the casket, place David in it, close it and then carry it to the cemetery.  He placed the coffin in the grave and then covered it himself.  There was no Pastor or church of any kind in the area.  But Earl remembers his father and mother singing “Jesus Keep me Near the Cross,” a beautiful and touching hymn.