MABEL WAS A GREAT WIFE, MOTHER,GRANDMOTHER,AND GREAT GRANDMOTHER.SHE HAD 11 CHILDREN WITH ONE DECEASED SON.HER LIFE WAS TOUGH BUT NO MATTER WHAT SHE ALWAYS PULLED THROUGH.I MYSELF BEING HER GRANDDAUGHTER MAY NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT HER EARLY LIFE BUT I KNOW ABOUT 20 YEARS OR SO ABOUT IT.I KNEW MY GRANDMA TO BE THE FIGHTER AND THE LOVING TYPE.SHE WAS ALSO A PRANKSTER TOO.MY GRANDMA LOVED HER FAMILY TO THE BITTER END NO MATTER HOW HARD IT MAY HAVE SEEMED TO BE.SHE GAVE EVERYONE HER HEART AND LOVED DOING IT.SHE WANTED THE BEST FOR HER FAMILY AND IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE IT SHE WOULD WORK HARD SEEING THAT SHE TRIED HER BEST TO GET IT FOR THEM ALL.MY GRANDMA MAY HAVE BEEN STUBBORN SOME TIMES BUT SHE HAD A BIG LOVING AND WARM HEART.IN THE LAST YEARS OF HER LIFE SHE TRAVELED HERE AND THERE TO SPEND AS MUCH TIME AS SHE COULD WITH HER FAMILY BUT STILL FELT LIKE SHE DIDN'T SPEND ENOUGH TIME WITH ALL OF THEM EVEN IF IT WAS FOR YEARS SHE'D BE WITH ONE HALF OF HER FAMILY.SHE FOUGHT FOR HER LIFE IN THE LAST FEW DAYS OF HER LIFE BUT HER HEART JUST HAD TO REST.I LOVED AND STILL LOVE MY GRANDMA I JUST WANT EVERYONE I CAN LET KNOW HOW GREAT OF A WOMAN SHE WAS.