Ms. Sara Arlene Ingram, age 68, passed away Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at a Lamar County Healthcare Facility. Ms. Ingram is the Daughter of the late Mr. Charles Aldine Ingram and the late Mrs. Mable Emmett Ingram. Ms. Ingram loved people, animals, children, Johnny Cash music, and collecting angels. Above all she loved giving and witnessing for the Lord.

Survivors include: 2 Sisters – Glenda Sue Waters (& Charles), and Wyona Ingram Hamby (& Tom); Brother – Charles Ingram Jr.; Nieces and Nephews – Ryan (&Kelly) Waters, Natalie (& Chuck) Reed, and Katherine Davis; Great Nieces and Nephews – Madeline, Sophie, Piper, Hamby, Ingram and Seth; Step Great Nephews – Trey and Hudson; Aunt – Lucille Ingram and Cousin Dennis Ingram

Funeral Services for Ms. Sara Arlene Ingram will be conducted Saturday, October 15, 2016 at 4:30 p.m. in the Chapel of Williams Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Lamar Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the Williams Funeral Home on Saturday, October 15, 2016 from 3:30 p.m. until the service hour.

Those who wish may view the Memorial page and sign the guestbook online at: www.williamsfh.net

Williams Funeral Home of Barnesville is in charge of the arrangements.

(770) 358-1678

ODE TO ARLENE

by Sylvia Negron

I wrote my first poem

at the age of nine.

and started the tradition

of making words rhyme.

Poems are inspired

by love, of course,

and back then I wrote

of the beloved horse.

In these few words

I hope to express,

our love for Arlene

as she's laid to rest.

So many memories

are brought to mind

that it's hard to select

just a few, I find.

My very first memory

was when I was just eight,

and insisted, that at one,

I could carry her weight.

Though duly warned

that she loved to bite,

I picked her up

and held on tight.

Our bond has always

been close, you see.

for Arlene, literally,

cut her teeth on me.

And like with a turtle,

I began to wonder

if before she turned loose,

it would have to thunder.

Her illness was slow

to assert itself.

She even started first grade

before her health became bereft.

Over the years,

words can't describe,

her life resembled

A roller coaster ride.

At times going well,

then taking a plunge,

all the doctors predicted

she would only die young.

But they reckoned without

her enormous will,

her love of Jesus

And the faith He instills.

Above all, she loved people

and life itself,

totally refusing

to be put on a shelf.

No matter the day

or even the times,

each time you saw her,

she was dressed to the nines.

But her role as Cinderella

was the grandest of all,

riding in her coach

and dressed for the ball.

Down the streets of Macon

With cold temperatures extreme,

she rode and reigned

like royalty supreme.

Queen Elizabeth never had

a more dazzling procession

Than Arlene in her ride

in the Cherry Blossom Festival.

Excited to show you

something new,

she shared her all

before she was through.

And, now, she's residing

in the presence of the King

and soaking up Heaven

while the angels sing.

Saying hello to family

who've gone before,

waiting for the rest of us

to reach that shore.

And I know what she'll say.

She would always insist:

"Come here, Sylvia,

Let me show you this."