Vicki's BDay

WE are gathering on Bayou St John this evening to celebrate Ms Vicki's birthday. Pictures will be forthcoming soon. In the meantime here are some shots from her last (and 40th) birthday.....

She wanted a party.

This just in

For those of you able to make the trip to MS I have the following news from Vicki's sister, for those of you going to Ms. Mae's tomorrow night I will see you there.

George,
This is Kortney, Vicki's sister, i just wanted to let you know so you could post it on the website for Vicki, that the address to the church is 10 Barber Road, Silver Creek, MS, 39663... the number is 601-886-7646 or you can call mama and daddy's cell to get more information about Thursday or Friday, and by the way after the burial the church family is having lunch for family and friends at my grandparents house and everyone is welcomed to come, everyone that wants to come can follow us back to the house. thanks again for being great friends to Vicki, she really loved each and everyone of you, and we appreciate everything ya'll have done for her and showed her your love. thanks again george and thanks for creating that website for Vicki that family and friends can look at, it was really sweet of you to do that.

Another Announcement

Via Heather Patterson:

Hey all,

We would like to get together and have a couple of drinks to toast
Vicki on Thursday night. We thought it would be a good idea to meet
at The Club (Ms. Mae's). We'll get together between 7pm and 8pm and
hang out for awhile. Please forward this to anyone who would like to
come.

Announcements

• The Wake- Tomorrow, Thurs 4-9pm @ Crooked Creek Baptist Church, Silver Creek, MS ph:601-886-7646 (Closest place to get a room for those who need it is the Liberty Hotel in Monticello which s about 5 miles west of Silver Creek).
  
• The Funeral- Friday 2pm @ Crooked Creek Baptist Church. The Interment will take place afterwards at the Calvary Baptist Church. Everyone is welcome.
  
• July 19th- Vicki's Birthday- The wife and I have rescued some of Vicki's cordials and some left over Mardi Gras gear. These items will form the basis of our own memorial on the day of her birthday. All are invited to join us out on the edge of Bayou St John (Charlotte has offered up her house) so that we may have the party she would want, and do it in Vicki style. Ohm, could we prevail upon you to grill? We are also contemplating, in true Vicki fashion, to make it a costume event. Details forthcoming.
  

Crooked Creek Baptist Church Crooked Creek Rd, Silver Creek,MS, 39654 ph:(601)-886-7646
I would put up a mapquest map but there does not seem to be a street number. I would suggest giving them a call for directions.

For the Mardi Gras Crowd: The plants and chairs from Vicki's Legendary Grotto have been rescued and kept together. They are now 2 blocks off the parade route and will be accessible to the usual suspects during Carnival. Vicki's doorchimes are hanging from the branches of one of the plants, I like to think that when they ring she is hanging out with us. To further prove that, Alexis was cleaning out one of the plants and a brown recluse came out. As she backed off a half grown little garden lizard jumped out and consumed it. Ms. Vicki is watching.

One last note for those who do not use the internet often. Read the comments on each of these posts. This is where friends and family are trying their best to share what this amazing person was to each of us. Leave one yourself...

George,

Thank you for sharing the devistating news. I really appreciate you helping bring us all together, to share our profound greif and love for Vicki. My condolences to her family and all of her many friends.

Chad Falgout

Says It All...

Those of us who spent parade after parade, carnival after carnival in one legendary ally on Napoleon Ave will always remember the joi de vive that she embodied. A force to be reckoned with, no one could herd the MOMs bound like Vicki! Sherry sent me this, the last picture she had taken of our Mistress of Ceremonies. As she said, "it sort of says it all."

Thank the gods you were around to puncture my pomposity, be part of our wedding, be the best damn bartender I've ever had, and generally be The Infamous Ms. Vicki.



-George

R.I.P.

Last night we lost a true original. The Ringmaster who hosted and ran the Napoleon Ave Carnival Parties. The costumer par excellence. Little Miss Organization. Vicki Ward.

This site is for those who knew and loved her to eave their farewells, notes for the family, pictures, stories, and pieces of her Legend. Please pass this address on to anyone who knew her that I may have missed.

We will be planning a gathering in about two weeks on the date of her birthday. Details will be posted here. I will write more when my mind clears a bit.

Carnival will never be the same.