At 99, Mrs. Tommy Lee Cone went home to be with Jesus. As we celebrated her life, I wasn’t sad. Each of the scriptures she handpicked to be read were evangelical. She wanted everyone to know the Savior she loved and lived for. The hymns were beautiful and represented her love for music well. My heart was full as I imagined Mrs. Tommy Lee in heaven, directing the choir and singing praises to Jesus. She is finally healthy and whole again, with a brand-new body. Oh, what a day it must have been when she met Jesus, face to face.
I first met Tommy Lee at the age of four. I can still remember her huge smile bursting from her tiny frame as she waved her hands up and down to the beat of the music. She and her husband, Reverend Leonard Cone, came to bring healing to our congregation after a church split. They filled in for only a year or two, but Tommy Lee kept in touch with our church folks for decades beyond.