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$\"\"$ <\/a>S<\/span>he had a white stripe of hair, off center from between the eyes, swooping back from her forehead \u2014 always immaculately coiffed. (She\u2019s pictured here in red with my family back in July.) My wife was her \u201cGodmother.\u201d We always joked in a flirtatious way, Sheila and I.<\/p>\n

The accent, almost Cockney; the fiery personality, incorrigible. Dynamis!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

She adored her husband<\/a>. After he died, everyone thought she\u2019d soon follow. She\u2019d followed others \u2014 even me. She followed me out of St Mary Parish, Asheville \u2014 she, an Anglican from England at that! She became Orthodox, along with her dear husband (who\u2019d served 40 years or so as an Episcopalian deacon). They helped give our new Antiochian Mission gravitas.<\/p>\n

They even followed me when our mission joined the Russian Church Abroad. Her husband, Subdeacon Andrew, died shortly after on November 6, 1997.<\/p>\n

She never missed a baptism (rarely missed church). Every single one, there she was. She never really felt too well, in all the years I knew her. Always problems. Family life, children \u2014 grands & greats \u2014 dominated her world. Our Lord and Lady (to whom she was especially devoted) sustained her, lifted her past worldly cares. She loved the Prayer Rope. She was a snazzy dresser. Always, ALWAYS<\/strong><\/em>, had her head covered in church \u2014 Anglican, Russian, Antiochian \u2014 even if services were held in a garage.<\/p>\n

\u201cI dunno.\u201d That was her most used phrase. \u201cI dunno.\u201d She used it a lot, but I can\u2019t say that it was her favorite. She loved to give advice and, by golly, never followed that of others. Oh sure, she\u2019d listen and nod. But, I tell you, that woman had a self-will of steel. God bless her. She never failed to tell you she loved you. But, just like Winnie the Pooh would emit, \u201cO Bother,\u201d Sheila would exhale \u201cI dunno \u2026 I dunno.\u201d<\/p>\n

She followed us back to Antioch excitedly, proclaiming her love for Bishop BASIL. She\u2019d only met him once, back when we were in a store front. Yet the impact made never wavered.<\/p>\n

In the course of our time together there were some times of extreme unpleasantness within the parish. Yet, having lived most of her adult days as the wife of a clergyman, she knew how such times could be. She hung in there! She encouraged us to do likewise. We had to move from the property that she and her husband had helped to purchase, where he\u2019d first served as an Orthodox Subdeacon, and from whence he\u2019d been buried. She came along. We set up shop a couple more places before it ended. Everywhere there was Liturgy, especially once in her home, she was there.<\/p>\n

She always brought her sidekick, her best bud (and great granddaughter) Brittany. Though she always called her \u201cMiss Brittany. \u201c<\/p>\n

Every year, from 1997 onward, at every new session of Adult Christian Ed she wanted to know what happened when you died. Essentially she was asking: \u201cWill I see my husband again?\u201d As mentioned earlier, we always thought she\u2019d soon follow her husband to the other side. Yet, with Miss Brittany by<\/strong><\/em> her side, she struggled not<\/strong><\/em> to leave.<\/p>\n

Hold on though we wish, sometimes God has other plans. I dunno. Death came yesterday for Sheila \u201cMary\u201d Loveday Harris Douglas. A woman of intense and unwavering faith \u2014 who\u2019d married a man within whom there was no guile. Simply, delightful. God is [always] good. I thank Him for blessing me, my family and parishioners with her, their, friendship. And, as she always wished, I hope that the mystery beyond this life finds those two united in that which is to come.<\/p>\n

May her memory be eternal!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

OBIT<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"