Mercer, Lydia

In Memory of

Lydia Lauren Mercer

October 5, 2010 – February 14, 2014

Those we love don't go away,

They walk beside us every day,

Unseen, unheard, but always near,

Still loved, still missed and very dear.

The Mercer and Miller families

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