Sybil May Gordon Obituary (1942 - 2020) - Spring Lake, North Carolina

THE MEMORIAL REFLECTIONS I heard a voice thunder from the Throne: "Look! Look! God has moved into the neighborhood, making his home with men and women! They are his people; he is their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death is gone for good - tears gone, crying gone, pain gone... Revelation 21:3 - 4 | The Message Bible SYBIL MAY STIMPSON GORDON, the only daughter of the late Charles A. Stimpson and Vera Boyd, was born in Kingston, Jamaica on November 5, 1942. She attended elementary and high schools in Kingston. Being an only child, she was blessed to grow up with her cousins. She was always ready for a game of any kind as long as they played together. She was known to tease, scare, bite, and pinch her cousins while they played together. This was SYBIL's way of getting attention and expressing her love to her family. SYBIL moved to London, England as a teenager and enrolled in a hospital nursing school. She later transferred to another hospital in Bedfordshire County, England, where she put her training to the test. She fell in love and married an American GI - Richard Harris - and soon, thereafter, they had a beautiful daughter, Helen May Harris. She was affectionately called "Joy-Joy" because she was a real joy to be with. The family later moved to Plainville, Connecticut to be closer to SYBIL's father, Charles. On June 10, 1971, she received the Certificate of Naturalization from Hartford County, New Britain CT. SYBIL retired as a nurse and settled with her daughter and family in Cameron NC. She spent her days celebrating life with neighbors and friends at the Senior Center, Spring Lake Her sweet spirit and kind demeanor blessed everyone who met her. She never forgot the families' birthdays. This was evident because she would send a birthday card with an enclosed gift. Regardless of where her extended family resided, she would always call her father, uncle, and aunts, sometimes twice a day, especially as they grew older. SYBIL loved both her immediate family - Helen, Jasper and Brandon - as well as her extended family. Such love, affection, and dedication to family, is a credit to her memory and she will be sadly missed. SYBIL was preceded in death by her father, Charles A. Stimpson, and her daughter, Helen May Harris Tymes (her "Joy-Joy"). On Wednesday night, September 2, 2020, SYBIL peacefully and triumphantly began her eternal life with Jesus Christ with her son-in-love by her bedside. The blessed life and rich legacy of our beloved SYBIL will be etched in the hearts of her son-in-love: Minister Jasper Tymes; her grandson: Brandon Christopher Tymes (Jeanetta Robinson); her great-grandson: Jeremiah Anthony Tymes, all of Cameron NC; her mother: Vera Shepherd of London, England; her cousins: Monica Reid and family of London, England; Antoinette Needham and family; Marion Dickerson and family; Lawrence, Everton and Joan Butler and family all of Florida; Ludlow Brown, Sharon Brown and Valerie Stimpson of Kingston, Jamaica; Arnoldo Stimpson of New York; and other relatives and friends.