Eric Adolph Canton, Jr., age 48, of Orlando, FL passed away Sunday, February 14th, 2016 at Health Central Hospital in Orlando. Eric was born in St. Croix, Virgin Islands, the son of Jeanne M (Farrelly), of Virgin Islands and the late Eric A Canton, Sr. He was employed as a restaurant chef.
Eric is preceded in death by daughter Saiedah Canton (2004) and leaves to cherish his memory mother Jeanne Mr. Farrelly of the Virgin Islands; wife Christine (Petersen) Canton of Orlando; two daughters Christisha Canton,Sorrayah Canton, both of Orlando, FL; two sisters Jacqueline M Canton of the Virgin Islands, Nicole L Canton of Washington, DC; four brothers Anthony R Abdool, Ronald R Abdool both of Virgin Islands, Curtis S Canton of Ft. Lauderdale, FL; and Everick Phillip, of Orlando, FL.
The family will be receiving friends at Dobbs Funeral Home on Monday, February 22, 2016 from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm followed by the funeral service. Interment will follow the service at Winter Garden Cemetery.
I would like to extend my sincere condolences. I hope you will find some comfort and strength in Jesus promise of the earthly resurrection(Acts 24:15)when he will awaken those who are sleeping in death and restoring them back to life on the renewed Paradise earth, where death will be no more and no family will mourn the death of a loved one.-Revelation 21:3,4; John 5:28,29; Luke 23:43. Until that glorious time when. you are reunited with your loved one again; may GOD(Psalms 83:18)grant you peace and comfort now, during this grievous time.-Matthew 5:4.
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ReplyDeleteby Linda Ellis copyright 1996
I read of a man who stood to speak
at the funeral of a friend.
He referred to the dates on the tombstone
from the beginning…to the end.
He noted that first came the date of birth
and spoke the following date with tears,
but he said what mattered most of all
was the dash between those years.
For that dash represents all the time
that they spent alive on earth.
And now only those who loved them
know what that little line is worth.
For it matters not, how much we own,
the cars…the house…the cash.
What matters is how we live and love
and how we spend our dash.
So, think about this long and hard.
Are there things you’d like to change?
For you never know how much time is left
that can still be rearranged.
If we could just slow down enough
to consider what’s true and real
and always try to understand
the way other people feel.
And be less quick to anger
and show appreciation more
and love the people in our lives
like we’ve never loved before.
If we treat each other with respect
and more often wear a smile,
remembering that this special dash
might only last a little while.
So, when your eulogy is being read,
with your life’s actions to rehash…
would you be proud of the things they say
about how you spent YOUR dash?
Copyright 1996 Linda Ellis
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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We thank you!
Live Your Dash!
Trudy Hodge
https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/memorial/remember-jesus-death/
ReplyDeleteRest in Eternal Peace my dear cousin! Not sure if we met back home but I'm trying to meet all the family I can in this short life. God bless your wife and children! Praying and hoping to meet one day in the comfort of God's arms! -Wade Canton Jr. (Miami,Fl) St. Thomas Virgin Islands Native!
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