Annie Christine "Chris" Kuykendall

ASHEVILLE - CHRIS KUYKENDALL, 78, OF ASHEVILLE CROSSED THE ETERNAL RIVER ON TUESDAY JUNE 19TH. SHE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND CLYDE. CHRIS IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTER; PATRICIA, SONS; GENE AND HARRY, FOUR GRANDDAUGHTERS AND FOUR GREAT GRAND CHILDREN. PRIVATE GRAVESIDE SERVICES WERE HELD AT PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST CHURCH ON THURSDAY, JUNE 21ST, 2001. MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE TO MOUNTAIN AREA HOSPICE, P.O. BOX 25338, ASHEVILLE, N.C. 28813 OR TO THE CHARITY OF CHOICE. IN HER MEMORY, THE FOLLOWING POEM WAS READ BY HER GRANDDAUGHTER, KIM KUYKENDALL OF HOUSTON, TEXAS. THE AUTHOR IS UNKNOWN. I DID NOT DIE DO NOT STAND AT MY GRAVE AND WEEP; I AM NOT THERE, I DO NOT SLEEP. I AM A THOUSAND WINDS THAT BLOW. I AM THE DIAMOND GLINTS ON SNOW. I AM THE SUNLIGHT ON RIPENED GRAIN. I AM THE GENTLE AUTUMNS RAIN. WHEN YOU AWAKEN IN THE MORNINGS HUSH, I AM THE SWIFT UPLIFTING RUSH, OF QUIET BIRDS IN CIRCLED FLIGHT. I AM THE SOFT STARS THAT SHINE AT NIGHT. DO NOT STAND AT MY GRAVE AND CRY; I AM NOT THERE. I DID NOT DIE.