WELCOME BACK. OKAY. SO ON
WEDNESDAY WE TOLD YOU ABOUT AN
OBITUARY THATS WAS ANYTHING BUT
TYPICAL. A LADY WHOSE FAMILY
TRIED TO HUMOR AND REALLY HONOR
HER IN THEIR GRIEF. ELIZABETH
CAMPBELL MET THE FAMILY.
REPORTER: ANNETTE GOES BY
TAMMY. HER -- ONE OF HER FIVE
CHILDREN AND ONE OF HER -- ONE
OF HER GRAND DAUGHTERS TOOK A
COUPLE OF MINUTES TO WRITE DOWN
THEIR FAVORITE THINGS AND SAID
THAT EFFORTLESSLY BECAME THE
OBITUARY. THEY SAID THEY HAD TO
CRUISE THAT BECAUSE IT DESCRIBES
HER IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE.
AND I GOT TO SPEAK WITH THIS
FAMILY TO GIVE EVERYBODY A LOOK
AT THE WOMAN BEHIND THE
OBITUARY.
I STARTED IN KINDERGARTEN
WHEN I WAS 5 YEARS OLD. IN
JANUARY OR SEPTEMBER.
REPORTER: THAT IS A TINY
PORTION OF HOME VIDEO OF ANNETTE
WHO WENT BY TAMMY. BUT HER
FAMILY MEMBERS WOULD NOW CHERISH
FOREVER. HER FAMILY CAME
TOGETHER TO HAUN HER
FAM -- HONOR HER MEMORY. ONE
WAY WAS THROUGH HER OBITUARY.
ANNETTE GARDNER, 1932 TO 2016.
HEAVEN HAS GAINED AN ANGEL, IT
SAYS.
WE REALLY JUST WANTED TO
HONOR HER.
REPORTER: TAMMY HAS FIVE
CHILDREN. SHE AND HER DAUGHTER
WERE THE WRITERS OF THIS
OBITUARY. IT STARTED AS A
DIFFICULT OBITUARY. QUICKLY
TURNED INTO SOMETHING UNIQUE.
ENOUGH OF THE TYPICAL. SHE
WOULD HAVE WRITTEN HER OWN
OBITUARY, IT WOULD HAVE GONE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS. ANNETTE
GARDNER, 84, HAS FINALLY KICKED
THE BUCKET AFTER A 15-PLUS YEAR
BATTLE WITH ALZHEIMER'S. SHE
PHONED HOME REPORTING MINIMAL
INTELLIGENT LIFE REMAINING.
MY DAUGHTER AND I WERE JUST
SHARING STORIES BACK AND FORTH
ABOUT WHAT WE REMEMBERED ABOUT
WHAT SHE WAS SAYING SHE USED TO
DO. SO IT WAS REALLY A GREAT
WAY WE THOUGHT WE COULD BRING
THE PERSONALITY.
REPORTER: HER CHILDREN AND
YOUNGEST GRAND CHILD ERICA
TALKED ABOUT HOW SHE LOVED HER
FAMILY AND HAD A WONDERFUL SENSE
OF HUMOR. IT GOES ON TO SAY,
SHE WAS A LOVER OF MANY THINGS
INCLUDING FISHING. AT ONE TIME
HOLDING 17 SEPARATE FISHING
LICENSES, GARDENING, COOKING,
AND FAMILY. PROBABLY IN THAT
ORDER. AND A LIFE-LONG NRA
MEMBER. SHE AGREED TO GIVE UP
THE CAR BUT NEVER BEFORE GETTING
SHOTGUN.
MY DAD GOT HER THE 410
SHOTGUN WHICH WAS LIGHT ENOUGH
FOR A WOMAN TO SHOOT BUT IT DID
VERY EFFICIENT WORK (LAUGHING).
REPORTER: SHE WAS ALSO
PASSIONATE ABOUT POLITICS. NOT
SHY TO EXPRESS HER OPINION.
I'VE DONE THIS FOR EIGHT
YEARS.
SHE HAD THE LARGEST
VOCABULARY OF ANYONE I KNOW.
NEVER SEEN SOMEONE USE THAT MANY
WORDS.
REPORTER: SHE WAS ALSO A
HARD WORKING WOMAN. EARNING THE
LATE PLANTATION BARBECUE WITH
HER HUSBAND. WITH LOCATIONS ON
PARK STREET AND EDGEWOOD AVENUE.
RIVER CITY LIVE SHARED THE
OBITUARY ON HER FACEBOOK ON
WEDNESDAY. -- OUR FACEBOOK ON
WEDNESDAY AND IT'S BEEN SEEN BY
MORE THAN 220,000 PEOPLE ACROSS
THE NATION.
SHE COULDN'T OPERATE A
COMPUTER BUT SHE WENT VIRAL
(LAUGHING) SHE WENT VIRAL. I
THINK THAT IS JUST AWESOME.
AS MUCH AS THEY WILL MISS
HER, THE FAMILY SAYS THEY ARE
BLESSED TO HAVE HAD TAMMY IN HER
LIFE AND THEY'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER
HER PERSONALITY. MOST OF ALL
THEY'LL REMEMBER THE FACT THAT
SHE LOVED US LIKE NO ONE ELSE
COULD.
SHE WOULD SIT ON THE COUCH
AND JUST HAVE CONVERSATIONS FOR
HOURS.
REPORTER: THAT IS REALLY
AMAZING. AFTER WATCHING THE
STORY -- THIS FAMILY IS GOING TO
REALLY LOVE HAVING THAT STORY
YOU DID AS A KEEPSAKE TOO. DID
SHE HAVE A -- ANY -- FINAL
REQUESTS?
SO ANOTHER PART OF THE
OBITUARY, WE COULDN'T INCLUDE IT
ALL BUT ON OUR FACEBOOK SHE
SAID -- THE OBITUARY SAID IN
LIEU OF FLOWERS SHE REQUESTS
THAT YOU VOTE FOR ANYONE OTHER
THAN HILARY. SO (LAUGHING)
THAT'S WHERE SHE STANDS. BUT
SHE WAS A WOMAN WHO, YOU KNOW,
STOOD TRUE TO HERSELF. AND I AM