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You will never
know what this means to me, NEVER, Thank-you very much! I hope and pray I will be able to meet you. Now I know why you are
called "Guardian Angels Foundation". The phone # is 251-xxx-xxxx. The address is Val-Halla Cemetary 8730 Sims Road, Eight
Mile,Al.36613. God bless you. Jason and Angela
dversiga@aol.com wrote: Angela, Yes we can help. If
you don't mind, locate me a number for the cemetery so that i may call them and find out what kind of grave marker they will
let us put down. Once i know that then i will get started on your childrens markers Darren
-----Original Message-----
From: jpapbooyah@
To:
dversiga@aol.com
Sent: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 8:53 PM
Subject: children's headstones
To whom it may concern, I just heard this morning on
Fox 10 News about your organization. About puting headstones on unmarked childrens graves. I have had 14 miscarriages and 3 still born children. I buried 2 and sent 1 off for an autopasy.( This has been since 1988.) Then 3 years ago, my current husband and I ended up
having a partial hysterectomy, and have no living children. The 2 precious little girls were from my 1st husband and we buried
Kristen Danielle Dec.5,1990, and Krissi Ann Oct.31, 1991, at Val Halla
Cemetary, in Semmes, Alabama (Eight Mile). We
have still yet been able to afford a headstone for either of my two angels. Is there any way you can help us? Thank-you, Angela
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Mr.
Versiga,
Well, what you are doing is awesome and it really touched my
heart. I read your website where people from other states have been writing in to you. Now England! Obviously,
it is growing and word is getting around. I actually feel honored that the headstones will be put down on Christmas
eve. Thank you.
If you need anything at all, you know how to reach
me.
Take care,
Damian
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Here's another from across
the water.. Dear Oprah, I am Just an Ordinary Bloke from England
and think it is discusting that the ANGEL PROJECT has not been up and running since the time DOT. I really can not understand
why all these familys have to suffer the way they have. Children of our world are Precious to all of us and to think that
parents/Grand parents, have to go around looking for numbers on the ground looking for there childs grave is nothing
but UNBERLIVERBALE. This day and age you think something would have been put in place for something like this years ago. I
was shocked to see on fox news that a a mother and grandmother STORMIE and Elise, had to go looking for a number in the
ground and it could take them hours to find her child/granchild. I would like to think that all of the AMERICAN
people would come together and try to get money to support this cause, as to lose a child is bad enough, But to lose
them again in a Cemetry is Barbarick. I would like to think that you yourself will bring this to the attention to the good
American people.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr Tony. USA/UK United
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I wanted to
take time to say thank you to your foundation. You are putting a marker for my nephew, Logan Ender, in Serenity Gardens on
Christmas Eve. It was my mother who contacted you. Your foundation is an angel on earth. I can only imagine the lives you
have touched. Thank you so much for caring. I appreciate it, my family appreciates and I know my sister is touched beyond
words. I will spread the word of your foundation. Thank you again! Stephanie
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Thank you so
very very much. I look forward to hearing from you real soon.
Again, we thank you very much.
Erika
From: dversiga@aol.com Date: 2006/11/09 Thu AM 11:34:22 EST
To: ehfam@
Subject: Re: Headstones
Erika, thank you for writing and telling me you story. We can and will help. If i'm not mistaken, Lawn Haven is in front
of Serenity Gardens on Old Pascagoula in Theodore. I am going to speak with Serenity today and i will ask about your daughter.
i need to see what is required by that cemetery to place a marker. I will let you know something today or tomorrow.
Darren
-----Original Message-----
From: ehfam@
To: dversiga@aol.com
Sent: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 9:05 AM
Subject: Headstones
Dear Mr. Versiga,
I
have seen your stories on Fox 10 in Mobile on several occasions and have been tremendously excited about your mission.
I realize that your focus until this point has been in certain areas. I am writing to request your consideration,
when you do expand, of placing a marker on my daughter's grave. Her name is Erin Charmaine Horn. She was born
and died on September 16, 2002. She is buried at Lawn Haven Cemetary in Theodore, AL. She is in a grave
next to her Great-great grandmother near her great grandparents (who have markers and that's the only way we can
find her grave). I have attempted to save the money several times and something else seems to come up and take
precedent. I've always said that I wanted to give the Erin the best because there would be no other times to
do so. So she was buried beautifully dressed and wrapped in her baptismal blanket although I was told a diaper
and receiving blanket was all she needed. She has a real casket although they showed us the equivalent of a styrofoam
ice
chest. This is the last thing I can give her-an appropriate marker--and I have felt so bad for four
years that I have been unable to do that. If you can makes this a reality, I would be forever grateful.
Thank you for your
consideration.
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Darren Kind sir, I am so happy to know you... Wow
! this just keeps getting better and better... You have been sent, by God, to do a mission..and I
can see that you have your whole heart and soul into this mission... My beliefs are;
We shouldn't do anything in our lives without the constant guidance of our Lord.. In all things, Christ should be the foundation on which we live... I was raised from
fetal-hood in the Church of Christ. We have very strong beliefs in the bible's teachings.. I am in awe at the things that you are trying to accomplish and you have struck a nerve in me that has
kept this project of yours in my mind since we first began sending e-mails.. I really wish that there
was something I could do for you to help further your cause. It is one of the most selfless, sweetest,
needful projects that I have ever heard of .. and I feel richly honored in being allowed to be even a little part
of it... We are all going to feel a little more at peace when Logan's resting place is,
proudly announcing his name, for all to see that passes by it. He
deserves nothing less than that. This is a dream come true for us. I
don't know how long we would have went on, stumbling through the dark and getting no where on our own, had it not been for
Fox 10 announcing your cause for these children. For you to take these steps further and help
the other unfortunate families, at Serenity's, that have children in the same position as Logan, is so wonderful
! For you to do so in his memory, takes my breath away.. Ummmm no.. I am so glad that you didn't make this a surprise for me.. Mostly because... I don't
handle surprises well... especially happy ones.. I cry when I see babies
do T.V. commercials I cry through happy endings in movies I cry when I sing.. I'd have fainted if I had been a part of the surprise... and I'd have made an idiot of myself... You have surprised me enough with each of your e-mails and I have shed some really happy tears in the last
week.. So, Thank you for including me in on this.. You
are giving me a little piece of "one of the last things I can do for our Baby Logi" (that was our nickname for him) I appreciate you for that so very much. I always wished I had just one more day with him... and I feel that I am getting that day... Thanks
to you. Please... Let me know if there is anything that I can do to help you, in any way... Christian Love Elise
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Mr.Versiga,
I am sending this e-mail per our phone conversation earlier this morning. My name is Angela Horton. I am the proud
aunt of Ray Washington Jr, who was tragically killed by the irresponsible actions of an adult allowing him to ride on the
top of his vehicle. He was killed when he fell off the top of the moving vehicle, he was ran over twice. Ray was hit by the
car on his 12th birthday and died the following day.
I have also enclosed a letter that was
written by the mother (my Sister) of Ray. I thought I
Would include it for you so you could have some insight on
how this family is dealing with this tragedy.
I want to start off by introducing myself. My
name is Joanne Faulkner I am the mother of Ray Anthony Washington Jr. who carelessly was taken away from us. Ray had a smile
one could never forget. He was a very school oriented little boy. Ray was always respectful to everyone. He made friends with
everyone he came in contact with. Ray had a very strong and bright future ahead of him, which was abruptly taken away by a
selfish act of a grown adult.
This Criminal act has affected this family strongly. Ray left behind a brother
Tykia 14 yrs old; (who also was on top of the vehicle when the accident occurred) and two sisters Marissa 6yrs old, and Yasianna
age 2 (who will never remember the great brother she lost). I was only 17 yrs old when Ray was born so in his 12 yrs of life
he and I together learned how to be a family. He taught me to be the mother I have become today. We grew up together. I feel
that when he was taken in this brutal act of carelessness he took a part of my heart away. My Son.
I have
all of the news paper clippings in the mail on the way to your P.O. Box. If I could be of any further assistance please call
or you can reach Joanne (my Sister). An e-mail will follow with the number of children buried in the local cemetery.
I cannot express my gratitude, and I am so thankful for your organization. I really appreciate what you will do for this family.
Thanks,
Angela
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Hi, my name is Tina , I talk to you Friday in reference to
my uncle Benjiman he was born on October 25Th,1956. He died the same day he was born ; he is buried at Johnson Cemetery,
Wade, Ms he has no headstone on his grave and my family and I would greatly appreciate it, if you can help
us get him one. His Mother name was Mrs. Nora , his Father name is Jeptha . My Grandmother Nora was paralyzed on her
left side. She was a mother of four boys and four girls and six of them are still living today. Once again Mrs. Dversiga I
would like to thank you and the others who are involved in this wonderful gift for the children of Jackson County. If you
need to contact me please feel free to call me at my home number 474- or my cell number 228-627-. Sincerely, Tina
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Vicky, that is the most touching story i have ever heard. I
cried while reading it. This is exactly what this organization is for. It will be an honor for this organization to place
stones on these children's resting place. I will call you or your sister-in-law today. i would also invite you and your sister-in-law
down if possible when we do this. I can't imagine losing three children.....I can't even imagine losing one. We have received
many stories since we went public but this one is something else. it ranks number one so far. Brittney and Hunter will have
stone to honor them....I promise.
Your Truly,
Darren Versiga
-----Original Message-----
From:
VGriffin@
To: dversiga@aol.com
Sent: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 11:18 AM
Subject: A response to the article about your foundation
in the Mississippi Press, please read
Hello Darren,
I used to live in Pascagoula, but now reside in Dallas.
I still have friends and family there and I read the online Mississippi Press paper. I came across the article that Cherie
Ward wrote about your foundation. I emailed her yesterday to see if she could pass this on to you. She emailed me back your
website and phone number. Since I am at work now, it is easier to email you our story than explain it all while I am at work!
Hehe I was touched by what you are doing and I am hoping you can help us out. Below is a brief story of the unfortunate
events that have taken my nieces and nephew. It is hard for people to believe the luck our family has had, but it is all
quite true, unfortunately. They say what does not kill us makes us stronger…..I guess it is true in a way.
My Brother
and Sister-in-law have had the unfortunate luck of losing 3 children, different ways and times. Their first daughter, Brittney
Perry passed away at 6 weeks, their son Hunter Perry at 6 months and their last Hailey Perry passed away on Christmas Eve
of 2002. Our family has been through a lot when it comes to death. My Sister-in-Law was only 14 when she had Brittney, she
was born premature and died of SIDS at 6 weeks old. She was buried in Serenity Gardens in Hurley, her funeral and casket
was donated by a distant family church, but no-one could afford a headstone, so she has a generic plastic marker. Hunter
passed away two weeks after my Mother died in 1997, which was very hard on us all. He barely knew how to crawl yet and was
asleep on the bed, and for the few minutes he was left alone, he woke up and managed to scoot and fell between the bed and
the wall and was stuck and suffocated. This was devastating especially since we were barely coping with my Mother¹s death.
He is also buried next to Brittney in Serenity Gardens in Hurley and has the same plastic marker. Two years (1999) later
our Grandmother, my Father’s mother, passed away on Mother’s day, then two weeks later, a massive stroke took my Father.
When Hailey died in 2002, she was sick and they were up all night, my Sister-in-Law fell asleep and Hailey wet herself again,
so she decided to put herself in the bath tub to wash off as they had done several times that night. She was 6, so she thought
it would be ok. Well, while she was in the bath tub, she had a grand mal seizure from fever and she drowned. My nephew woke
up to find her in the bath tub under water, she had a faint heartbeat but they could not save her. She was buried in Macphealia
Cemetery off Short Cut road and Macphealia in Pascagoula. Her headstone was donated by friends and people at church. Strangely
enough, our Grandmother passed away at the same time Hailey did here in Texas, on Christmas Eve of 02. I was at the nursing
home here with my Grandmother waiting for the funeral home to pick her up when I got the call about Hailey. This is a lot
of death for us to cope with, not to mention a lot of expense. Within less than 10 years, we have lost 3 children, my Mother,
my Father, a Grand Father, 2 Grandmother¹s and a few other family members, not to mention many friends, and I am only 34.
My Brother and his wife had 5 children by the time she was 23. They now are left with 2.
Our family has taken on
more death than we can handle. My Brother could not handle the death of 3 children, and he left, leaving my Sister-in-Law
to raise their other 2 children. She nor I and my Sister are all that is left of our family and we still cannot financially
afford headstones for Brittney and Hunter. Brittney has been buried for over 10 years and still has no headstone. I think
they tried to make one once, but that blew away or something. Hunter is next to her, and he has been buried since 1997, also
having nothing to permanently mark their existence. I am not sure if they even go out there anymore, it is too depressing,
especially not having a headstone with their name and dates on it. One day when we are gone, there will be no marker for
them, as they seem to disappear over the years.
The reason I writing you is because we are desperately in hope of
one day having a headstone for the children that we loved and were taken from us too soon. My Brother is absent, my (Ex)
Sister-in-Law still cannot afford them and I can¹t because I have a child with medical needs and I have no extra money. I
saw your article in the paper I read online to see what is happening in my home town. I saw you mentioned a friend of mine
I went to school with, Danny Breazeale and his son. Since someone I personally know was helped by this charity, I thought
maybe my niece and nephew had a chance as well, so finally have a headstone to mark there existence after we are long gone.
It is not fair for children to be forgotten when their lives were not long enough for the world to know them.
If
you think there is anything you can do to get them on the list for a headstone, it would be the best gift anyone could give
us. You are wonderful people for starting this foundation. I wish I knew how to get something like that started. I would
have done it a long time ago. People don’t really think about it if they don’t go through the pain of losing a child, they
have no need to. So it is great when people do notice that there are things that seem simple to do or buy, like a headstone,
but they don’t realize how expensive they can be. I think many people don’t realize how expensive it is, and that it isn’t
an automatic throw-in when you have a funeral. The funeral home actually donated most of the services, casket and everything
else to us because we had used them so many times over the years….and they knew what we went through. It’s pretty sad when
they know you by name.
Well, that is our story in short form. There’s more to it, but you can get the idea from
what I have said. If there is any way you can get Brittney and Hunter on the list for a headstone donation, we would forever
be grateful to you. You can reach me or my Sis-in-Law at the number’s below. I am Vicky, and the children were my Brother’s,
they are my niece and nephew. My Brother went to a dark place after the death of Hailey, their 3rd to pass away. He is in
NY now, and finally trying to start over again.
Thank you for your time, I greatly appreciate it,
Vicky
Lewisville,
TX 75077
214-4
My Sister-in-Law (their Mother) is
Teresa and these are her contact numbers. She knows I
am writing you and is very excited there is a chance, hopefully! J She has been through a lot.
Thank you so
much!
Vicky
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HELLO ,
I SAW WHAT YOUR DOING IN THE PAPER . I THINK
ITS WONDERFUL. I WISH I HAD MONEY TO HELP BUT WE DON'T , SO WE CAN ONLY PRAY FOR YOU & YOUR MISSION. WE HAVE 6 CHILDREN ,
WE HAD 7 BUT OUR BABY DAUGHTER WAS BORNWHEN I WAS 18 WEEKS PREGANT WITH HER , SHE ONLY LIVED 3 HRS. I DIDN'T BURY HER FOR
THE REASON I COULDN'T AFFORD A HEADSTONE& I DIDN'T WANT HER FORGOTTEN EITHER . SO WE HAD HER CREMATED & SHE IS HOME WITH US
AS HER RESTING PLACE . CHURCH ON THE ROCK DID HER SERVICES FOR US . WE COULDN'T AFFORD TO BURY HER BUT I'M OK WITH WHAT WE
CHOICE TO DO WITH HER REMAINS. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW YOUR STORY REALLY TOUCHED OUR HEARTS IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE.
YOUR WONDERFUL PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THESE CHILDREN ARE NOT FORGOTTEN. AS A MOTHER WHO LOST HER CHILD , I 'M DEEPLY MOVED
BY THIS , I WISHED WE COULD HELP YOU OUT. BUT FOR NOW WE CAN ONLY PRAY FOR YOU & TELL YOU WHAT YOUR DOING IS A BLESSING .
GOD BLESS YOU ALL
MICHELLE
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