A Teacher Requested To Bring Backpacks Instead Of Flowers At Her Funeral

A teacher’s final wish is inspiring people across the world.

58-year-old Tammy Waddell served the children and community of Forsyth County, Georgia for thirty years as a paraprofessional and elementary teacher. She passed away earlier this month after battling cancer. The teacher’s family, friends and colleagues brought backpacks filled with supplies for needy students instead of flowers at her funeral.

Dr. Brad Johnson shared this photo on twitter with this caption, “My cousin’s final request at her funeral was Backpacks full of supplies for needy students instead of flowers. A teacher to the end”

More than 100 teachers served as honorary pallbearers, carrying the backpacks out of the chapel and back to their schools.

 

Verse of the Day

“[Jesus Predicts His Death a Third Time] Now Jesus was going up to Jerusalem. On the way, he took the Twelve aside and said to them, “We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!””

Matthew 20: 17-19