Funeral and Family Support for Jim Willoughby

Jim was a great guy, who was always smiling.   Jim has been my brother in_law for 34 years, and the love of my sister, Amendi.  They married right out of high school.  They have 4 children.   He was a son, husband, father, brother, uncle, grandpa, and a child of God.  They had all these dreams for their family and then Jim got sick.   In 2000 Jim had pneumonia which caused cardiomyopathy.  I will never forget that day, The Dr.  said his heart was damage and no good.   He needed a miracle.   He needed a heart transplant.  He was told the chances were very slim for him, but God had other plans.  He received his heart transplant  in 2009.   He had to start taking  immune suppressants drugs for the heart .  The medication  caused his kidneys to stop working.  End stage renal failure.  He started dialysis 3 days a week.  He had done this for 4 1/2 years.   He battled a lot of health and life issues, and never asked why me.  He had so much faith in God and he was an example of how to live through the storms with your eyes on Jesus.  He never knew a stranger.  He would have given you the shirt off his back, or his last dollar bill.   He always asked how you were and enjoyed hearing about what was going on with you.   He didn't care what you did  or who you were, he loved you !  He was very  kind and humble.   He loved to spend time with his wife, kids and his grand kids.   They were his world !  Jim woke up Amendi  on May 28th at 5:00 am.  They were talking and laughing.  Everything was normal.  They fell back to sleep .  She woke up at 7:30 am and realized she had overslept for work.  She looked over and  Jim was snoring .  She went to get ready and came back in to kiss him goodbye, he was gone.  He wasn't in a hospital, he wasn't in a rehab and he wasn't sick.  He was home, where he wanted to be.   Jim had a term life insurance policy, that cancelled and dropped him  2 weeks before his death.  So this is added more stress for Amendi then she needs.  Jim would have never wanted things to end up like this. Please pray for Amendi and her family !  The money will be going to pay off the rest of the funeral expenses.  Thank you and   God Bless.