As blazes destroyed

                                               Faith still stood

                                        As the Flames smoldered

                                           A young girl believed

                                            As a fire took a life

                                     One was brave and faced god

                                           As the devil worked

                                               God planned

                                    As one girl testified for god

                                              Lucifer got mad

                                              As one girl died

                                  The world stopped and looked

                            As the blazes grew in just a short time

                                         She knew all her life!!!!  

                                                  It was time

 

That girl was my 15-year-old sister she died April 7, 2003 in a house fire. The Sunday before she got up in church and testified she said, I want you all to pray for me and my family and I want you all to know if I die tonight I will wake up in heaven. I would like you to sing page 303 amazing grace. My sister was a great friend and I loved her very much. As I watched the flames devoir our house I thought of why god would let this happen to a girl that loved him so and would do all she could do for him. She hated none and god saved her five years to the day this happened. I hated him tell I learned that she was dead before the flames even touched he. I thought of her and that she would tell me not to hate him for he took me five years ago and he sheltered me. And that she would tell me that she is in heaven with the lord god. I dont think it is right but she is in a better place.

                                 

                                                       Brooke Voelker

Daughter, Sister, Cousin. Niece, and Friend. You touched us all. I love you and all ways will!!!!!!!

Your sis,

                      Love

                               Rose

 

                                 

                                                   Tamara Brooke Voelker

                                               Sept. 9, 1987 to April 7, 2003

 

From Mommaw,

       I love you always and forever my little angel.

From Robert,

            Well I want to start off saying that Brooke was a good Christian and a good friend to my Baby stepdaughter. They were the best of friends they were closer than any two people that I have ever seen in my 32 years on this earth. I saw many of things from them that I have never seen before. I talked to her several times and she talked with me many of times. I saw her in church all the time almost every time we had church. On the last Sunday that we had church I will never forget that Sunday in church, hen the pastor asked if anyone had anything else to say. Brooke stood up and asked if everyone could pray for her and her family and asked if we could sing Amazing Grace. As we ALL stood up to sing she stated If I die tonight that I know that I will see each and everyone of you in Heaven after we stood that there was a calm over the church and we dismissed from church. We then went to Ryans on Preston Hwy. And had a Great fellow ship. I also remember that she asked to spend the night with her best friend Amber my Step Daughter I said that she could not because we were going to clean up the house and that we would let her another day. If I had of known what was going to happen I would have let it happen. I also have thought that If she stayed with us that night it could have gotten us all instead of 1. 1 is the looniest number. I could not stand it if I would have lost my 3 kids. I have lost too much in time past I know what hurting is. The morning of the tragedy I received a phone call from Her mother Laverne saying something. I then over heard that there was a fire and Brooke is still in there and trapped. A five-minute drive seemed to take 2 days. There was such sorrow that day that I hope that I never ever have to go through that ever again. I told several people that day that it is really different from the times of me being a volunteer Fire fighter and seeing people die during a fire and I would not feel nearly as much as I did that day.  Brooke I hope that you are watching over us and Well see you one day soon save us a place to sit.