Royce Clifton Maloney (September 19, 1921 - September 30, 1986)
Royce Clifton Maloney There is an 8x10 photograph that I have recently hung in the stairway of my home . It is an old photograph that contains all of my dad's siblings, their spouses, their children, and his parents standing on the porch of my grandparents' tattered old home . Thirty-two descendants of M.J. Moats and Rosie Mae Anderson stood that day, marking that moment . Of course, more grandchildren were born after that portrait, growing their legacy . But when I walk by that photograph stained from time, I can't help but have nostalgia and sadness over the ones that are now gone from our lives . Fifteen made their subtle mark on the world before God called them home to the heavens . And soon, there will be one more since one of my cousins is in his final stage of lung cancer . His moments are limited to mere days, if not hours . Sadly , though, he will not leave this world with the same carefree spirit that babies come into the world despite their welcomi...