Michael "Big Mike" Elton Theriot

Thinking and praying for you!

My prayers and thoughts have been with you, since I heard about Mike. God gave me the opportunity to meet Mike about 15 years ago. He was always smiling and making jokes. He always kept everyone laughing. He will be missed. We never know who or why GOD puts people in our lives. I thank GOD that he allowed me to know Mike and my good friend "Big Daddy" Gerald. I Love Ya!!! I will continue to pray for you!!!

My name is Barbara Smith. My husband and Mike were in ICU at the same time and I shared the waiting room with his family. My heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with you during your time of grief and loss. Have faith in God and he will carry you through these difficult times.

You will always be remembered . Your words, your smile, your laugh, are forever etched in my mind.The way you could make a ray of sun on a cloudy day,just by showing up. I have no doubt we will meet again,we'll laugh,we'll joke, you'll smile that smile.Until that day remember this,pictures and memories are forever!!Love you much!!

The day will come when my body will lie upon a white sheet neatly tucked under four corners of a mattress located in a hospital busily occupied with the living and the dying.

At a certain moment, a doctor will determine that my brain has ceased to function and that, for all intents and purposes, my life has stopped.

When that happens, do not attempt to instill artificial life into my body by the use of a machine, and don't call this my death bed. Let this be called the bed of life, and let my body be taken from it to help others lead fuller lives.

Give my sight to the man who has never seen a sunrise, a baby's face or love in the eyes of a woman.

Give my heart to a person whose own heart has caused nothing but endless days of pain.

Give my blood to the teenager who was pulled from the wreckage of his car, so that he might live to see his grandchildren play.

Give my kidneys to one who depends on a machine to exist.

Take my bones, every muscle, every fiber and nerve in my body and find a way to make a crippled child walk.

Explore every corner of my brain. Take my cells, if necessary, and let them grow so that someday a speechless boy will shout at the crack of a bat and a deaf girl will hear the sound of rain against her window.

If you must bury something, let it be my faults, my weaknesses and all prejudice against my fellow man.

If by chance you wish to remember me, do it with a kind deed or a word to someone who needs you. If you do all I have asked, I will live forever.

I Love You Uncle Mike!

Gerald and Ms Sadie and family, I am so sorry about Mike.Please know that you are in my prayers.May God wrap his loving arms around you all.Hugs, Emily

He will always be remembered as you share the stories and the memories of how he lived his life and how very much he meant, may you find comfort...And, throughout this difficult time, may you also know the deep sympathy and concern that is felt for you and all your family. I have fought the fine fight, I have run the course to the finish, I have observed the faith.-2Timothy 4:7. As for me, I will lie down that I may sleep; I shall certainly awake, for Jehovah himself keeps supporting me. -Psalms 3:5