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T. Kelly posted a condolence
Monday, April 30, 2012
I am so sorry for your loss. Please know that you are never alone. You can find much comfort in God’s Word, the Bible, which assures us at Psalms 34:18 that God is near to those broken at heart and crushed in spirit. Please accept my deepest sympathies.
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Kathy Kincaid Nobles posted a condolence
Thursday, November 30, 0002
THE BLACK PURSE I guess you would say I wore the title of "first niece".....every girl should be so lucky! "Aunt Alice" was a special and strong lady. As a child I looked forward to the family visits and absolutely was in "awe" of my Aunt Alice and Uncle Bill. Bill, the distinguished Air Force pilot, looked as tall as a giant to me, and Alice always had that mystique about her that was intriguing to me as a little country girl. I perceived them as very "glamorous" people who lived in "glamorous" California and were so rich they could afford a second home in Florida! I was secretly jealous when my brother was invited to spend the summer and go to Florida for a visit with his guy cousins! I always enjoyed reading her letters and could only imagine what life in "Pacific Palisades" would be like. I dreamed of going there one day and seeing it all for myself. It was a real treat when a box would arrive from Alice with a few things in it that she had gleaned from her beloved thrift store for her favorite charity. In particular, I remember a black velvet purse when I was a teen starting to "dress up" for special occasions. I seized upon that black velvet purse as a real treasure from Hollywood and used it for many special occasions, even many years into adulthood....as always, Alice had impeccable taste for the classics! When I married the first time, Alice sent me a silver Paul Revere bowl with a blue glass lining...an elegant and classy piece which I still have. As an adult woman I had the opportunity to go to California and visit more extensively with my aunt and uncle. Alice was gracious and determined to show the country girl the big city of LA. We "Dressed Up" and went to Rodeo Drive one day for a shopping tour. Of course, I could only gaze longingly at the goodies meant for the STARS, as their prices were signifigantly a notch or two above a teacher's pocketbook! I had to be grateful for the black velvet purse and continue to enjoy it and imagine that in its first life with a rich lady that it had come from Rodeo Drive. I do remember that one of the shop ladies complimented me on my outfit of the day, so that made my day complete shopping with my "glamorous Aunt Alice." Alice and I also enjoyed dining in China town, touring farmer's market, going to all the best museums to see the art and botanical treasures of the world, and the Santa Monica Pier. When it came time to attend the Kincaid Family Reunion being held in Camarillo, Alice got out her best big Kitchenaide stand mixer and proceeded to teach me how to use it so I could bake up some goodies to take to the reunion. I seem to recall that she was appalled that I did not already have one of these kitchen monsters, as no self respecting cook, much less a home ec teacher, could do without one. I promptly purchased 4 of these big blue monsters for my classes to use back home in Texas and once I got over the fear the teens would wreck them, they were a beautiful addition to the learning experience for my students....all thanks to Alice. She mentioned that she had been to gourmet cooking school, but had decided, (in typical Alice intellectual fashion) that she could cook as good as they and knew just as much about it already, so she did not need their instruction any longer. I suspect she may have been right! She seems to have passed along her love of gourmet cooking to others in her family. Along with the lovely food, Alice and Bill shared with me their love for a good drink after work. Bill came home from a day at Rand and headed for his back yard, which was loaded with beautiful garden goodies and delicious fruit trees. He taught me the virtue of drinking a good gin and tonic topped off with fresh lime right off his tree. To this day I still drink it, but have never succeeded in finding one as delicious as the ones created by the Jones. A few years later I had a great trip with Alice and Bill to the old South and was with them the day they looked at the old antebellum home in Osyka. It was a wreck of an old house and definitely not a project for the faint of heart, but Alice and Bill were up to the task. At a later visit, the "after" results were proudly on display, and again I was thrilled to be sleeping in a fully restored piece of American history, which by this time resembled a museum! I could just picture Alice stalking all the antique stores all over the old South gleaning her treasures from large to small to furnish Dancing Rabbit. I particularly remember being ushered into the guest bedroom with the canopy bed and being shown the beautiful bathroom....then promptly being shown the "shower squeegee" and being lectured on being sure to clean the shower stall and leave no water spots on the glass upon exiting! Again...typical Alice! Guess what? I have now have a beautiful glass show stall myself and guess what? I have one of those "custom ordered" squeegee things! Ha! Country girl got "sophisticated" too, just like her Aunt Alice! Another vivid memory of Alice is her telling me about the restoration of Dancing Rabbit. One day she went to town and left instructions for the workmen, etc. When she came home, the beautiful horsehair/plaster medallion from the ceiling was laying in a million pieces on the floor...the dumb workman had chiseled it off the ceiling and destroyed it. If you know anything about plaster work in the old Southern mansions, you know how beautiful the medallions are, as the chandeliers are enhanced by their artistic beauty. Alice was so livid that she told me she could have committed murder, and I can almost see her doing it! Ha! Can't say as I blame her.....Again, an Alice thing....I have a "medallion" on the ceiling with my entry chandelier that I purchased and painted myself...albeit not horsehair and plaster craftsmanship, but a modern facsimile....in tribute to Aunt Alice, who taught me about some of the finer things in life. The last time I visited her at the retirement center, she shared her beautiful condo with me and then proceeded to give me some of her silver spoons that she had collected which I will always treasure. I can continue to envision her digging through the antique stores gleaning for treasures as I use them. Somehow, that black velvet purse has come to symbolise a thing or two in my mind about my Aunt Alice....the purse was classy, elegant, mysterious, timeless, and had a simple but strong design element that never went out of style! Alice lived a full life. She was a strong, classy, intelligent and elegant mate to a strong and highly intellectual man...as well as a loving and devoted mother to her two beloved sons and her grandchildren. She was the epitomy of THE BLACK VELVET PURSE. Who knows? Perhaps the purse was one of her own castoffs passed on to her little country girl niece! What a heritage! Love to Alice from Your Niece, Kathy Kincaid Nobles
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Phyllis Kincaid posted a condolence
Thursday, November 30, 0002
I didnt get to say goodbye, really was trying to get there, so goodbye for now. I'm now the last one "standing"of us three. Luv and farewell. Your bossy little sis.
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Peter L. Piscitelli posted a condolence
Thursday, November 30, 0002
On behalf of everyone here at Adams-Green, I would like to express our sincere condolences to the entire family.
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stephen drake posted a condolence
Thursday, November 30, 0002
I'll always remember how gracious Alice was when welcoming me, a scruffy British student, into her home, both in 1971 and in 1973. She was a wonderful person, smart and funny, and a good bridge player! I will always have many fond memories of her and Bill.
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