Funeral Service for Charlie and Braden

[SyraKelly]

Can someone please tell me who are those people in the last photo?TIA

 

[mysteriew]

Imagine what the other children in the family must think, Charlie and Braden's cousins. I hope they don't think it could happen to them. They will probably need psychological counseling. So sad!

For many of those kids, both the cousins and the schoolmates this was their "first death". The one where the parents have to explain what dead really means. And along with that they also get hit with the fact that they could die someday too. And for some, they will hear that the boys Dad was the one who killed them, and it will make them feel unsafe. If it happened to Braden and Charlie, could it happen to them too? The violent deaths of kids this age is very far reaching and damaging.

 

[Ninja Bunny]

Can someone please tell me who are those people in the last photo?TIA

I don't know who they were affiliated with but, if the signs are hard to read (sorry the photos are kinda small), they all said "LOVE". They were there to show support.

I am glad the motorcycle groups decided to do their protection thing. It seems like when they show up, the protestors don't.

Security was TIGHT. There were police everywhere, there were a lot of bikers, including the Bikers Against Child Abuse group, and church staff were stationed all over to watch over everyone. They all worked together to make sure there wasn't going to be any trouble.

 

[FORDANIEL]

Does anyone know if a taping of the services can be seen anywhere? I missed the live streaming.

 

[utmomof2]

Someone from MSM tweeted that Alina and Teri (JP's sister and mother) walked in together thru a door that was blocked them from media.

HTH.

O/T Interesting that the boys were only 1 month away from turning 3 & 5 years old when all this started happening in 2009.

I have very vivid memories from age 3. My mother cheated on my father and was with her while my mother was working during the day and I told on him, not realizing what I was doing.

I think a 3 yr. old and especially a 5 yr. old can remember traumatic events, so whatever they were starting to tell should be taken as fact - not rambling.

This is a good point. We were in a fairly serious automobile accident when my children were 3 & 5 and both have very vivid memories of it still. My son (who was 3) specifically remembers one of the firemen who responded - he can recall what he said and that the fireman gave him a small stuffed animal to help calm him down. My daughter has vivid memories too and both recall watching me go in the ambulance. Children really are sponges. I have no doubt that both of Susan's sons had memories of what really happened.

 

[utmomof2]

I had a hard time watching the service, but I am so glad that I did. It really did leave me with a sense of peace. I thought that everyone did a beautiful job and created a loving tribute to those precious boys.

 

[karen7868]

Can someone please tell me who are those people in the last photo?TIA

Are you talking about the one of the woman and the 2 children swinging?

If so, that is Susan, Braden and Charlie.

HTH.

 

[sayd]

Susan is skinny skinny here. This looks like about the age the boys were when she went missing.

I wonder if this is one of the last pictures and if she had lost a lot of weight due to stress.

I'll tell you one thing...Susan was gorgeous. How in he world did Josh get her?

The boys look just like her. Beautiful.

She probably lost weight since Josh wouldn't let her spend money on food, remember? She had to grow their food.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

February 11, 2012 at 3:42 pm

Family, teachers remember Powell boys in Tacoma
By Rachel La Corte
Associated Press

Tacoma, Wash.— The family of missing Utah woman Susan Powell is thanking police, social workers, teachers and everyone who cared about her two sons — nearly a week after their father killed them in a gas-fueled blaze...

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120211/NATION/202110376/1478/rss

 

[SyraKelly]

Are you talking about the one of the woman and the 2 children swinging?

If so, that is Susan, Braden and Charlie.

HTH.

Hi Karen-No I was talking about the one NB took at the services today of all the people standing there on the side of a road in white shirts and red balloons..But NB told me who they were..

 

[suzihawk]

Does anyone know if a taping of the services can be seen anywhere? I missed the live streaming.

Bumping this post. I had to work today and had to miss the service also. I'd so like to see it, if possible. Sounds like it was lovely and I'm very thankful for that. I don't know that I've ever seen a more gracious couple than Chuck and Judy Cox. God bless them!

 

[21merc7]

Bumping this post. I had to work today and had to miss the service also. I'd so like to see it, if possible. Sounds like it was lovely and I'm very thankful for that. I don't know that I've ever seen a more gracious couple than Chuck and Judy Cox. God bless them!

I've looked everywhere. Youtube has bits of it, but I cannot find a full video yet. Hopefully someone will find one and post it. You will cry though.

 

[AngelWings444]

Hi Karen-No I was talking about the one NB took at the services today of all the people standing there on the side of a road in white shirts and red balloons..But NB told me who they were..

If you go to this article, then click on the pictures, it shows a picture of the couple who had red balloons and the Love signs. There is a caption with their names, from what I gathered, just loving supporters of the boys.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/53493836-78/powell-charlie-cox-church.html.csp

ETA: Caption under picture; Stacy Chan and Owen Anderson, of Tacoma, Wash., stand across from the Life Center Church in Tacoma on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012.

 

[karen7868]

This website has some pretty good pictures. Does anyone know who the lady is in the black dressing sitting next to Judy and her granddaughter?

I saw her in a couple of pics they showed at the service. She was in the bunk beds with the kids and playing with them.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-This-moment-beautiful-boys-say-mourners.html

 

[suzihawk]

Cox and Powell families come together for boys' funeral

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=960&sid=19195051&s_cid=article-popular-1

Thank you, hollyblue! This link has the full service. It took a long time for it to load for me. Very beautiful and moving service. RIP in the loving arms of your mother Charlie and Braden.

 

[DLT88]

This website has some pretty good pictures. Does anyone know who the lady is in the black dressing sitting next to Judy and her granddaughter?

I saw her in a couple of pics they showed at the service. She was in the bunk beds with the kids and playing with them.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-This-moment-beautiful-boys-say-mourners.html

Thank you for this link. The first photo of Chuck Cox lovingly touching his grandson's casket just made the tears flow. It was like a reassurance to them "Grandpa is here". What a wonderful Grandpa, too. He did not deserve any of this, no one did.

 

[whiteangora]

I just have to comment on how impressed I was with the funeral service for Charlie and Braden. It was all about those 2 darling boys, so many sweet details and wonderful stories.
When it was over I couldn't help comparing it to the garish ceremony that was presented for Caylee Anthony, and how the Cox family has such elegant grace and poise. No one was asked to "Pray for the killer", there was no mugging for the cameras, no on stage back rubbing, and thankfully no wrist kissing.
I have not followed this case as closely as most of you but I have been deeply troubled by the way these boys died and I felt watching the service would be healing. I really learned a lot in that hour about what a very fine family Susan and her boys came from. God Bless the Cox family.

 

[gwenabob]

I love how so many women at the funeral wore purple clothing.

 

[Aedrys]

Pictures from funeral at this link, the one of Mr. Cox with his hand on the casket made me cry all over again.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/53493836-78/powell-charlie-cox-family.html.csp

This one part of the article just about killed me:

Sarah Slack, whose daughter Jaycee was a classmate of Charlie’s, said the girl had been asking questions all week about the boy, so she told her the truth. "She just kept saying ... ‘It’s a good thing I have a good dad, right?’ and I said, ‘Honey, that’s never going to happen to you.’ "

Oh those poor little kids that went to school with them. This just breaks my heart. Josh Powell hurt so many more people than just the Coxes. I have so many bad words for him right now.

At least the service was beautiful. I was almost in tears reading about what so many people said about the boys. That's how they should be remembered, how they lived, not how they died. RIP Charlie and Braden.

 

[MsFacetious]

I believe this is also pretty much the entire service at this link and it might work better for some people.
This loaded for me, I never got the KSL one to load... so I couldn't tell you what the difference is between the two.

http://www.kirotv.com/videos/news/memorial-service-held-for-charlie-and-braden/vF3tz/

Thank you, hollyblue! This link has the full service. It took a long time for it to load for me. Very beautiful and moving service. RIP in the loving arms of your mother Charlie and Braden.

There was no mention of Josh Powell during the memorial service in Tacoma, nor at a private service held at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' South Hill Ward following the initial gathering

Members of the Powell family, including Terrica Powell, also attended at the LDS church.

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=960&sid=19195051&s_cid=article-popular-1