Laura was called home today. The Lord greeted her with open arms. Please pray for her family and friends. The world will be a lesser place without her beautiful smile & spirit.  

Laura Roberts Whitsitt 

For Sure!

from her Daughter on Facebook:

I’m doing this without her permission and I’ll surely pay for it later but right now I don’t care. My mom has been in the hospital with Covid and pneumonia since Sunday. They’ve had to steadily increase her supplemental oxygen and are considering switching to a mask instead of a tube if they have to continue to increase it. Keith has been with her the whole time and luckily he is still healthy. We are all worried but are trying to have faith in Memorial’s staff and hoping for it to run its course and for her to turn a corner in the next few days. But if you have any thoughts, prayers, vibes, juju, spells, ceremonial healing dances, or whatever else to spare please send them on to my mother. She takes great comfort in her community and friends, and would never ask for this herself but she really needs it.
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Prayers for Lulu! 

Oh how I hate hearing this:((May God lift up our lulu,and wrap his arms around her,give her strength to heal,and strength to her family.amen.

  Dearest Lulu we need you here,so many love you so much,prayers and hugs to you my friend,ill be PRAYING HARD FOR YOU TO HEAL FAST.

Prayers

Prayers for you Miss LuLu. We need to get that BHW Short Bus out and dust her off and get the members to hop on and make a trip to see you. Get well young lady

Oh dear ....... Prayers for Lulu's doctor's healing hands and a quick and complete rrecovery. It is so sad to hear when someone you know has contracted that nasty virus! Additionally, prayers for the safety of the others in her family!

I'm so sad. Lulu was such a wonderful and caring person. I'll miss our talks. My heart hurts for her family and all of us touched by her generosity.

Wait What!!!! Is there something I missed? This post just scared the heck outa me.. "(

It's been announced by her family that she lost her battle with Covid.  I'm at a loss.   We have talked for hours over the last 20 years.   She was my first BHW christmas gift exchange buddy.   I will miss her greatly.  

She was such a nice person and full of humor. Many prayers for her family. 

Speechless.  

Beyond heartbreaking.  Prayers. 

NO!!!!NO NO NO!!!!!NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!OH MY GOSH,NO

I am at a loss for words.  

Heartbreaking news. 

Sending prayers to her family and friends for comfort during this time. This is heartbreaking to find out.

From Laura's profile:

<----- my very first attempt in my life at deviled eggs was a huge success thanks to BHW! "The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything they have!" I would rather live my life as if there is a God, and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't, and die to find out there is. Our time on earth is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but rather by the moments that take our breath away"

I am so loss for words, dont know what to say.. 

I have so many tears right now,oh she loved her family so,this is just so heartwrenching.She was so PROUD of her family.

My first thought was, what is her family going to do without her, oh my God this is so horrible!!! 

Crossspur,GTTW,SKM,GAIL,Cross spur,,,, all of LULUs long time friends,I'm very sorry for your broken hearts.This truly is a horrible tragedy for BHW.We all loved her so.

So sorry. Prayers for her family. COVID is still very serious please take proper precautions. 

Many prayers to all who she left behind. Very very sad.

There are no words to understand a loss like this but continued prayers for the family and friends!

No no no no no

Hugs and prayers for her family 

I had no idea. This is very shocking, sad news.  Everyone loved Lulu.  
My deepest, heartfelt condolences to all her friends and family.

Deepest sympathy to her family! Lurker here who hasnt posted in quite a while but I always enjoyed her posts

So very sorry to hear this. 

Prayers for all of Lulu's friends and family. She will be missed. ??

Many prayers for her family and friends . .

So very sad!  Many Prayers for her friends and family!

Many prayers going to her family.  She was such a joy and will be missed

This is Truly a Sad Day for BarrelHorse World... Going to miss LuluWhits posts on here.

When someone has the time and chance would you Please post Lulu's mailing address so we can send a card to her family. 

What a loss for BHW.  Lulu we will miss you!

Would you help and writing a new forum rule called the 'Lulu" rule?   Something on the line of being kind and patient with one another.    As far we are concerned she is still a mod with more authority than ever before.   Her presence here with live on - an example to everyone on how to civil to one another.  

Prayers for her and her family.  

Maybe something along the lines of:

Be the reason that someone wants to succeed. Don't be the reason why they feel like they are failing.

LuLu you had a heart of gold.  You are greatly missed

Perfect the way you wrote it gail

Luluwhit will always remain a member of this board, I dont mind her looking out for us forever.. So be kind to one another or Lulu will be stepping in to remind us all.  Oh and she hates Snakes!!! I always had to giggle at her when someone would post a picture of a snake, she didnt take very kindly to that picture and she would let you know, lol..  

prayer hugs for all

I have not logged onto BHW for years. I have known Laura for a very very long time. When I read she passed I just was so. I don't know, shocked? Lost? Taken by surprise? I am just at a loss that she is gone. Such an amazing lady. 

It all happened so fast,from the post for prayers,to she is gone was just so shocking,I was stunned,and still just can't believe this happened it just doesn't seem real at all.

You nailed it Gail

she has the big zapper.   

So sorry for this loss.  We lost a cousin to Covid.  It just won't go away.  I remember well the luluwhit posts.  Seems we've lost many board members in various way.  It's always a shock.

LuLus Law: on our roughest days,this group shall empathize with needed kindness ,support and encouragement. 

Many Prayers for all of her family and friends!

I don't know what to say. I can only pray for her peace and for love and healing for her family. Truly heartbreaking. 

So very sad. Rest In Peace Lulu. Many prayers to her family. 

WOW----jut wow.

Today will never come again. Be a blessing. Be a friend. Encourage someone. Take time to care. Let your words heal, and not wound.  

Just seeing this terrible news here. Still out of the country so just getting the news. Laura was one of the very few people here I actually know.  They live only a little over an hour from us. Truly one of the nicest people you would have ever met. We are very saddened by her passing.

So sad ?? ?? 

Thank you SKM,for sharing this

The world needed more LuLu's - not less. She touched sooooo many people.

Laura had a post-it note on her desk with "jealous of the angels around the throne tonight" written on it. Possibly a reminder of how she missed Lexi. I'm not good with technology, so I hope this link works. It is a beautiful song, and expresses what many of us are feeling right now. Her funeral is monday. Im afraid it is going to be brutal for many.

https://youtu.be/0n67dSG35L4

How would everyone here like to sign a card with flowers for her memorial on Monday.  I don't have much time to get flowers sent - help appreciated. 

I'm in. Let me know how I can help. 

Just wondering What you have in mind?I ve been trying to see her obit at the funeral home website, they haven't got it listed yet,and when I tried to view the flowers from the store on website,it won't go through?

I have found her Obituary but not at the Nass and Son Funeral home, I found it on line and its got such a beautiful picture of her. 

I still would like to have a mailing address so I can send a card to her family home if possible. 

I will check with her family to make sure it is ok to post the address here.

I can get somthing made up, and take it on Monday if it would help. As far as signing the card, why not have them write out LuLu's Law and have it from her friends at Barrel Horse world?

thank you.

Heartbreaking.  Prayers for her family.

Prayers for all of the broken hearts today.Rest in peace Laura.

I just watched the funeral,thank you for sharing that.I pray her daughter can find peace in the coming days,as I pray for all of her family.I believe it may have been her brother in law that also spoke and definitely made a fine tribute to her.It is sad knowing we will never hear from her on here again,the funny,whitty,Lulu.

  I'm sure everyone is remembering all of the different ways Lulus love has touched them , be it here ,or on Facebook, May God Bless you all.

Continued Prayers for her family & friends. This is the path the Lord chose for Laura so we know that it is the right one even though it's hard for us to understand. We have to remember her life is now full of glory & reward.   

I just logged on, so sad to learn this news. I did not know this lady but I appreciated her grace and kindness freely given to people she knew and people she didnt know. Her life had a huge purpose and she fulfilled it with class and genuine care. Such a good example for us all.  Prayers to family.

Prayers for the family and friends she left behind.

Youtube video of the funeral is

https://youtu.be/HvknbLEKo-4

Coming to BHW soon  

"Lulu's Laws"

SO sorry to hear this. Prayers

Prayers for Laura's family and friends. I am very sad to hear this.

I see the memorial post at the top, shouldn't lulu be added to that????  I mean, she started that post after all....

I just added Luluwhit to the Memorial thread that she started, I thought that one of the Board members that knew her personally would have added her awhile back, so I took it on myself to get her on there now, she deserved to be there. I wish I would have know her personally myself she sounded like she was a hoot to be around and talk to in person. She is going to be really missed on here.. 

Thank you and maybe those that were close to her can see about getting her picture pasted to the top also ....

Thank you,its so hard to see her on that page.Lulus death has really made me sad,I did not know her personally but I feel like she was a friend.Its devastating to see her on that page

Thank you for putting her on that thread. I had the pleasure of meeting her and Natalie when I lived in Kentucky. She was the most genuine person and had the biggest laugh. I still have the picture she took of my dog answering the phone at the breeding farm I worked at and can remember her voice with the caption she gave that picture.