Lori Williams Montgomery: A brilliant mind, a beautiful heart, and a wonderful soul.

For those of you that don’t know, Lori passed away on 12/31/23. She died peacefully in

her sleep with a very subtle smile on her face. Her beautiful, huge heart just stopped,

and she went peacefully to be with her loved ones and the Lord. I will forever miss her,

and I hope to be reunited with her after this life. Nobody really knows what happens to

us after death, but I have an idea. I will forever love her, her kindness, and her always

putting others before her.

Below is a link to the obituary, where you will find the speech I wrote and Austie read at

the service, the prayer I wrote and Hunter read, and a video of Lori’s life along with

some music she loved. Thank you for your comments and messages–we are reading

them all, and they mean a lot to us. Please share this post with anybody you know that

knows Lori.

The link to the obituary:

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/roswell-ga/lori-montgomery-11609828

The link to the video of Lori’s life (thank you, Gavin):

Lori was brilliant, she had a genius level IQ. In high school, she would take an algebra

math test and without writing anything down (except the answers), she answered all the

problems correctly. She simply wrote the answers down as she figured them out in her

head. The teachers thought that, somehow, she was cheating, but she did not have to.

She was proficient in a vast number of topics and an expert in even more. Lori was

eager to learn more about everything. Up at the farm, she had almost 5000 books and I

do not know if she read them all, but if she did not—I am sure she came close! She has

another 2000 books at our house in Roswell. To a fault, she craved more knowledge,

constantly starting new skills, hobbies and ventures. I could ask her almost anything

and she knew the answer. I do miss that–as I now must look things up!

Here is a list of some of the things she learned and was exceptionally good at:

beekeeping, mushroom growing and inoculation, pottery and ceramics, gardening, fruit

tree growing and cultivation, grape vine growing and care, geography, ancestry and

genealogy, husbandry (No, not the guiding me and telling what to do kind! She was

good at that as well!) the care cultivation and production of crops and of animals,

making cheese, baking and cooking (her deviled eggs were the best by almost

everyone’s opinion), plant foraging in the woods, space and the universe concepts,

traveling, crafts (over a million), art (she was a very talented artist), old book collections

(to gain more knowledge), interior design (go to www.sweetwildflowerfarm.net to see

her talents in this category, our cottage that will be on AirBnB soon), horticulture, plant

identification of ornamentals and edibles, seed cultivation, fermentation, beer and wine

making, soap making, music. I could go on and on, but I think you get the idea!

The last of my thoughts of her skills and talents is that of Eternity. She taught me so

much and as with everything else, she knew scripture. Not so much in the way of

quoting verse and chapter, but just in an understanding that most people would never

know. She taught me enough where I have hope for the next life.

As you can see, a brilliant mind, a beautiful heart, and wonderful soul. She served God

on this Earth and now she is serving him in Heaven, which is what she wanted all along.

I love you Lori, and that is forever.

Lastly, I have had many people call and ask if there is anything they can do. That is

really difficult as many things are very personal. We did, however, think of something

that would be of great help:

At the farm, we could use help cleaning out the stalls in the barn for the animals that are

going to stay. We welcome anybody who can help, and we would love to show you the

cottage before we list it for rental. Lori designed every detail of the cottage, and it is truly

special. We will have a potluck meal with everyone after the work is done, probably

around 1pm. We will also be able to talk about Lori during the meal as well and pay her

a tribute if desired.

So, this will be on March 9th starting around 10am and lunch around 1. The address is

847 Marrestop Road, Murphy NC 28906. Please email me Steve@smac.biz if you can

come so I can get a count for the food and please bring something as well. Also bring

some yard tools if you have some that you/we can use. Namely wheelbarrows and pitch

forks. We have a lot, but we might not have enough.

Thank you all, everyone who knew and loved Lori, the kids and I are so appreciative of

your thoughts and prayers. Whether you can come or not, know that we love you and

hope to see you again soon.

Steve Montgomery