Remember ME - You Me and Dementia

November 23, 2007

USA: Volunteer Finds New Life By Helping The Dying

Jo Britton, 69, prepares lunch for James Sparks at his Knoxville home.

Britton works with elderly and mostly terminal clients three days a week, even though she is living on a limited income and has no one but herself.
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"DEATH will always be mysterious, but angels will always be there for the first breath and the last"

- Jo Britton, 69, Knoxville, Tennessese

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She volunteers with the Senior Companionship Program of the Office on Aging under the Knoxville/Knox County Community Action Committee. Sparks, 78, who is retired from TVA and past president of the Downtown Lions Club, is recuperating from surgery.
Photo: Paul Elfird

See November 22, 2007 Report:
Knoxville News Sentinel, Tennessee

© 2007 The E.W. Scripps Co.