Dearly departed kitties

Jessie

This is Jessie (with Holly). Jessie came to live with us on New Year's Eve 1997 -- during Woody's illness, to keep him company. Jessie was named after the character Jessica Tate on the 1970s sitcom SOAP.

Jessie was always a favorite with my friends. Jessie and Holly were great friends for 10 years, moving from Texas to Georgia to Florida together. Jessie passed away on November 19, 2008, from a sudden illness at the age of 14.

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Phoebe

Although Phoebe looks like a seal point Himalayan, I believe she is a seal point Birman because of her white socks. Phoebe came to live with us in October 1999. She was 6 years old and very small -- only 5.5 pounds. Phoebe was named after the character on Friends.
Phoebe is only "departed" in the sense that she could not make the trip with us to Georgia in early 2003, so we found her a new home in Texas -- the one-cat home she so desperately longed for. She tolerated Jessie, but never got along with Holly (who liked to annoy her).

Woody (4/15/88 - 7/14/98)

Poor Woody. He died on July 14, 1998, eight months after being diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease. He was only 10 years old. (Woody was named after the character Woody Boyd on Cheers.) We got Holly a few days later -- a 1-year old gorgeous chocolate cream point female. Jessie came to live with us during Woody's illness, to keep him company.

Lucy

Lucy came to live with us in April 1997 as Woody's playmate. She was a red Persian, around 7 years old.. She got very sick soon afterwards and died of cancer in July 1997. Lucy was named after Lucille Ball because of her red hair and petite size.

Buddy
	Buddy died of kidney disease on 4/20/95 - five months after first being diagnosed. She was only 9 years old. This was taken when she came home from her first (of 3) hospitalization, after she dropped from 12 to 6 pounds. Buddy was named after Buddy Holly.

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