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In Remembrance Of Things Past....

Remember Me

Remember me with smiles and laughter,
Because that is the way I will remember you all.
If you can only remember me with tears,
Then don't remember me at all.

An Irish Poem of Remembrance

In Memory of:
Anissa Jones
Paul Jones
John Jones
Brian Keith
Daisy Keith
Earl Graham
Les Kaufman
Sebastian Cabot
Kay Cabot
Rodney Jesse
Tony Macchado
Melody Trevino
Bernie & Vy Geagan
Connie Mutton
Sity and Nana

Footnotes:

When Anissa would take someone shopping, two quaint personality traits revealed themselves. First, if she was buying something for someone else, price didn't matter. She wouldn't even look at the price tag. If her friend wanted something, that was good enough for Anissa. She was as generous a friend as anyone could ever have. If she was buying something for herself, however, Anissa would spend hours hunting for the best bargain. Going from store to store, looking for the right thing at the right price.
One time her mother went with Anissa to buy jewelry for a jewelry box which Brian Keith had given her. They went shopping for hours. As they were getting in the car to go home, Anissa's Mom burst out laughing. After all that time and effort, and about ten full shopping bags, Anissa had bought something for everyone, buy not one thing for herself. That is who Anissa Jones was....
Anissa went to see Lady Sings The Blues starring Diana Ross with some of her friends. It is a very emotional movie, and Anissa cried, for which her friends teased her unmercifully. Even though she was living with her Dad at the time, Anissa wanted to see the movie again and asked her Mom to take her. She cried unabashedly throughout the movie with the one person that she knew wouldn't tease her. Anissa's favorite movies were Romances, and she loved The Great Gatsby best, and considered it her favorite movie of all time.
Sometimes the Family Affair cast would have to shoot through lunch or dinner. A member of the crew would take the cast member's order and get their free food from the cafeteria. Anissa had a standing rule, she wouldn't let anyone get food for her, unless she could order lunch/dinner for them at the same time, and at company expense. She never hid what she did from anyone: she did it because she knew it was right. The crew was forced to work late, or work through their lunch too: if she got a free meal, the crew deserved one too. Walk with Kings and not lose the common touch.

Anissa hated her freckles. When she turned 18, she went to a plastic surgeon to have them removed from her arms and legs. Her mother and brother had called the Doctor in advance and begged him to talk her out of it. Fortunately, the Doctor was able to convince Anissa that her freckles were a part of what made her unique, and in his opinion were one of the things that made her so very beautiful.
What about the freckles on her face? Anissa's logic about them was sound, too. She said that other people had to see them. As long as she didn't have to look at them, she didn't mind them that much.

E! Entertainment TV did one of it's True Hollywood Stories on the life of Anissa Jones, who played "Buffy" on the CBS hit show Family Affair. I believe the show was duplicitous, deceitful, and dishonest. It is one of the most mean spirited and hateful shows ever made for TV. Much to my regret, the producer, Eric Shepard, decided his job was to get high ratings, not to tell the truth. The show should have been called Nasty, Hateful, False Hollywood Stories, or, maybe, "Hollywood" Hollywood Stories. Anissa Jones and her brother, Paul, were the victims of one of the nastiest divorces ever. Their story is a divorce story, and everyone was guilty. That is my opinion.

Links:
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Candle On The Water                http://www.geocities.com/bkohatl2001.CandleOnTheWater.html
Reflections                                http://www.geocities.com/bkohatl2001/AnissaJones.html

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