Merry Christmas!!  / Cindy Corder (Sister)

I Just wanted to tell you Merry Christmas!! Always Wishing You Could Be With Us!!! We Love You!!!  Oh Yea, And Keep your Arms Around Us! We Know When Your Here! I Love You!!!!

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Happy Veterans Day!!  / Cindy Corder (Big Sister )
I just wanted to say THANK YOU PAUL!! I am in charge of the Veterans Day Parade float for work,I seem to have made this a must since you have passed on,It is sopossed to be for our Veterans, but everyone one at work knows why I do this! I just wanted to say Thank You, and I know you will be with us today!! We Love You and Miss You Dearly!!Even tho you are not here Kace ,Sherri,Tolly, Mom and Dad Carroll and I and all the kids are thinking of You! We Love You and are very Proud to say That SSG. Paul Mardis is our HERO!! We also know and it has become somewhat of a joke that you would kill us if you heard us call you that!! And that if you seen the T-shirts we have made in your Honor!  But We do it to show our love and to share our story about our Brave Hero!! Well I need to get ready, I just wanted to say I love You,and I will be thinking of you Today and always!! Miss you,Cindy Close

I Know You Are There!  / Cindy Corder (Big Sister )
Hey Little brother! I wish so badly that I would have had you by my side the last ten months! I know you are there and that is what has helped me through. I wake up every day knowing that things will work out in the end cause I know your watching over all of us!  It has been a struggle but I know in my heart you would be very proud of me right now! I have lost weight, went through a divorce and lost another love I cared so deeply for. I also bought the Girl's and I a home! Wish you could see it! You left me but you also left me the two most beautiful sisters in the world! One is Our sister ,Buddy if I did not have her and Tolly I would not  have made it through these times! I have another beautiful sister as well. Your beautiful wife! We all are so close now!Many days and nights have been spent with them  on the phone. I could have moved home, and I kinda wish I would have, but I wanted to leave the girl's with some of the things that they was used to like school! I was talking to one of my friends last night and just told them I know why my brother fell in love with her! She is not only beautiful on the outside,but as well on the inside! I know I am not the only one that has struggled with your loss, Sherri, Kace, Mom and Dad Carroll, Adam, and I am sure many Others! Just know we all love you and miss you like crazy! Your in our hearts and thoughts  every single day! I love you Buddy! Until we meet again! Cindy  Close

Miss U  / Kacey (wife)

We would be celebrating our 4 year anniv. next week. Hard to believe isn't it.  I wish so much that you were here with me but I know that you are in a better place and I look forward to the day that we can be together again. There is not a day that goes by that I don't wish you were still here.  I still love you and miss you deeply. I often question why our time together was cut so short but deep down I know that you were doing your duty. I hope that you can see how many peoples lives you touched. Everyone misses you. I love you baby. Please watch over all of us.. Love and Miss you KC

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The Broken Chain  / Mom (Mother-in-law)

The Broken Chain

"We little knew that morning that God was going to call your name.
In life we loved you dearly, in death we do the same.
It broke our hearts to lose you, you did not go alone;
For part of us went with you, the day God called you home.
You left us peaceful memories, your love is still our guide;
And though we cannot see you, you are always at our side.
Our family chain is broken, and nothing seems the same;
But as God calls us one by one, the chain will link again."



We all love you and miss you lots!  See you on the other side!
Love
Mom

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"Well done, good and faithful servant!  / Mom (Mother-in-Law)
Paul
I am sitting here on the eve of September 11, realizing how dramatically the events of that day altered the course of our lives!  As I sat in my office watching the horror unfold I couldn't begin to imagine how this event would change our lives forever.  I'm sure you were more aware of what that day's events would mean to you being a soldier. Looking back now, I wonder if you were as frightened as we were?  But you would have never let us know that, it just wasn't the type of person you were.  You knew you had a job to do and you did it well.   You knew that you might have to pay the ultimate price, but you never waivered from your responsibility.  I hope you knew we were so proud of you, yet so afraid at the same time!  Tomorrow will be the 5th anniversary of 
September 11, and we are so very proud that you answered the call of your country and served them with dignity and courage!  We miss you and will keep your memory alive!!!!

"Well done, good and faithful servant!"  Matthew 25:21

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In my prayers  / Lori Lawhorn, CPT, AN, USA (former WRAMC MICU nurse )
You and your family, as well as all military sevice men and women and are in my prayers and thoughts. Close

hey bro  / Michael Kohler (friend)
Hey bro!  just wanted to say hi.  not a day goes by that I dont think about you.  I cant begin to tell you how many lives you have touched and inspired, mine especially.  I talk about you and share memories every chance i get!  You are a true friend and i cant thank you enough for the sacrifices you made for us all!!  i love you bro! I know you are watching over us all! Close

Paying Tribute to a Fallen Hero  / Garnet Jenkins (Just Passing by... )
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hey bro  / Adam Kohler (friend)
Hey buddy, 
well i'm sittin here at work and you know i'm always thinkin about ya! anyways, i'll be comin home july 16 and i'll come by to visit with ya. i hope your sisters are doin well and i'm sure your lookin down on them. i guess you can only do so much for those rascals. alright buddy, well i miss ya a ton and your always in my thoughts!

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hey brother  / Adam Kohler (friend)
Hey Paul, 
well just want you to know i'm doing well. i'm living in n.c. and enjoying the beach. The ocean is so nice and I'm liking all the scenary. Anyways brother, just want you to know how much I think about you and miss you. When I go back in July I will stop by and visit ya. I also want to tell you thanks for everything. You are such an amazing person and I have learned so much from you. How to be tough, how to work hard, and how to stay organized. Also, I want to thank you with memorial day coming up and I know you gave your life for many others. So i want to say Thank You and I Love You. I know you hate that, but that's why we are such good friends. Take care and I miss You a ton! Close

hey brother  / Adam Kohler (friend)
Hey Paul, 
well just want you to know i'm doing well. i'm living in n.c. and enjoying the beach. The ocean is so nice and I'm liking all the scenary. Anyways brother, just want you to know how much I think about you and miss you. When I go back in July I will stop by and visit ya. I also want to tell you thanks for everything. You are so an amazing person and I learn so much from you. How to be tough, how to work hard, and how to stay organized. Also, I want to thank you with memorial day coming up and I know you gave your life for many others. So i want to say Thank You and I Love You. I know you hate that, but that's why we are such good friends. Take care and I miss You a ton! Close

Missing You!!  / Cindy Corder (Sister)
Hey Baby Brother!! I just miss you so much!  I have had a rotten last couple weeks, then I realized why I have been so emotional. In a few days from now is when we got the call on your injuries. It hurts so bad still today  even tho it is  the second year that you have been gone. Today is the day they are giving away the second annual SSG Paul C Mardis Scholarship. I did not get to go, and that upsets me a little,but that does not mean I not there in spirit!! We Are so very proud of you! That is one of the things we will never let any one forget! The other is what a great man you was!  I dont think you realize how many people you touched just from them being a part of your life and knowing you! I have told your story over and over again to so many people , and one of the first responses that people say is of course I'm sorry and usually they say wow you really loved him !  If people only knew how much this whole thing has affected your family,and close friends. We all know that you was there cause thats what your calling was, and that you belonged there and you loved your so called (JOB)!  thats what it was to you ,Your Job! You never knew how much people respected you for what you were doing! You did not want to be called a Hero! You always said I am just doing my Job!  Well the day your Job took you away from us, is the day you became the greatest hero to so many people!  I guess the day I get to see you again I can tell you all the stories about who and why you was a hero! But until then I will tell the world your story, and help kace,and Sherri, and anyone else that is involved in making sure your life story is told,and never letting anyone forget how much you meant to us,why,and keeping you with us till we are all together again! I Love You Paul! I miss you more than you could even imagine! your missed daily by many,many people who loved you so much! Watch over us and know you will never be forgotten! Love You Cindy Close

Miss ya  / Geno Swigert (friend)
Sorry I've been out of touch for awhile. I just wanted to say that I miss ya everyday and your in my thoughts and prayers daily. Watched you memorial video the other day, even though it was hard on me, I got to explain to Briar(he's almost 4 now) that you were a great friend and that your in heaven now because you were defending our great country. For only being 3 he understood what you meant to me and tiff. Over the last couple days he has asked about you and I feel fortunate enough to have had the pleasure to be a part of your life for the short time you were with us. I tell him about some of the things we did, but not to many he's not of age to go into details on some of our memorable nights together. Again I want to say thanks for protecting our freedom and making a lasting impression on me! Your with me daily and I'll see ya someday! Your buddy, Geno Close

Fallen Hero  / Allen Childs
SSG Paul I just want to say it was a priviledge to have served under a true american hero. I will do everything I can to make sure you never forgotten. Love you man, De Oppresso Liber! Close

hey brother  / Adam Kohler (friend)
hey paul,
man its such a crazy thing, i just talked to bice after like 6 years and he was telling me he saw you out on the field and said you were a great soldier. that you were all business. you know i would have never doubted that for a second. i'll tell ya, i hate it everyday that you are not here. mike and i miss ya, heck, a ton of people miss ya. just seems unfair that you left so early, but i do have to admit that you lived a life full enough for 3 people. sometimes its so hard to not think about the sadness, but then again i look back and laugh like hell when i think of the crazy stuff we all got into. man i cannot wait till we meet up again, i know we will have a lot of catching up to do, but until then i'll keep on talkin to ya and thinking about you always. your my boy, bestfriend, and my brother.

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January 17, 2006  / Kimberly (Thankful American )

Thank you for your bravery and loyalty to your country.  You are an American Hero and a legend in history..  God Bless.

Kimberly Barsheff
www.spencer-akers.memory-of.com

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Memorial Scholarship Website  / Sherri Lawrence (Sister)
We have put together a website highlighting the events and sponsors of the people who are helping us to keep Paul's memory alive.

Please visit the site and support our family's fundraising efforts!

Thank you, Sherri Lawrence

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I cant believe its been a year  / Sarah (Cuz)
I cant believe its already been a yr.In a way it seems like just yesterday but in another it seems like a lifetime ago. I will never forget the last time i saw you. You came out to the farm to get your moms rocking chair and that day at school i had gotten sick and came home early and when i saw you you were all grown up i always remembered you as like a teenager fighting w mikie all the time.You know,You have probly the best family there is. Kacey is the strongest person i know and Sherri is like a mom to me. and Cindy is so funny and would do anything for you.and theres no one like Spank and Cindy.They love you like i cant explain.Everyday this week on the way home from work the song letters from home came on the radio and twice yesterday.there was so many times i wanted to write you when you were over seas.I Just want you to kno i miss you Close

Seeing Your Beautiful Face!!  / Cindy Corder (Sister)

This weekend last year was the last time we saw your beautiful face! We brought the girls over for the first time since your accident to visit you(since you were getting better)! I am so thankful that my Girls was able to see you, they gave you hugs, you smiled at them ,played with them, and then you started to go down hill.  Who would of ever thought that is was the last time I would look at your beautiful face! We were going to bring the girls back home from there long weekend , And I remember it so clear like it was yesterday. They hugged and kissed you goodbye, Justin walked over to your bedside and said,we love ya brother,we'll be back soon, He took the girls out into the hall because your physical theropist came to take you for theropy, I gave you a kiss on the forehead and said I will be back on friday to stay for a week,you shook your head and mouthed the words okay, I said I love you little brother , and you mouthed I love you to. I turned to walk out the door and turned back with my eyes full of tears ,walked back to you and kissed you again and said I'll see ya friday okay, and you said I know okay,I love you, and I said I love you too,We walked to the elevator, out to the parking garage,got into the van started to drive away, tears the whole time, not knowing that is was the last time I would ever see your beautiful face.This has been the hardest year for me little brother, I have wished so many times that you were here when I needed you to talk to, things I wish I could have said or done differently, I regret not being there to tell you goodbye, or being with Kace so she wouldn't have been alone, and that Sherri could have got to see your beautiful face again , I love you Buddy! And we miss you and your BEAUTIFUL FACE!!!

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