Grandmomma’s Last Wish
Morticia Jackson knew that she was going to die someday. About six months prior to her demise, she walked into the office of Matt Lockard, a California Health Insurance agent, to buy a Final Expense life insurance policy, with her family in mind. Her family wasn’t so typical, but her gesture will not soon be forgotten.
Luis from Los Angeles Mission.
The homeless population in and around Los Angeles knew her only as “Grandmomma” as she preferred to be called. But Morticia Jackson was no mere ancient crone who’d once had a traditional family. A wealthy woman, her last relative, a 62-year-old grand-niece, had preceded her in death some six years before, when Morticia had already achieved the venerable age of 105. That’s when the very old woman, still in excellent health, decided to volunteer to help the homeless. No mere bag lady, she brought bags of food and clothing to the numerous shelters, making the rounds. She also cooked meals and scrubbed floors, and referred to this last stage of her life as “my exciting new career.”
“Don’t you have a family?” she’d often be asked.
“Nope,” she’d reply, “I did. They’re dead.”
She had made the acquaintance of California Health Insurance agent Matt Lockard, and had purchased from him any health coverage she might need in case she became ill. But it turned out to be just a precaution. Morticia never even caught a cold. A lesser woman might have just considered herself invulnerable and left it at that, pleased with her good fortune and resolved to die in her sleep someday. But by the time she walked into Matt’s office, still with a spring in her step, she’d acquired a new “family.”
Matt always marveled at Ms. Jackson’s energy. “You sure got spunk,” he’d say.
“I used to,” she’d say, “When my husband was alive. But he died a while back. His spunk died with him.”
“How long has it been?” Matt asked, a little curious.
“Sixty-three years this Tuesday,” replied Morticia.
What she told him next astounded the California Health Insurance agent, not that she wanted to buy a final expense life insurance policy, but what she wanted it for. Besides taking care of her funeral and burial expenses, she wanted it to provide extra money for the city’s homeless population. It would have to be specially written and comply with California law. But it would be one gift of many from one Morticia Jackson to the people she now loved.
“Why are you doing this?” Matt asked. “They’re strangers to you.”
“No they’re not,” she replied, “They’re my family.”
Tags: California Health Insurance, Expense life insurance, Life Insurance
Very beautiful article as this discusses about a lady who had purchased an insurance policy as per her needs before her death which was her last wish in life.