About the founder...
Cindy Glover-Hoxit, a native of Western North Carolina, born and raised in Henderson County. She has two beautiful adult children and two precious grandchildren, all of whom she lovingly refers to as the "Lub-dubs" of her heart.
She attended East Henderson High School and is a 1985 graduate of the Asheville-Buncombe Community College, where she obtained her nursing degree. She has been blessed to have served both her community and overseas during her 40+ years of nursing. She is also the founder of the North Carolina Nurse Honor Guard, which continues to flourish under her leadership.
Cindy now serves part-time as a Funeral Service Assistant at Anders Rice Funeral Home. Her strong faith, love, and compassion now shine bright to the many families she serves. As a follower of Christ, she is a member of Crab Creek Baptist Church of Hendersonville. and lives her life according to:
Matthew 25:40.
-and the King shall answer and say unto them, verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Our story...
In December of 2020, during the height of the COVID pandemic, I was awaiting two significant spinal surgeries. My orthopedic surgeon looked at me and said "your nursing career is over". I was absolutely heartbroken. After being called by God to be a nurse at a young age, I knew nothing else. I always believed nursing was a gift God had given me to serve him here on earth. Caring for others was all I had ever know. I had given my life to serve in the nursing profession.
During a time of physical recovery I experienced alot of greif. I spent much of my "free time" talking to God. At times I would fuss at him and ask "Why have you taken the gift you have given me away?" I spent much time crying and praying and also asked many others to pray along side of me, that God would direct my path and restore my purpose in life.
One day God gave me a vision, or so I thought. I felt he was calling me to be a nurse chaplain. God quickly showed me different and reminded me of a scripture. Many are the plans of man, but it is the purpose of the Lord, that will stand. Proverbs 19:21. God then revealed an article to me which referenced the Nurse Honor Guard. I had never heard of this group so I began to research this idea. I just couldn't stop thinking about it. The more I thought about it and researched it the more it became a reality that this was the calling God was leading me too. This is when the North Carolina Nurse Honorguard began as a vision within my heart.
After countless prayers to God he brought another nurse, who just happened to be my best friend, as my co-founder. Doris Silvernell agreed to stand beside me. We began to pray together for God to pierce the hearts of other nurses and bring them to serve along side us as the vision became a reality.
Today we have many nurses sharing our dream and we have been able to serve many families at a vulnerable time in their lives, when they have lost a loved one who has given of themselves to serve in a selfless career of compassion and caring---nursing.
Our vision and existence is to serve fallen nurses and most importantly to minister to their families who have been left behind to cherish their memory. We will go where needed serving "in their honor and for his glory".
In closing I would like to quote the words of Florence Nightingale (a "God wink" in the early stages of developing the North Carolina Nurse Honorguard). "So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters, the mustard seed faith germinates and roots itself to grow beautiful and strong" --Florence Nightingale 1844.
God Bless,
Cindy Glover-Hoxit
