TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:   I AM HONORED TO BE ABLE TO WRITE A LETTER TO EXPRESS MY ADMIRATION FOR JUDY LUCAS OF APEX,N.C. SHE HAS BEEN A FRIEND FOR MORE YEARS THAN I CAN NAME EXACTLY BUT30  WOULD BE CLOSE.  HER LOVE AND DEVOTION FOR NOT ONLY THE CHILDREN SHE KEPT BUT HER FAMILY,FRIENDS,NEIGHBORS AND CHURCH IS WITHOUT EQUAL IN ANYONE ELSE I KNOW. JUDY'S HOME WAS ALWAYS OPEN TO CHILDREN,FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS AND ESPECIALLY THOSE IN NEED. OUR CHURCH,SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH OF APEX,N.C. WAS THE LOCAL CHURCH HOME FOR HER CHILDREN AND JUDY AND HER HUSBAND,RANDY PARTICIPATED IN ALL THE ACTIVITIES OF YOUTH AND CHILDREN .  I  HAVE NEVER HEARD ANY ONE SAY ANYTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT JUDY AND ALL WHO KNEW HER LOVED HER. FROM THE MOMENT A YOUNG WOMAN FOUND HERSELF PREGNANT,SHE WOULD CALL "MISS JUDY" AND ASK TO BE PUT ON HER LIST TO KEEP THE BABY IF A SPOT WAS AVAILABLE.  SHE WAS AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN THE PREMIER HOME IN OUR AREA FOR LOVING,TRUSTING CHILDCARE.  IN LIGHT OF THE TRAGIC EVENTS OF RECENT WEEKS I CAN ONLY HOPE AND PRAY THAT JUDY LUCAS WILL BE KNOWN TO THOSE IN DECISION MAKING POSITIONS AS I KNOW HER,A LOVING ,CARING ,NURTURING MOTHER,GRANDMOTHER AND CAREGIVER.      SINCERELY,MARY LOU BOOTH APEX,N.C.