family
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My Grandfather’s Journey: From CCC to Family Man
My maternal grandfather (“Papaw”), Jesse, was born in a small community called Sargent, Georgia, in 1917. His father passed away in 1934 when Jesse was 17, and Jesse immediately became the head of the household for his mother and siblings. He had seven brothers and sisters, six of which lived to be adults. (A younger Continue reading
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Laughing with Lila Mae: The Monkey Joke
If there was one thing our father Richard loved, it was aggravating his mother-in-law, Lila Mae. First of all, she was the definition of gullible, and secondly, she was a good sport. Once, around 1974, Mamaw Lila was visiting and on Sunday, we all piled into the chocolate brown Ford LTD and headed to Sears Continue reading
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Remembering Kate: A Southern Beauty Shop Legacy
Our paternal grandmother, Sally Kate, was a beautician. Not a hair designer, nor a hairstylist…a beautician. Now, she would use the word “hairdresser” sometimes in the 1970s, as a nod to the more modern terminology, and as an acknowledgment that she could actually dress hair; but she usually described herself as a beautician, because it Continue reading
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Meet Miss Janice
For those of you who don’t already know, Miss Janice is my mother. (Well, our mother, since I do have siblings. But for purposes related to this post, my mother.) I’d like to introduce her to all of you, since she’s definitely one of a kind. She was married to my father Richard for 63 Continue reading
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