The blog posts below are taken from my grandmother's diaries. Althea Green Smith Crook was lovingly referred to as Nanny to her immediate family ~ thus her diaries are called Nanny's Diaries.

Nanny wrote in her diaries when she remembered to - mostly in the evening. There will be some years in which she didn't keep diaries and there will also be some days/weeks in her yearly diaries in which she skipped or forgot to write in them. For the most part, these are her words - written as she wrote them. There will be typos, forgotten punctuation, and other grammatical errors - but I am rewriting these as my Nanny originally wrote them.

As with all old handwriting, there are some entries that I can't quite make out - and these entries will be followed with a (?) to signify that this may or may not be correct or I can't figure out what she is trying to write.

Thank you Nanny for leaving us 50 years worth of memories! We miss you!

Saturday, July 19, 2014

April 1 - 7, 1944



*Page missing from diary that would include April 1 and April 2, 1944.


Monday, April 3, 1944

Bill and I went to town. We washed in p.m. Both children at school today.


Tuesday, April 4, 1944

I ironed. Cooked.


Wednesday, April 5, 1944

Blanche came up to get Joy’s crib. Her mother is up to her house with broken leg. Rachel Cross came with her.


Thursday, April 6, 1944

Bill and I went to town. Billie home sick. Washed and ironed. Bea L. brother seriously wounded in the war. 


Friday, April 7, 1944

Went up to Minnie’s in p.m.  Both kids went to school. Cleaned up the house.



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