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!

Sunday, August 3, 2014

July 15 - 21, 1944



Saturday, July 15, 1944

Mama 64 years young this day. Bill, children and I went to town. Mama came home from Uncle Os. Nice day.


Sunday, July 16, 1944

Nice day. Showers in p.m. Fern up all p.m. Dolores came up. Bill and Billie mowed Bob’s field with Raymond’s tractor.


Monday, July 17, 1944

Bill worked. Nice day, cool. Kennard and Dolores up in evening.


Tuesday, July 18, 1944

Bill home to do haying. He cut hole to put up hay fork. Got three loads in.


Wednesday, July 19, 1944

Finished haying up to Bob’s. Kennie and Rayburn helped.


 Thursday, July 20, 1944

Bill back to work. Billie began to hay down to the Flo Shaw(?) place. Cloudy. Mama went down to Fern’s. Letter from Milan. Blanche cut Dorothea’s hair. She took her to the show Bambi.


Friday, July 21, 1944

Milan’s birthday. Nice day. Minnie down in evening.
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