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!

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

April 12 - 18, 1947





Saturday, April 12, 1947

Warm. Bill didn’t work over to Jim’s. He raked and cleaned up the yard. Washed and hung clothes out back first time.



Sunday, April 13, 1947

Much cooler. Kennie and Rayburn called. Fern, Lloyd and Kennard, Papa. Bill and Billie fixed driveway.



Monday, April 14, 1947

Rainy. Bill gone to work a little lame. We washed. Rained today.



Tuesday, April 15, 1947

Very nice day. Leo got stuck this morning with his car. Stayed here while waiting for a mechanic.



Wednesday, April 16, 1947

Bad chemical explosion in Texas City Texas. Thousands killed. Snowstorm today. Sold Bruce today, to Fred Staples $115.



Thursday, April 17, 1947

I went down to Ferns and swept her chambers. Bob and Blanche went to Oxford and bought their tractor. Fred Staples boys came and got Bruce. A good horse hated to see him go.



Friday, April 18, 1947

Dorothea home very sick. Mama down to Dot Prescott’s. Papa called. Brud called.
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