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!

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

December 6 - 12, 1947



Saturday, December 6, 1947

Cold and windy. Blynn and wife called and got Ed’s things and paid me. Ruby Hill here this weekend.



Sunday, December 7, 1947

Billie downtown. Bill cut up a little wood. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis came. Fern and Lloyd up in eve.



Monday, December 8, 1947

Rainy, not too cold. Ed’s funeral today. Bill, Phil Hodges, Lyman (?) Otis and Jim F. bearers. Bill and I downtown and up to Phils in a.m. Called on Jean today and saw Goden’s house.



Tuesday, December 9, 1947

Cleaned up the house. Winnerd a few beans. Sent a Sears and Ward order today. Wind blowed hard.



Wednesday, December 10, 1947

Nice day. We washed. Billie worked over to Raymonds. Cleaned up the house. Ironed in eve. Got hen grain today.



Thursday, December 11, 1947

Our yellow cat sick and went off. I finished getting the house into order. Ironed.



Friday, December 12, 1947

Did regular work. Warmer. Our yellow cat came back, he is awful sick. Ed been gone one week.



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