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!

Monday, January 26, 2015

November 29 - December 5, 1947 Ed Davis Died



Saturday, November 29, 1947

They hunted. Bill didn’t work. Ed not very well. Cold. Dorothea over to Joy’s. We took care of the lard and made sausage.



Sunday, November 30, 1947

Bill and Billie and kids put the wood in celler. Ilan hauled rocks out of celler. Ed not very good. Bill and I took hams down to Swain. (?)



Monday, December 1, 1947

Moved the washing machine in the a.m. The Jersey went today. Ralph Leavitt brought shingles. Bill got his new rubbers and pants.



Tuesday, December 2, 1947

Ed sick, in bed all day. Dr. Mabry came to see him. Fern and Lloyd up in eve. Billie fixed tie up.



Wednesday, December 3, 1947

Ed still very sick. We telephoned Blynn. Dr. Mabry here. I’m sitting up tonight, he is bad.



Thursday, December 4, 1947

Fernando took Ed to hospital today. He didn’t want to go. I pitied him so. Blynn came tonight. Cold and windy. I cleaned his room in PM.



Friday, December 5, 1947

Snowed. I washed. Bill took me down to hospital to see Ed. Poor man. He was a swell person. He died about 9:30 PM. He wanted to come back up here with me.


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