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!

Friday, January 23, 2015

November 8 - 14, 1947



Saturday, November 8, 1947

Cloudy, rained hard in late p.m. and evening and the wind blowed hard. Es up here to dinner today.



Sunday, November 9, 1947

Clear and cold. Bill and Lloyd sawed wood. Cliff took us over to see Brownfield.



Monday, November 10, 1947

Very cold and windy. I washed. Dick Knight began on barn roof.



Tuesday, November 11, 1947

Norma Gay Smith born on her mother and father’s one year wedding anniversary. Got telegram. Dick Knight painted barn.
Norma Gay Smith



Wednesday, November 12, 1947

Es and Cliff down to Kennie’s for supper. Bill home. It rained. He and Billie moved the furnace over.



Thursday, November 13, 1947

Nice day. Es and Cliff here for supper. Raymond called in eve. Mama, Es and Cliff went down to cemetery and for a little ride.



Friday, November 14, 1947

Bill didn’t work. He and Billie moved the furnace. Very cold and windy. I (?) winnerd beans. Es and Cliff off this morning.

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  1. NormaJanuary 24, 2015 at 2:28 PM

    Ooops...you misspelled my name. I was not Norman. Haha

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