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, February 16, 2015

April 24 - 30, 1948 Uncle Sulmore Very Sick



Saturday, April 24, 1948

Very nice hot day. Dorothea came home from Ferns with two new dresses. Sara came up with her. Bill and I and kids to town in eve.

Dorothea from 1946



Sunday, April 25, 1948

Nice day. Bill’s father and mother up. We went over to Bob’s, up to Jim’s. Bill and Billie did a little work.



Monday, April 26, 1948

I did a big wash. Very nice day. Blanche called. I went over to Aunt Linnie’s in p.m. Mama and Betty up to Kennard’s in eve.



Tuesday, April 27, 1948

Began at Ferns today. We cleaned attic, shed chamber, back hall and her back bedrooms. Fair,not too cold. Blanche took Joy to hospital.



Wednesday, April 28, 1948

Uncle Sulmore very sick. We cleaned Uncle Os’s room and Es’s room. Bill, Mama and I over to Uncle Sulmore’s in eve. Blanche down to see Joy. Moved hens out.


Thursday, April 29, 1948

Cloudy. We cleaned Sara’s and Fern’s bedroom.



Friday, April 30, 1948

A rainy day. Fern and I cleaned up her upstairs hall and bathroom. I came home a little early and Mama and I cooked. Bill didn’t work in p.m.
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