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, May 13, 2015

October 21 - 26, 1954



Thursday, October 21, 1954

Cleaned upstairs. Washed too.



Friday, October 22, 1954

Clean the down two bedrooms. Very nice day. Billie bot a Jersey cow of Chet.



Saturday, October 23, 1954

Cleaned the sitting room. Went to town in a.m. Cooked etc. Evie McKeen died tonight.



Sunday, October 24, 1954

Got a late dinner. Charlie and Jean called in p.m. also Jack and Sylvia in the evening. Fern, Lloyd and Uncle Os called. Dot and Kennie called in a.m. Billie and Dennis hauled some sawdust.



Monday, October 25, 1954

Washed, churned. Mama went to Aunt Evie’s funeral. Very good day. Susan didn’t have tonsils out today November 1 instead. Bill back to work after being out over a month.



Tuesday, October 26, 1954

Rained all day. I cleaned the dining room. Ironed. Bill brought the pig home tonight. Billie and I killed 5 old hens tonight.

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