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!

Thursday, February 12, 2015

March 27 - April 2, 1948 Dead Man at Custer's



Saturday, March 27, 1948

Cloudy and rain. Bill raked up the yard. He, girls and I went to town in eve. Kennard called in eve to see Custer.



Sunday, March 28, 1948

Hayd called. Kennnie, Dot and Rayburn called. A very cold day. Made about 1 ½ quarts syrup.



Monday, March 29, 1948

Custer still here. We washed. A good day. Kennard and Delores called in eve. Billie’s Fogg cow had her calf this p.m. Bill and I went down to Jean’s. Gordon called up here.




Tuesday, March 30, 1948

Bill, Mama, Betty and I took Custer home. Found the man dead in his camp at Bartlettboro. Dorothea gone to minstrel show with Auntie and Fern.



Wednesday, March 31, 1948

Very nice day. I washed up after Custer’s visit. Bill went to work at Jim’s.



(No page for April 1st or 2nd, 1948)
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