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, November 5, 2015

February 22 - 26, 1957 Don Ayers Turns 13



Friday, February 22, 1957

Billie worked for Lloyd today. I did some cooking and cleaned up the house.



Saturday, February 23, 1957

Went to town in p.m. Cleaned up the house. Went to Dr. (?) He gave me medicine for my eye.



Sunday, February 24, 1957

A very nice day. Had dinner. In p.m. Kennie, Dot, Lorraine, Phonie, and Wanda Jean came up. Also Fern, Uncle Os and  Lloyd. Rosalie and her Patty called.



Monday, February 25, 1957

I washed. Cloudy in a.m., colder today. Cleaned up the house some.



Tuesday, February 26, 1957 Donnie 13 Today
A very nice warm day. Donnie 13 today. Had birthday cake. Rosalie had a baby boy today. I cooked and ironed. My check came today from Mr. Ayers. A little early.


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