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!

Sunday, November 1, 2015

February 6 - 9, Wanda Jean Harmon Born



Wednesday, February 6, 1957 Cliff’s 49th Birthday

Another nice day. I ironed. Billie worked for Chet today. Betty down to choir rehearsal tonight.


 9Wanda Jean Harmon born today 5 PM. Lorraine and Phonie’s girl weighed 7 pounds at birth.

Lorraine and Phonie Harmon with Baby Wanda Jean - 1 wk old in photo


Saturday, February 9, 1957

A nice day. I did up the work. Bill worked from midnight last night till noon today. Betty up to Terri’s all p.m. and night. Joy, Blanche and Ronald called in p.m. It began to snow about midafternoon. Snowed about 6 inches. Betty stayed up to Terri’s all night.

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