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, December 17, 2015

August 13 - 15, 1957



Tuesday, August 13, 1957

A very nice day, but awful cold. Mama better and up. I churned, made a cake and ironed. Betty down to Parks all day. Dawn fixed her hair. Billie out tonight. Donnie pretty good today.



Wednesday, August 14, 1957

Cloudy in early a.m. A rain shower, cleared up late a.m. becoming hot. I made two cakes, didn’t do much. Betty to town in a.m., up to Dawn’s in p.m. and for the night. Donnie real good today. Over to Aunt Linnie’s in evening.



Thursday, August 15, 1957

A nice day, but hot again. I cleaned up the whole house. Didn’t do much in p.m. In evening Bill and I called at Lloyd and Ferns in the evening.



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