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, December 6, 2015

June 30 - July 3, 1957



Sunday, June 30, 1957

A cold day but clear. Mylan and Betty left about 9:30 to go home. Betty to church. To her surprise Martha Raye was a guest at the M. E. Church today. In p.m. a cookout. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis and Kennie Whitney here. Donnie also sick tonight.



Monday, July 1, 1957

Partly cloudy, on cool side. I washed (a big one) clothes didn’t dry good. Donnie more comfortable today. They came and installed our new phone today, a yellow wall phone had it back out the kitchen.



Tuesday, July 2, 1957

A cold cloudy day. Mama down to Ferns today and night. I got a $50 from L. R. today. I ironed. Betty down to the carnival tonight. Bill raked hay at Lloyd’s tonight to be burned.



Wednesday, July 3, 1957

A nice forenoon. Clouded in p.m., got cold. I started a fire in kitchen stove. Bill worked tonight after supper. I planted corn and peas today. Betty at Dawn’s in a.m. Down to carnival in p.m. and eve. Donnie up today and dressed. Mama still down to Ferns. Mrs. Parks and her friend Neta called in evening, also Raymond. We had a shower tonight.

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