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!

Friday, February 19, 2016

April 17 - 20, 1958



Thursday, April 17, 1958

A very nice day. I went over and finished up over to Aunt Ava’s. Looked very nice. Billie cleaned up and raked around here. Up to Dawn’s in evening to a surprise birthday party for Holly. $15 paid me today.

Holly Smart - SURPRISE




Friday, April 18, 1958

Another nice day. I cleaned the shed chamber. Dawn came up. She got some chairs. Kennard called. Billie and Betty over to Harrison and got paint for porch. Aunt Ava fell and hurt her foot today at the first national store. Called over there in evening.



Saturday, April 19, 1958

Another very nice day, one whole week of perfect weather. Grass got real green today. Billie and I to town. Bobby Ridlon moved Dawn’s building for a roadside stand. Betty up there today. Billie painted porch ceiling tonight.



Sunday, April 20, 1958

Cloudy, some rain showers. I washed a few things. Bill painted on the house. I wrote letters. Kay, Raymond, Dawn, David, Kennard, Ava, Lewis, Fern, Lloyd, Kennie, Dot, Bob and Blanche and Bobby Smart called during day.

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