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!

Monday, February 29, 2016

May 30 - June 1, 1958




Friday, May 30, 1958

A cold cloudy day. I washed, cooked, cleaned up the house. Carlton called on us. Betty down to parade. Bill painted tonight.



Saturday, May 31, 1958

A very nice warm day. I cooked. Churned, cleaned the house. Billie and I to town in p.m. Also to Ferns, Parks, and Aunt Ava’s.

3 Generations - Steve Morgan, Mabel Nevers and Dawn Parks



Sunday, June 1, 1958

Rain again. Kennard, Lloyd here in a.m. Saw a doe deer out on the lawn. Aunt Ava and Ethel Lovejoy and Blanche here in p.m. Betty studying. Bill watching game. Gordon and girls called.


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