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, March 10, 2016

July 8 - 11, 1958



Tuesday, July 8, 1958

I washed, cleaned up Mama and Billie’s rooms. Betty and Norma up to Dawn’s and town. Got some paint and painted all p.m.



Wednesday, July 9, 1958

Cleared off nice, hot. I washed. Dawn up and picked berries. Done some ironing. Ilan Smart got hurt in the woods, was taken to the hospital in the ambulance. Flecks up tonight. ESTHER AND SUSAN talked on the phone with us tonight.

Esther, Susan and Billie Deming 1958



Thursday, July 10, 1958

A good day. I got rest of the ironing all done. Billie and I took clothes down to Dearborn’s. Called at Ferns and Prescott. Kids to movies, Betty and Norma Gay.

4 Days old - Jeffrey coming home from the hospital



Friday, July 11, 1958 Letter from DOROTHEA

Showery today. Letter from Dorothea telling about the coming of Jeffrey Dennis. Sally up today. We picked berries. McCammon’s came down to Ferns tonight. Kids to the movies.
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