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!

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

September 3 - 5, 1958





Wednesday, September 3, 1958 School Began

Betty began her sophomore year. A very nice cool fall day. Very pretty. I cleaned up the whole house. Betty had a good time at school. Raymond called. Kennie and Dot called. Cold this morning.



Thursday, September 4, 1958 AUNT LINNIE

A nice day. I went over and visited at Aunt Ava’s all day. Came home, got supper. Raymond called about suppertime. Aunt Linnie quite weak he said and breathing hard. At about 10:30 PM she died. Blanche was with her and Marion Arris.



Friday, September 5, 1958

We shelled and froze eight boxes of string beans. Done a lot of telephoning today. Aunt Ava and I ordered some flowers. In evening she and I went down to the funeral parlor to see Aunt Linnie. She looks so nice. Nice day. Dolores called. Billie bought a new cow.

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