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, May 2, 2016

March 26 - 29, 1959 Aunt Joe Died



Thursday, March 26, 1959

A very nice day. We finished cleaning Aunt Ava’s house today. Blanche Sawyers Davenport called that Aunt Joe died last night. Billie worked up to Chet’s today.



Friday, March 27, 1959

Bill and I to town. I got some groceries. Cloudy today. Betty to the movies tonight. Bill and I called at Dawn’s and Delores’s. I churned.



Saturday, March 28, 1959

A nice day, on the very cold and windy side. Sunny. We went to Aunt Joe’s funeral today. Bill, Kennard, Kennie, Robert, Raymond Harmon, (?) Leeman Trumbull were bearers. Blanche and her family called after the funeral. Bob and Blanche here for supper. I cooked.



Sunday, March 29, 1959

A beautiful day for Easter. Sunny and warm. We had a good Easter ham dinner. Billie got a nice durham calf for Lawrence Boynton.


Susan in OH showing off her new watch for Easter



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