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!

Saturday, June 4, 2016

August 29 - September 2, 1959



Saturday, August 29, 1959

Cloudy. I cooked, baked beans etc. Betty home for supper.



Sunday, August 30, 1959

Cloudy and rainy. Got up kind of late. Done up the work. Had a late late dinner.



Monday, August 31, 1959 Karen Joyce Smith’s  birthday

Rained all day. In a.m. I went to town with Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis. Bill didn’t work. Aunt Ava bought a mattress.



Tuesday, September 1, 1959

Cleared off real hot. I washed. Mama down to Ferns for the day. Betty and Steve up here a while. I churned. Betty got a LETTER from MIKE.


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Wednesday, September 2, 1959

I ironed. Cloudy and began to rain about 10 o’clock. Bill home in early p.m.



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