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!

Friday, November 18, 2016

August 4- 6, 1961 Nanny's 51st Birthday



Friday, August 4, 1961

Cloudy in early a.m. Cleared and a very nice day. I done up my work. Milan and family came about 4 o’clock. Bill, Susan and I to town in evening. Milan took the folks down swimming in evening. Betty home tonight all night.





Saturday, August 5, 1961

A nice day. I made a couple cakes, baked beans. Had company for supper. Billie helped Lloyd do the haying. Milan, Betty, Susan and I to town shopping for the cookout.



Sunday, August 6, 1961

A big family cookout. All here except Kennard and Esther. Susan enjoyed it all. All stayed till late. A nice day. Got nice gifts etc. They had a surprise birthday party with a cookout. Billie helped Lloyd finished haying.


?Lloyd and Kennard

Kennie, Dot and Billie

Standing - Nanny, Milan, Billie, Buddy and Joy - sitting Uncle Lewis, Aunt Ava, Norma and Aunt Fern

TWO cakes!!!

Standing - Aunt Betty, Nanny holding Debbie, Kennie, Buddy, Bill and Lloyd. Sitting in back - Susan, Joy, Norma, Fern and Billie. Sitting in front - Allie, Ava, Lewis, Betty (in shade) Bob, Delores, and Dot

Ava, Billie and Delores


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