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 28, 2017

December 25 - 27, 1962 Christmas


Christmas Morning- Jeff checking out what Santa brought. Auntie looks lovely!



Allie, Billie and Nanny




Tuesday, December 25, 1962 Christmas

Fair and sunny. A BIG DAY. We had Dorothea and Jeffrey here for Christmas. It was the best Christmas for three years. We had Esther and Milan’s families last year. Fern, Lloyd, Blanche and Bob here for dinner. Kennie and Dot called in p.m. and Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis. We all got many nice gifts. Dinner: turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, squash, onions, shell beans. Gravy, cranberry sauce, two salads, rolls, graham nut bread. Whipped cream cake, chocolate cake and ice cream.

Jeff with his new friend



Wednesday, December 26, 1962

A nice day. Not too cold. We did the ironing, cleaned up a little. Betty didn’t come downstairs today. Linda Berry came and she went for a ride with her.



Thursday, December 27, 1962

A nice day, not too cold. Done up the work. Blanche called. Fern and Lloyd called. Kennard and Delores, Dawn and Aunt Ava. Betty still unhappy. No news is good news. Hope Mike is okay. Dorothea down to Barb’s tonight.


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