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, July 3, 2017

January 17 - 20, 1964



Friday, January 17, 1964

I was busy all day, had to rush to work. Got my first check for milk. Betty to town and done a little shopping tonight. Mama can’t keep a thing down hardly, she has lost so much weight. $49. $2.50 milk.



Saturday, January 18, 1964

I did a little cooking. Bill and I to town, came home, rushed off to work. Fern up for supper tonight. Billie had a blowout tonight on Betty. A good day. Mama not very good.



Sunday, January 19, 1964

Didn’t get up too early, rushed around, got the work done. Aunt Ava called. Kennie and Dot. Blanche sick. Betty sick tonight.



Monday, January 20, 1964

A cloudy, dreary day. I washed. Betty away working. I had to rush, went to the store, and late to work. Betty a little better. Billie on the blink now.



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