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!

Wednesday, July 5, 2017

January 25 - 28, 1964



Saturday, January 25, 1964

Betty and I to town. It rained hard all day. Mama had a mean day, all the past week has been sick.



Sunday, January 26, 1964

A nice day. Betty getting ready for the shower for Louise Richardson. Bill took me to work and Billie came for me. Betty home early and had a good time. Broke her finger. Blanche here and took care of Carmen.



Monday, January 27, 1964

On the cold windy side. I did a wash. Betty to town in a.m. Dot and Lorraine and Wanda Jean called to see Mama. She is just plain sick. I’d like to know what, I’m getting quite worried about her.



Tuesday, January 28, 1964

Stormy day, we got about 6 inches of snow. I didn’t do much today. In p.m. Betty and I made out a list of things she and Carmen got to have before they leave for folks out West. To work at three. Cleared tonight. Fern and Lloyd called. Mama a dite better today.

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