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, July 21, 2017

March 29 - April 1, 1964 Easter Sunday





Sunday, March 29, 1964 Easter Sunday

Cloudy and gray all forenoon. Sun came out in p.m. Done up the work. Cooked a nice ham supper. Bob here for supper. Fern and Lloyd here. Kennie, Dot here. Bob called, he was here for supper. Art Ward’s family here in p.m. Mama not good at all. It is so hard to see her this way.



Monday, March 30, 1964

A nice day, not too cold. We washed and got the ironing done. Aunt Ava called. Fern and Lloyd called. Kennard and Delores called. Mama real bad today, bad pain.



Tuesday, March 31, 1964

Cold. Cold and windy all day, we washed twice today for Mama. She is in terrible pain now, very weak and pitiful looking. Kennard called. Aunt Ava called. They all feel bad to see Mama look so bad. It is hard. I cleaned some dresser draws today. A phone call from my daughters last night, all is well, so far they are having a gay time.



Wednesday, April 1, 1964

We cooked, washed and worked with Mama a lot. She is very very weak. Kennard and Delores called.

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