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!

Saturday, July 15, 2017

March 5 - 8, 1964



Thursday, March 5, 1964

Rain today. Just done up the regular work. Fern, Lloyd called. I hate to have Mama so sick. It is hard to see her like this.



Friday, March 6, 1964

A very nice day. Cool and windy. Blanche and I washed. Mama having some pain today. Betty on the glum side. Snow gone a lot.



Saturday, March 7, 1964

A nice day, on the cooler side. I went to Bertha McAllister’s funeral with Aunt Ava. Uncle Lewis at Fern’s. Mama not so good today, real bad. Dr. Bish came to see her. Carmen has another tooth. Milan called.

Carmen - Bringing "JOY" into Nanny's life!



Sunday, March 8, 1964

Fair in a.m. It clouded up in PM. Done up regular work. Fern, Lloyd called. Kennie, Dot, Aunt Ava, Kennard and Bob. Today we called Es and invited her to come up. Also Dorothea called tonight. Mama little better, not very good though.


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