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, November 7, 2018

March 26 - 28, 1969 Eisenhower Dies


Wednesday, March 26, 1969 Partly cloudy

I did the ironing, got a letter off to Esther and sent negatives. I got the papers all read. Didn’t do too much. Talked with Dorothea tonight. Aunt Ava called today. She got her car out first time since before Christmas.



Thursday, March 27, 1969

A nice day, on the mild side. I did regular work. Washed windows, cleaned oven. Defrosted the refrigerator. Made a batch of brownies, called Betty. Nothing new on her moving or about Kim. Had the front door open, sun shining in. A very pretty home. I hope we get the new room on. Fern and Lloyd called to watch TV.



Friday, March 28, 1969 $4.50 DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER DIED 12:25 PM

40° temperatures. A very nice day. I worked at Dorothy Prescott’s. Did my regular work before I went. Came home, did a washing. Hung everything outdoors. Snow settled some more. Can see tops of cars when they go by. At 12:25 PM today ex- Pres. Eisenhower died. Had been hospitalized in the hospital (Walter Reed) for nearly one year. It was April 29, 1968. He was one of the greatest men of the United States. A great Army man. He was Supreme Allied Commander of World War II in Europe.

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