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!

Sunday, December 8, 2019

May 8 - 10, 1973 Jean Died


Tuesday, May 8, 1973

A beautiful day. We cleaned Betty’s bedrooms, den, bathrooms and hallway today. Esther, Fern and I helped. Billie don’t feel too good tonight. Pony ran away with the picnic table today. Bill and I called at Kennard’s tonight. He is very lame, went to the doctors. He is to go into the hospital tomorrow for x-ray. Jean still in a deep sleep tonight Sally said. Billie worked at Betty and Walt’s tonight again helping to do the fencing.



Wednesday, May 9, 1973 JEAN DIED

Today we got the word that Jean died about 3:30 PM. We have been expecting this to happen for some time as she had a brain tumor which was malignant. Too bad she had this trouble. Today we worked at Betty’s again. Cleaned her living room and dining room. Bill and Betty papered their bedroom, Betty and Walt’s. It has been a very miserable day, rained hard. Fern and Esther worked down there too.






Thursday, May 10, 1973 Billie sick again

Partly cloudy. Today we worked at Betty’s again. Bill painted, Esther cleaned, and I cleaned. Dawn and Betty papered the kitchen. It looked so nice. Betty and Walt have a very pretty home. They love it. About 5:00 it cleared and the sun came out. Today Billie didn’t go to work, he was sick again. We got in touch with the doctor and he wants him to come tomorrow for x-rays.




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