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, August 22, 2020

December 3 -6, 1975 Kennard's Funeral

Wednesday, December 3, 1975 Funeral for Kennard

 

A partly cloudy day, much colder. I washed a big wash, cleaned up the house. Got the clothes all out to wear to the funeral at 2 PM. He looked very nice and his suffering was over. There was quite a lot of people there, friends and relatives. His flowers are beautiful. Walt, Bill, Robert and Rayburn were the bearers. Dorothea came up and went. Betty took Fern, Lloyd and Susan. Dorothea, Bill, Billie and I all went together. Walt called when he came home. He looked very nice, the same is he used it when we first knew him. He is a nice looking guy. His haircut made a big difference. It got a lot colder.

 

 

 

 Thursday, December 4, 1975

 

Only 20 above this morning. A very cold morning. I done regular work. I went to town shopping, Bill took me.

 

 

 

Friday, December 5, 1975

 

Down to Betty’s in a.m. We went to town and banks. Made orders and came home, had lunch. I ironed and washed. In late p.m. we went to the school, picked up Carmen and Zenya and took them to do their shopping. Betty and I did some more too. It was cloudy but it cleared off.

 

 

 

Saturday, December 6, 1975

 

A sunny day. I done up regular work. Baked some beans. Carmen here, made a cake. I went to town with Betty, got Billie’s shirts. Bill went to town. Walt on a job. Phyllis came today. Billie Deming met her at the airport.

 

 

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