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, June 16, 2021

December 20 - 23, 1978 Mabel Nevers Died

Wednesday, December 20, 1978

 

A nice sunny day, on the cold side. I done some more wash. Clothes dried quite good. Bill up and plowed Joy’s yard, it was a little drifty.

 

 

 

Thursday, December 21, 1978 MABEL NEVERS DIED, LAWRENCE’S FUNERAL

 

Well the weather was everything today. I didn’t go to town. There wasn’t any school. I went down to Betty’s, we made cornballs. About 3 PM Dawn called Betty that her mother had died. Today Billie didn’t work. He got ready and he and Keith went to Lawrence’s funeral. A very big funeral. 

 

Popping the corn


 

 

 

 

Friday, December 22, 1978 HAIR SET

 

I done up my regular work. Got my hair shampooed and the rinse on. Betty came at ten, she took Fern and I down, we got our hair set then she and Delores came and picked us up and then we did the grocery shopping. Came home. I finished my wash. Made a loaf of dark bread. Kimmy called in after school. Bill called at Dorothea’s today. Joy, Buddy, Kathy and Cindy called this evening.

 

 

Saturday, December 23, 1978

 

A quite nice day. Not too cold. I done a lot of work. Did the bread, a pie, washed windows, change beds, washed floors, dusted etc. etc. Kim called a minute. Wes Gorman and boy called. Betty called Susan and Vince. Billie went with Wes to check out some cattle. Bill in and out today.

 

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