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!

Thursday, February 20, 2025

June 21 - 23, 1992 CAMERON ALEXANDER CROOK HORTON

 

Sunday, June 21, 1992 Father’s Day

 

Cloudy and kind of foggy. A dreary day. I wrote a letter to Esther. Also a anniversary card to Kim and Tom. Didn’t get out on the porch. During the heavy rain it leaked again. I called Barry. He will be over to fix it. Not many folks here today. Carmen and Brogan here. Carmen still okay. Walt called for coffee this morning. Zack came up today also.

 

 


 

Monday, June 22, 1992 Kim and Tom married one year, ZACK ON A NEW JOB

 

I didn’t do much. Betty, Carmen came and Brogan. Today Zack started a new job at Cummings Dowell Mill at Norway. He liked it he said. I sure hope he stays with it. Tom and Kim called, they were going out to lunch for their one-year anniversary. Carmen and Kim came. Carmen had a very uncomfortable day, at about eight she was having pain and the water broke. So Betty called Dorothea and they went over to the hospital to be with her. Arnold had taken her over. They stayed all night. Carmen was in such pain.

 

 

 

Tuesday, June 23, 1992 Cameron Alexander Crook Horton 7 lbs. 4 oz.

 

At 3:25 PM at Stephens Memorial Hospital Cameron Alexander Crook Horton was born. His grandmother, grandfather and sister, although his great aunt Dorothea, great-grandmother ‘Nanny Crook’, also a very close friend of his family, Arnold Smith were all there. A very welcome member came into this family today. We all love him. He will see his great uncle Bill in a few days. His aunt Kimberly Horton Harriman was there and took some pictures. We all love him very much. His mother has been a very sick girl for two days. We are so glad it is over. But we love what we got. A beautiful boy.

 




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