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, March 16, 2025

September 14 - 17, 1992 Cliff Died

 

Monday, September 14, 1992 Cliff DIED

 

A very nice day on the humid side. Dorothea came, got Billie ready to go to the hospital. Dorothea came at about 9 AM. She flew around, got him ready and down to the hospital for a ear check up. Came home. Billie has been dizzy all day. I did a few odd jobs. Dorothea shampooed my hair and put a rinse on it. It is dark. Betty came and got the supper. I had a roast beef cooking. Walt was here, miss Zak. Tonight we got a call from Kim who was working at the hospital. They told her Cliff Deming had died. Asked her to help fill out a death certificate. Dorothea, Monica and Betty Smith was there just before he died. Susan was at school.

 

 

 

Tuesday, September 15, 1992

 

Esther returned tonight. Susan met her at the airport at 10:30. They got home at about 11:30. We was waiting for her. Billie, Dorothea, Betty and I, we talked till around 12:30 then to bed. Yesterday I did a washing, took care of the clothes. Betty came and cleaned up the house between chores. Betty got supper. It was very good. Hot and humid all day.

 

 

 

Wednesday, September 16, 1992

 

Well another hot humid day. We’ve been busy making plans for the lunch on Monday. Carmen does the catering on that day. We didn’t get to bed very early last night. I had the baby some today. Carmen got the supper.

 

 

Thursday, September 17, 1992

 

Another hot and humid day. I done up regular work. Esther done a lot of errands. We watched TV in p.m. Billie had a day, he didn’t feel very good. Richard down to Betty’s working on the building this evening. They cleaned out the henhouse. Put the pullets in. The man came and got the old hens tonight. Carmen, Brogan and Arnold helped Betty to take care of them. The turkeys are going tomorrow night maybe. Carmen had to work tonight. Kim came up tonight and brought us all a very good squash pie she made. Mindy was up there today. Zac called tonight, he is being interviewed for a job. He is okay. I still think he wants to come home.

 

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