Until this week, I don’t
think I had seen a picture of Grandma as a young woman. The only images I conjure up, put her at Mom
and Dad’s wedding in the mid-1950s. By
that time, Grandma was in her sixties.
Well thanks to my dear cousins, Barbra Scott and Debi Ragsdale, I now
have some new information and new images of a remarkable lady.
Barbra described Grandma
as “vibrant, sociable, fun, kind and patient.”
Physically, “she had very long black hair and wore it braided, with the braids wrapped up and around,
circling her head. She suffered with
headaches and those went away after her hair cut. Aunt Becky and Uncle Bill paid for her to
take the train and visit them in Fort Knox, Kentucky. It was on the trip that Aunt Becky took her
to a salon and had her hair cut and permed.”
Mom used to remember
Grandma with all of her pets. Grandma loved
cats and dogs, always seemed to have them around the house. Mom also thought she remembered a bird or
two, but couldn’t be sure.
Debi sent me a couple of photographs
of Grandma. Here she is with a couple of
her pets in Wyoming. so this dates the photo at the early 1930s. I would never
have imagined her with long black hair. But
this photo, along with these memories, brings Grandma closer.
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