Monthly Archives: October 2011

“On that trip [to Memphis] Mama and Cathy and I walked down to Britling’s Cafeteria. Poor Mama was so starved by that time that she went wild. She ate everything she had not been allowed to have, and even ate … Continue reading →

“The summers of 1951 and 1952 were two of the hottest on record. We had no shade and no air conditioning, and we would go sit on the Gwin’s screen porch with a ceiling fan to try to get cool. … Continue reading →

“You didn’t leave the hospital a few days after delivery at that time, and I was there for eleven days with a special nurse during the day at something like nine or ten dollars a day, but which Mama and … Continue reading →

“Cathy was due the first of February. Russell was still gone most of the time during the week. The Gwin house had not been finished so I had no one next door.  He had gone to Cleveland on Monday, January … Continue reading →

“Son and Betty Jane married that fall [1950] and moved into an apartment in the Billups Apartment Building down the street from Mama. He had met her while she was working here as a dental hygienist temporarily. They married in … Continue reading →

“In addition to the start of the Korean War, another thing that influenced us to go on and start building was the fact that we had found out in early June that Cathy was on the way. We had decided … Continue reading →

We’ll pause here briefly, leaving Russell and Sara to move into their new East Adams home, and pay a Happy Birthday tribute to the woman who impacted all of our lives in more ways than she ever knew. Jessie Mae … Continue reading →

“We had saved a little money with which we paid for the lot and put $1000 down on the house. I had $500 which I planned to use for carpeting but changed my mind when we decided to go on … Continue reading →

“There were very few houses in the neighborhood at the time. We had three trees across the front of the lot, the same ones that are still here, but other than that it was just a field. The street had … Continue reading →

“The almost four years we lived in that little apartment at 208 Walthall Street were fun years, filled with dreams and plans for the future, a home of our own and children. We pored over house plan books but always … Continue reading →