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Note: As told to me by my aunts: Winston was tall, dark complection and black headed. He and my Grandmother married in Caddo County and lived on a farm. While in western Oklahoma they had three daughters. Berniece born in Terrell, Oklahoma, Esta Mae
born in Cloudchief, Oklahoma and Avus Fay born at Cordell.
They moved to Norman in 1918 and lived in a rooming house over the old Transcript building. From there they moved to Eufaula Street and lived in Norman till all the girls were married. In 1923 they lived in a rent house and Winston worked at a
dairy. After the girls were gone they moved to Blanchard on a farm about 1935. From there back to Norman and then to Lexington.
I am told they had a good marriage. Their daughters do not remember even a cross word. Winston was never even heard to raise his voice.
I remember my grandpa well. He was a big man, kind and gentle. He remarried after Annie Mae died to a woman who was very unkind to him. They lived at 229 West Johnson in Norman and that is where he lived when he died. He had Parkinson's disease
and really had no other bad health problems as far as I know. Mother and Berniece say he died of a broken heart. He gave me a rolling pin when I married (which I still have).
I remember visiting them when they lived at Blanchard. He always wore a Stetson hat and just inside the door was a hat rack and when he went in the door he pitched his hat on it and I was awed that he never missed. I have the hat rack he made
out of horns with a little mirror in the center.
He loved Coke. One of my last memories was while he was in the hospital and he wanted a Coke. He insisted I get him up to go get one. He was a huge man and I could not get him up and that made him angry. I did get him a Coke however. He died
within days of that. He as I remember was a man of few words but never do I remember him doing anything unkind to anyone.
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