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Note: with Aunt Freddie when their mother died. Papa took them to her home or either Aunt Freddie's mothers home and sat on the steps and cried. My grandmother was about five years old. Aunt Ruby and Aunt Pearl worked for her-Aunt Freddie- at her motel in Old Sardis. Aunt Freddie paid for them to go to nursing school. I believe my grandmother stayed here as well for some time. The only son went to live with an aunt-Papa's father's sister-Aunt Liza Robinson- who had no children. Check info with Willie Parker. In "Do You Know Burke Co? (I believe this was an article written for The True Citizen by Mrs. Kathryn Wilson, my history teacher at SGA High School in Sardis GA. This states The Sardis Baptist Church In 1886, Mr. George Graham served as organist, and Miss. Freddie Rackley was his assistant. Later, Miss Rackley was elected full-time organist. Restaurants After new Sardis was born, Miss Freddie Rackley ran a boarding house located on the Millen Hwy. Where Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Ward make their home today. Miss Rackley served meals to travelers as well. One lady from Sylvania said that she and her mother would ride the train from Sylvania to Sardis, spend the day with friends, eat their noon day meal at Miss Rackleys boarding house and return to Sylvania when the train returned late in the afternoon.
Note: Family history states that my grandmothers' sisters Ruby and Pearl stayed
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