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Note: L COOK AND COOK BOTH ON A WOOD STOVE AND THE BIG FIREPLACE IN THE KITCHEN. SHE BAKED WONDERFUL CAKES, PIES, BISCUITS AND COULD MAKE SOMETHING VERY SIMPLE AND MAKE IT TASTE WONDERFUL. SHE HAD HAIR THAT TOUCHED THE FLOOR AND WOULD CATCH RAIN WATER TO SHAMPOO HER HAIR AS SHE SAID THAT RAIN WATER WAS SOFT AND MADE HER HAIR SOFT. SHE WORE ON THE TOP OF HER HEAD IN A BUN WITH BIG HAIRPINS. SHE ALSO LET US HELP HER WITH WHATEVER SHE WAS DOING. I NOW REALIZE THAT THAT IS WHAT GRANDMA'S DO AS I AM NOW ONE AND IT IS WONDERFUL. SHE NEVER SEEMED TO MIND. SHE GREW BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS, ROSES, SWEETPEAS, CATNIP, MINT GARDENIAS, LILACS, MAGNOLIAS, JONQUILS, OR DAFFODILS AS THEY ARE NOW CALLED, & TUBE ROSES. SHE ALWAYS HAD A GARDEN AND CANNED FOR THE WINTER, SHE ALSO DRIED BOTH APPLES AND PEACHES FOR WINTER USE AND BOY WERE HER FRIED PIES GOOD. GRANDMA MADE ALL HER CLOTHES AND WORE BLOOMERS WITH LACE THAT CAME DOWN BELOW HER KNEES. COTTON FOR SUMMER AND FLANNEL FOR THE WINTER. SHE WOULD NOT TELL HER AGE AS SHE ALWAYS SAID THAT "ANY WOMAN THAT WOULD TELL HER AGE WOULD TELL ANYTHING." GRANDMA COOKED FOR ALL HER FAMILY EACH SUNDAY AND THE FOOD WAS PUT ON THE DINING ROOM TABLE AND WE HAD A BALL WHEN ALL THE COUSINS CAME. YOU NEVER SAT AT THE TABLE YOU JUST GOT WHAT YOU WANTED AND KEPT GOING. GRANDMA HAD LYMPHOMA-CANCER AND LIVED 5 YEARS AFTER SHE WAS DIAGNOSED. WE ALL MISSED HER GREATLY WHEN SHE DIED AND MY DADDY NEVER STOPPED MOURNING HER UNTIL THE DAY HE DIED. SHE WENT INTO A COMA ON CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS WAS THE HARDEST TIME OF THE YEAR FOR HIM. HE LOVED HER DEARLY AND SHE HIM, AS SHE LOVED ALL HER CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. GRANDMA WORKED AND WENT TO CHURCH. SHE ALWAYS WORE A HAT AND GLOVES. WHEN SHE HAD FLOWERS SHE ALWAYS CARRIED THEM TO CHURCH AND SAT THEM ON THE TOP OF THE PIANO. GRANDMA NEVER WALKED TO CHURCH SHE ALWAYS RODE WITH US OR SOMEONE. GRANDMA ALWAYS HAD LILACS FOR REVIVAL OR BIG MEETING AS WE CALLED IT. SHE WOULD NOT ALLOW ANY GRASS TO GROW IN HER YARD AND IT WAS SWEPT EVERY SATURDAY WITH A BRUSHBROOM MADE FROM DOGWOOD LIMBS. YOU ALSO HAD TO WHITEWASH BOTH FIREPLACES EACH WEEK. HER HOUSE BROOM WAS MADE FROM BROOM STRAW THAT WAS GOTTEN FROM THE FIELD. SHIRLEY DERRICK HOLLAND FLORA MAE THAMES WIFE: JOHN CASWELL DERRICK MOTHER: AGNES DERRICK RAY DERRICK MINNIE DERRICK HAROLD DERRICK J C DERRICK ANDREW DERRICK GRANDMOTHER:BETTY MATTHEWS,JOHN RICHARD (J R) WORLEY, DORIS WORLEY,LOUIE WORLEY, FRANKLIN WORLEY,WINNIE MARLENE DERRICK,SHIRLEY RUTH DERRICK,ANNA ELIZABETH DERRICK,AUBREY DERRICK,JOE DERRICK,HERMAN DERRICK, JOHN LEWIS DERRICK, CAROLYN DERRICK,PATRICIA DERRICK & JUDY DERRICK
Note: FLORA MAE WAS MY GRANDMA. SHE WAS SMALL IN STATURE AND WAS A NEAT PERSON. SHE WAS A WONDERFU
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