Clear. Had a storm before daylight. Real hot all day. I washed some, canned some tomatoes and made some pickles Pearl and the Lipp's were in allso Virginia McElroy Johnson. We went up to Jennings late. To prayer meeting tonite.
Footnote by Pat: Pearl is Pearl Barkley and she is a first cousin to Aunt Estelle, I think. Pearl's mother and Aunt Estelle's father were sister/brother, I think. Stephen will be able to tell me when I see him. I think the Lipps are people who took care of Pearl. Virginia Johnson is an old friend of Aunt Estelle's. They grew up together. The McElroy's lived in a house built half-way up the mountain side just across the road from the Reasor home where Aunt Estelle grew up. Virginia married Clarence Johnson (I think Johnson has a t in it - Johnston). They lived in Woodway, Virginia - a wide place in the road about 4 miles South of Pennington Gap, Va. When I was a kid, we visited with the Johnston's often. They had 2 daughters, Rita Louise and Glenda Carol, and one son, Sonny. Glenda Carol commited suicide when she was in her thirties, leaving a husband and one daughter. Rita Louise lives in Florida and I think she is a retired school teacher. Sonny lives in a beautiful house on Boone Lake - between Kingsport and Johnson City, Tenn. My brother, Doug, is friends with Sonny and they have been fishing buddies for years . Jennings is her brother who lives nearby.
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