October 31, 1979, Wednesday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear, cloudy.    Real warm most of the day.  finally a cool wind got up.  I sewed some, we had Wendi as they were out of water at Big Stone.  To prayer meeting.   We had 5 trick or treaters before church. 

Footnote:   Wendi is her granddaughter who lives in Big Stone.  

Happy Halloween to everyone.

 Dates to remember in November:

Nov. 2, 1954   Sandra Reasor Hunt   Birthday  born to Ruth and Everette Reasor
Nov. 3, 1968   Leah Statzer Kordenbrock  Birthday - born to Patricia Shuler and Ron Statzer
Nov. 11, 1949   Everette Reasor married Ruth Smith
Nov. 26, 1962   Daniel Sheffey Reasor  Birthday  -  born  to Jeneanne and Kenneth Reasor
Nov. 30, 1984   Laura Somers  Birthday - born to Norma Zubke and Doug Somers

October 30, 1079, Tuesday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear.   I helped Randy in tobacco awhile.  Allso washed some.  Baked Jennings & us a pie.  Then took Aunt Rosalee to grocery store and visited up at Reba's a while. 



Footnote:     Randy is the guy who is grading the tobacco, getting it ready for market.  Jennings is her brother who lives nearby.  Aunt Rosalee is married to Millard Baker, Estelle's mother's half-brother.  They also live nearby.   Reba is her sister-in-law who lives nearby too.    Just one big happy neighborhood and she kept a close eye on all of them.    Wish she was in my neighborhood and would bring me a pie.  Who does that anymore???? 

I'm  glad to get back home and get some things organized.  Still have no heat.  Gotta call someone, it is about 45 here  outside and inside.    Slept good though under that electric blanket.  Rainy here. 

October 29, 1979, Monday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear, cloudy, rain.    I washed & dried a load of clothes.  Helped Randy in the tobacco a bit.  Canned 7 quarts of cushaws.   



Footnote:    Don't know who Randy is other than the man who shared in the work it takes to get a field of tobacco to market.     What do you do with canned cushaws?   

On another note:   We are still talking about Molly Delph Reasor.  It seems she was married to Letch Reasor - not Henderson.           I am back home now - Monday - Oct. 29.   Turned my heat on but can't get the furnace to come on by itself.    Have to turn the switch to ON as the AUTO doesn't seem to trigger it.   Very cold here.  So I am guessing it will cost me all the money I made in Alabama to get the "dadjim" furnace fixed. 

October 28, 1979, Sunday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear, cloudy, rain.   This morning started out nice , but then had a shower.  Millard & I went to church.  He is all short of breath and didn't go tonite.  Janice, Wendi and I went to Magic Mart awhile. 


Footnote:     The weather sounds just like our weather.   Millard is her husband.  Janice is her daughter and Wendi is her granddaughter. 


I am still in Kingsport (Friday night) with Mother.   She is doing great.   The huge hole they have made on her leg - to remove the small cancer spot- is healing very nicely.  She got to get in the shower today and we dressed the place ourselves.    She is going to be OK.     I am planning to go home on Sunday or Monday - depending on her.   I have a show in Cinti next Sat.   so got to get home and unpack the car so I can pack it again for the show.     I'll try to get back on schedule next week.    

October 27, 1979, Saturday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear.  A beautiful day.  I cleaned house, baked a cake and Millard & I had a bath.  Janice and Wendi picked me up and we went to tobacco festival.  Radious, Walter, Jennings & Elizabeth all visited late.



Footnote:     Janice is her daughter and Wendi is her granddaughter.   I loved going to Pennington Gap to the tobacco festival.  Nice parade with lots of floats and bands.    Radious & Walter and neighbors.  Jennings is her brother. 

October 26, 1979, Friday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear.   A real nice sunshiny day.  I went for Millard by 10 oclock.  We got home and eat lunch and Millard took a walk.  Curt spent the evening.  Jennings & Elizabeth, Roy & Edith were here.  Rosemary called tonite. 



Footnote:    Millard is her husband and he just spent a few days in the hospital.  Curt is Millard's brother.  Jennings is Estelle's brother and Elizabeth is his wife.   Edith is Estelle's sister and Roy is her husband.    Rosemary is her daughter who lives in New Mexico.   

Sandra sent a message that Molly Delph Reasor was married to Henderson Reasor.  She   cleaned and worked for the neighbors in their houses.  She lived mostly in the little houses that people had on their farms for the farm hands - the sharecroppers.   She had a son and a daughter and I think Sandra said that neither of them could hear or speak.  Mother said that Henderson liked the liquor and never did much of anything.  

October 25, 1979, Thursday, Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear.   Coolish, but a beautiful day.  I baked pies and took Jennings, Va. Shuler  one and took one on to the hospital with me.   Gave Reba & Roy Shuler some this eve.  They were in,  allso Jennings & Elizabeth were here.  Millard still feels good.  


Footnote:   Jennings is her brother.  Virginia Shuler is her cousin.  They both live close by.    Reba is her sister-in-law (Millard's sister)  and Roy Shuler is her brother-in-law (Edith's husband).    Elizabeth is Jennings wife.   

October 24, 1979, Wednesday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear, cloudy.   Cold.  I went to the hospital about 10:30.  Stayed until funeral time.  Went to the funeral of Molly Delph Reasor and on home to the cemetery.  Ruth stopped in a minute.  Janice & Wendi come and we went back to the hospital. 



Footnote:     We (me and Redge) do not know who Molly Delph Reasor is.   If any of you know, please leave a comment as to who she was.    Ruth is the wife of Estelle's youngest brother, Everette.    Janice is her daughter and Wendi is her granddaughter.  

October 23, 1979, Tuesday Aunt Estelle wrote

Cloudy.   We had rain last nite and cooler this morn.   Millard woke up sick this morn and we were at the hospital by 8.   I come back and took Aunt Rosalee to get groceries and back to the hospital, and back.    Wore out getting up so early.   Millards test didn't prove anything but Dr. Taylor thought it best to keep him a couple of days.     



Footnote:   Millard is her husband.   Aunt Rosalee is Uncle Millard Baker's wife.  He is Lula Baker Reasor's half-sister.      


I am back in Kingsport with Mother.   She had a cancer spot removed from her leg last Thursday and they told her to leave the bandage on for 24 hours.  Of course, she couldn't wait to see it , so took the bandage off Friday morning and started bleeding.  I left for Tuscaloosa, Ala.  Thursday afternoon .  Doug had to take her back to the Dermatologist so they could change the dressing and stop the bleeding.    I had a good show in Alabama, weather was great and the crowd was huge.    So today, I drove from Tuscaloosa back to Kingsport to see about Mother.    I will stay a couple days and see how she gets along.  

October 22, 1979 Monday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear.  I washed.  Walked up to Reba's awhile, when the rescue squad & Sheriff went up in the trailer park.   Molly Delph Reasor had burned to death behind the school house.  We all thought suicide, since she had been sick a long time, but coroner thought she probably passed out and got on fire. 




Footnote:  Reba is her sister-in-law.    I don't remember who Molly was.    Don't know if she was a relative or not.    

October 21, 1979, Sunday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear.  Warm.  Janice & Wendi were home.  I felt bad all day.  Had arthritis.  



Footnote:  Janice is her daughter and Wendi is her granddaughter.  They live in Big Stone about 9 miles away.

October 20, 1979 Saturday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear.    Warm.   I mowed some, washed some aluminum siding, sewed some.  Jennings & Elizabeth were in.   Late I went up to Hilda Orick's to return a pattern.


Footnote:    Jennings is her brother and Elizabeth is his wife.  They live nearby.  Hilda Orick is a neighbor and I think they went to the  Baptist church in Deep Springs.



I am going to be at the show about 7 AM Sat. so I am thinking I won't have time to blog before I get to the park.  I have to be there early  Sunday also, so I will go ahead and do the Sunday blog too.    I will be leaving  Alabama early on Monday so I will enter that info too.    

October 19, 1979, Friday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear.  Nice & warm.  I washed and changed some curtains .  We went up to Radious's yard sale awhile.  Pearl and the Lipps were here.  We picked up Wendi this evening and we all went to Appa. a minute.



Footnote:    Weather today seems to be just like it was in 1979.  Radious is a   neighbor.  Pearl Barkley is her cousin and the Lipps are the people who take care of Pearl.  I think Pearl had a stroke and couldn't get around very well  and I am thinking that Pearl never drove a car.    Wendi is her granddaughter and she lived in Big Stone Gap, Va., about 9 miles to the East and Appalachia is another small town that was 2 miles away from Big Stone Gap.   

October 18, 1979 Thursday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear.  I washed some.  Jennings & Elizabeth were here early.  I cooked & sewed some.  Went to Big Stone this eve to visit Edith,  but that is hard to do for her neighbor's always come. 



Footnote:    Jennings is her brother who lives nearby and Elizabeth is his wife.    Big Stone Gap is a small town about 9 miles away.   Edith is her sister who lives in Big Stone Gap.     I have heard Mother say that her neighbors always would come in when somebody was there in a car.   Guess they wanted to know who was visiting. 

October 17, 1979, Wednesday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear.  Got very warm at noon.  I wrote Lucille a letter and got dinner.   Millard worked outside at something.  I went up to Reba's yard sale and down to check Va. Shuler a minute.  To church tonite. 



Footnote:      Lucille is her sister who lives in Goodrich, Michigan.   Millard is her husband and I wonder what he was working on.   Reba is her sister-in-law who lives nearby.   Virginia Shuler is her cousin who lives nearby and she has just come home from being in the hospital.     She sure looked out for the neighbors and relatives.      Didn't matter if they were relatives, she would have offered a hand.  

October 16, 1979, Tuesday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear.    A nice fall day.  I was up to Reba's yard sale awhile.  Cooked some and went to Va. Shuler's a minute,  changed her bed and brought a wash home with me.  Went to Betty's for milk.  Stell Kelly was here awhile. 


Footnote:     Reba is her sister-in-law.   Virginia Shuler is her cousin who lives nearby.  Betty is her neighbor with a lot of milk cows.   Stell Kelly is her neighbor, friend and fellow church member. 


I have made it to Birmingham, Ala. on my way to Northport for a show called Kentuck this weekend.  Weather is so nice and should be good all weekend.     I took Mother to the Dermatologist this morning and they cut and burned a place on her face and then cut a big place on her leg.  She had problems with the needles to numb the spots but was OK after that.  She is one tough woman.  I just called her and she said she has some feeling in the spots now and they are sore.      I will catch up the rest of the days on the blog now. 

October 15, 1979, Monday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear, cloudy.  I washed some and cooked Millard & Va. Shuler some lunch.  Picked up Aunt Rosalee and we went to the Dr. for a couple of hours, then to grocery store.  Worked in house the rest of the evening.  Reba was here late. 



Footnote:   Millard is her husband.  Virginia Shuler is a cousin.  Aunt Rosalee is married to Millard Baker, who is the half-brother of her mother.     Reba is her sister-in-law.  

October 14, 1979, Sunday, Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear,  Freeze frost.  Cold.  Janice, Wendi and I went to Magic Mart.  Back by Va. Shuler's.    She just got home from hospital today and felt real bad.  Curtis was here awhile.  Allso Jennings & Elizabeth.  



Footnote:  Janice is her daughter and Wendi is her granddaughter.   Virginia Shuler is her cousin by marriage.  Curtis is her brother-in-law.   Jennings is her brother and Elizabeth is his wife. 

October 13, 1979, Saturday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear, Cloudy.   Cold.  I cooked some.  Helped Randy grade tobacco.  Tonite was a house warming for the preacher and Brenda Zion.  It was real nice and lots of nice gifts.   



Footnote:  I guess Randy was the sharecropper for the tobacco that year.   Don't remember the preacher. 

Had a nice day yesterday, Sat., with Mother and Janice.  Janice drove us to Knoxville for Travis Shuler's wedding.  It was so sweet - beautiful day. 

October 12, 1979, Friday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear, cloudy, rain.  I washed some but had to bring it in and dry it.  Curtis was here nearly all evening.  I went for milk late.  Harold Shuler stopped a minute.  '



Footnote:   Curtis is her brother-in-law.  Harold Shuler is a neighbor and relative by marriage.  



I am driving to Kingsport today.  Looks like a nice day to drive.  I'm thinking about getting off 75 at Corbin and go thru the mountains.  Should be nice to see the leaves now.  I usually go to Knoxville and up 81.  I hate that 81 - full of trucks but can make good time.   I'll see when I get there.  Then tomorrow we will drive to Knoxville for Travis Shuler's wedding.   Then next Friday, I will drive to Tuscaloosa to set up a show for the weekend.  So got a busy 10 days ahead of me.   I'll try to get to Panera's and continue the blog, if I don't,   I will catch up later.  

October 11, 1979, Thursday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear, cloudy, rain.  Cold.  I washed a load of stuff. Sewed some.  Cooked greens for lunch.  Harold Shuler stopped to tell us Virginia was doing good at the hospital.  Roy was in a minute.  I was up to Jennings late.  Stephen come by for some pumpkins. 



Footnote:   Harold Shuler is married to Virginia Slemp Shuler.  Virginia's mother, Rose Baker Slemp, was a half-sister to Estelle's mother, Lula Baker Reasor.  Harold and Virginia lived on"the back road", off the main highway,  on the farm that her daddy, Hop Slemp owned.   The house is a couple miles away from Estelle's house (which was on the main road).    Harold and Virginia are both deceased now and their oldest son, Richard and wife Shirley, have moved into the house where they lived on the Slemp farm.  Roy Shuler, my daddy, is a brother to Harold Shuler and is married to Edith Reasor Shuler, Estelle's sister.  Jennings is her brother who also lives on the same "back road".    Stephen is her nephew, oldest son of Everette (her youngest brother).   

October 10, 1979, Wednesday Aunt Estelle wrote

Cold.  Snow as close as Norton.  I cleaned some windows.  Went to visit Joyce Brewer but she was gone so visited Anna May Bowling.  To prayer meeting tonite. 



Footnote:   Don't know who Joyce Brewer was.  I remember the name Anna May Bowling, think she lived in Dryden but not sure.  I believe the Bowlings  went to church at Deep Springs Missionary Baptist church with her.   

I think it is interesting how her report of the weather follows so closely to the weather we are having today.   It is cold here too, no snow though.   I hope it warms up a little as Travis Shuler is getting married Saturday, outside.   Janice and I will be taking Mother.   Will give a report next week.  

Don't forget that tomorrow, Oct. 11 is Aunt Ruth Reasor's birthday.  

October 9, 1979, Tuesday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear, cloudy, rain.  I baked pies early.  Curt brought 10 chickens down and we dressed them.  He ate lunch with us.  I took Aunt Rosalee to grocery store in afternoon.  I mailed Rosemary some sweet potatoes. 


Footnote:     Curt is her brother-in-law - I think he lived in Big Stone Gap about 9 miles away.  Aunt Rosalee is married to Millard Baker, her mother's half-brother.     Rosemary is her daughter that lives in Hobbs, New Mexico.   I'm sure they don't have sweet potatoes in New Mexico like the ones from Virginia. 

Other information:   Oct 4, 1911   Willard Morris Reasor was born - died July 6, 1927. (her brother)
Oct. 4, 1973 George Reasor died after 2 weeks of a stroke. (not-related - neighbor )
Oct. 5, 1967  Harold Shuler had a double hernia operation today
Oct. 6, 1959   Gregory Dwayne Jetton born    (her first grandchild)
Oct. 6, 1981  Farin Rogers, 26, member of our church was killed at the mines this morning.  His wife is Ramona and children Gretchen & Scott.  We loved him a lot.
Oct. 7, 1977  Wendi's first day at nursery school.    (Wendi is her granddaughter)
Oct. 7, 1965  Estelle Ely had gall stone operation at Pennington. I come from hospital Oct. 17.  Another gallstone surgery Feb. 11, 1983
Oct. 7, 1962   Kern Coomer died
Oct. 8, 1906  Reba Ely Reasor born
Oct. 8, 1961 Kenneth REasor & Jeaneene Young married
Oct. 7, 1987 Virginia Ely (Paris) had a heart attack.  
Oct. 10, 1973  Vice president Spiro Agnew resigned his position today.  Pres. Nixon appointe4d Rep. Gerald Ford on Oct. 12.  Rep. Gerald R. Ford was sworn on Dec. 6, 1973

October 8, 1979, Monday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear.  Frost.  Got our flu shots.   A beautiful clear cool day.  We went to Penningtton to get stitches out of Millard's mouth.  Eat at Long John Silvers.   Millard put in a plug in, and I cooked some pumpkin and sewed some after we got home. 



Footnote:   I don't remember her saying anything about Millard (her husband) having stitches in his mouth.  I read a week back and don't see anything.   Pennington is a town about 8 miles West of her house where they have a Long John Silvers fish place.  I'm not sure what she means about a plug in. 

The weather in 1979 is about like our weather in 2012.  We had frost this morning and it is about 38 degrees.  I'm not turning the heat on till I get back from Tennessee and Alabama in 3 weeks.  It was very cold at the show yesterday.  Standing on the hard street all day and being cold, I'm kinda creeky this morning.  Had a great show = huge crowd with money and they gave me some of it.  Well worth all the work.   Headed to Tenn. on Friday.  Doug's son, Travis is getting married in Knoxville on Sat.  It is outdoors so hope it warms up a bit.  Janice is going with me and Mother to the wedding.   Should be a fun day.  Then the following Thur. (Oct. 18) I will be driving to Tuscaloosa, Ala. to do a weekend show there.   Sometimes it is hot there and sometimes cold and rainy.  Hope for somewhere in between and no rain. 

October 7, 1979, Sunday Aunt Estelle wrote

clear.  Cold, pretty fall weather.  Janice & I  went up to Fabric shop and  Mrs. Ball's yard sale, then to Magic Mart. 



Footnote.  Janice is her daughter.  Fabric shop was near Big Stone Gap and Mrs. Ball was a lady who lived near the fabric shop, I think.   Magic Mart was a variety store and I'm not sure if it was in Big Stone or Pennington.  Anyway, looks like it was a nice day so they just went to all the good places to shop. 

I am posting this on Sat. night as I have a show tomorrow and I have to set up the tent about 6 AM.  So I won't have time in the morning to do this.    It is a one day show 10AM-5PM and we have to be off the street by 7 PM.  So it will be a very long day and is supposed to be cold all day.   It is in a nice wealthly suburb of Cincinnati, about 20 minutes from my house(which is not located in the wealthly suburb).    Lots of babies in strollers and dogs on leashes but they all have money and I try to get as much of that as I can. 

October 6, 1979, Saturday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear, cloudy, rain.  Pretty cool all day with 29 degrees early this morn.  I baked some pies for the preacher's family.  I was up to the parsonage awhile.  Gregory Jetton is 20 years old today.  Makes us real old grandparents. 



Footnote:   Gregory Jetton is her grandson.  He is the son of Rosemary (her daughter) and Carey Drew Jetton.  They live in Hobbs, New Mexico.   He is their first grandchild.  He was born Oct. 6, 1959.   He is the first boy of the 4th. generation.  Becky Gay is the first girl of the 4th. generation, being born Aug. 31, 1957. 

October 5, 1979 Friday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear.  real cool all day with a few showers.  I washed some and sewed some.  Curt was here a while.  Late I went to Pennington with Janice & Wendi to the dentist.  I put the potatoes away today. 



Footnote:   Curt is her brother-in-law.  Pennington is a town about 8 miles West of Deep Springs, Va.  That is where the hospital is and banks and general things a town has.   Janice is her daughter and Wendi is her granddaughter.   Guess she put the potatoes in that little cinder block house where she kept the things she raised - canned green beans, tomatoes and others.  

October 4, 1979, Thursday Aunt Estelle wrote

Cloudy, rain.  We had real cold rain.  I baked pumpkin pies and went to Uncle Millards and Jennings with some.  I sewed some.  Randy started the tobacco this evening. 



Footnote:    I knew she would bake some pies with that pumpkin she cooked.   Uncle Millard is a half-brother to her Mother, Lula Baker Reasor.   Jennings is her brother.   Both families live pretty close to her.

  I remember seeing the men and women working in the tobacco once it was in the barn.  When I was little - maybe 10 years old- I remember helping (I'm sure I was in the way) Daddy grade the tobacco in a little house that was next to the big barn on the back road near where Uncle Jennings lived.  The little house had a stove in it and I remember it being so warm in there.   They put the tobacco on the tobacco baskets (don't remember just what they are called) and then take the load of baskets to Pennington to the tobacco warehouse where the big guys from the tobacco companies would come in and "steal" the tobacco.  They had an auction like sale and the highest bidder got the baskets of tobacco.   It was a big business in the 50's and 60's.  Almost every farmer was given a tobacco allotment.    I don't know what the business is like today for the farmers, but they are still raising tobacco somewhere, cause there are still way too many people smoking - they will be sick someday. 

October 3, 1979, Wednesday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear.  I washed two loads of clothes.  Cooked a pumpkin.  I packed away some clothes, some fans and piddled in a lot of stuff.  To prayer meeting tonite. 



Footnote:  These are just some of the things you have to do when you have to stay home all day.  I don't know how you cook a pumpkin.  Do you scrap the inside out and cook that - I think that is what I would do.  I know she made some good pumpkin pies after it was cooked. 

Happy Birthday to Leisha Ely Farr - born Oct. 3, 1964   Celebrate and Have a Good Time!!!

October 2, 1979, Tuesday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear, cloudy, rain.   We had a thunderstorm early.  I went to Dryden for some material and over for milk, but Betty wasn't home.   To Missionary Society tonite. 



Footnote:   Dryden is a small town about 8 miles west of Deep Springs.  I think she is talking about fabric - probably wants to start a new quilt or make a dress.    Betty Ramey is the neighbor lady with the cows.  Missionary Society was affiliated with the church and it was just for women. 

Other Info she recorded that you might/or might not find interesting: 
Oct. 2, 1991   Grant Morefield died todayentered hospital for the rest of the
Oct. 2, 1973  Uncle Hop Slemp died of a stroke.  Borned April 22, 1886
Oct. 2, 1971 Millard Ely entered hospital for the rest of the mt. at Norton. Had a heart block. 29 days

Other recordings that you may or may not find interesting: 
Sept. 25, 1978 Radious Reasor Short had a 2nd. breast removed at Kingsport.  Got along fine.  Radious died March 14, 1985.  dead in bed. 
Sept. 26, 1988 Pearl Barkley died.  W.L. Barkley died Jan. 9, 1978. 
Sept. 26, 1946. Harold Reasor & Jewel Farmer married.  Harold died Oct. 18, 1978
Sept. 27, 1941  Carol Ann Ely born (Howard's).  Her children Edie & Stephen.  Edie was borned March 12, 1962.  Carol Ann married a Mr. L. Haman.  Later married 2 more times.  3rd. marriage William Backover. Box 25  Bleybington (?) Ind.  46714
Sept. 27, 1982  Reba Reasor had a pylop from her vocal chord at Kingsport today.  Sept. 29 had a breast off with cancer. Kingsport.  May 16, 1988 Reba had appendix, gall bladder surgery at Kingsport.  1990 Nov. 3, Reba moved to retirement home in Johnson City, Tenn. 

Monday, Oct. 1, 1979 Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear.    I washed some.  We went to the Dr. this evening.  Had to buy a new baker oven for ours was dead this morning.  I had to have anti-biotics again for my ear. 



Footnote:    I wonder if she is talking about a toaster oven or was it a big stove. 

Under special Data for October she wrote:   Oct. 1, 1979. Millard had a little growth cut out of his mouth when we went to the Dr. today.    (Millard is her husband)
Oct. 2, 1979, Va. Shuler had surgery for her goiter, hernia  and bladder tacking up, plus 9 moles.  Dr. chance did her job.  Home Oct. 14 Sunday.  Still feels real tough.   ( Virginia is a cousin, neighbor.

Oct. 23, 1979.  Millard was sick and I got him to the hospital by 8.  Got him out Oct. 26. 

Happy Birthday to "my little HOPE"    She is now 8 and her legs are getting longer every day.