February 28, 1980, Thursday Aunt Estelle wrote

Cloudy, warmer.  38 degrees.  A.T. come to take bath and leave Wendi because of the water being off.  I washed some, walked up to Jennings.  Pearl, and Lipps come awhile.  Jennings & Elizabeth come tonite.  Got a notice we would ge the Black Lung pension next month.  

Friday Feb. 29, 1980.  30 degrees cold all day.  We stayed in.  Betty Ramey, Lizzie Sturgill & Jennings were in. 

1981.  Cloudy all day.  We visited Mr. and Mrs. White then rode over thru the back valley to Olinger.  Stoped at Edsil Huffs and he leased our tobacco.  Jennings was in after we got back and Kenneth called while he was here. 

Footnote:  A.T. is Wendi's daddy.  Jennings is her brother.  Pearl is her cousin and the Lipps are the people who take care of Pearl.   Betty Ramey is her neighbor where she would get milk.  Lizzie is her neighbor and she would get her eggs from her.   Don't know who Mr. White was or Edsil Huff.  Friends of hers, I guess.  Olinger is a small community about 8 miles away.  Reba, Millard's sister had a general store in Olinger.  That is all I remember about things being in Olinger.  My granddaddy, Hugh Shuler, owned some land in Olinger and he left the land to my Daddy, which he sold.    Kenneth is Jennings son unless she is talking about a Kenneth that I don't know, which certainly is possible.   

February 27, 1980 Wednesday Aunt Estelle wrote

Fair, cold.    I met Janice & Wendi at 12 oclock and we went to Kingsport to have mine & Wendi's ears examined.  She is OK but I have a tumor behind my eardrum and will see another Dr. in two weeks. 


February 27, 1981, Friday.   Fair 65 degrees.  I got my milk and eggs.  dried clothes outside.  Roy & Edith stopped on their way to Cincinnati.  Herbert Slemp and Norma Reasor Tankersley stoped.  We went to town and got the car washed and out to Janice's. 

February 26, 1980, Tuesday Aunt Estelle wrote

Snow this morning.  We have  Wendi.  She & I went to grocery store and to the Dollar store this evening.  Jennings & Elizabeth got home .  We went up to visit them late. 


February 26, 1981, Thursday   beautiful, 65 degrees  sunshiny   Jennings and I went to Harlan for me to see the eye specialist.  Reba spent part of the evening with Millard.  Millard & I rode up to Rad's & Walters a minute late. 



Footnote:   I am trying to post the two years and can't quite figure out how to do it.  I may change it tomorrow.   Seems simple enough to just put 1980 and 1981 on the same entry or should I make a seperate entry for 1981.    I am not going to explain the relationship of the people who have been mentioned in the last year.  I think everyone knows by now who each one is.  If someone new comes in, I will try to explain them.     If any of you faithful readers have any suggestions, please let me know.  Thanks for taking the time to read this, hope you enjoy it as much as I have. 

February 26, 1979, Monday Aunt Estelle wrote

Snow.  32 degrees.  Snow & snow.  We have Wendi.  We just played all day.  Janice come for her.  Edith called Elizabeth tonite and she was awful blue.  Still in the hospital. 


Footnote:  Wendi is her granddaughter who is probably out of school because of snow.  Janice is Wendi's mother and they live in Big Stone Gap.  Edith is her sister and Elizabeth is her sister-in-law, married to Jennings and they are in Florida for the winter. 


Tomorrow, Feb. 27, it will be a year since I started this blog.  I will start posting for 1980 and 1981  both on the same day.  This journal I have has three years in it so I will just go ahead and post the two years together.  I hope you all will like that.    Hopefully when that is done, I can get another journal to  post.  I do enjoy reading her writings every day and I hope you all find them interesting as well. 

March births and deaths to remember:
March 4, 1943, Doug Shuler
March 7, 1940  Jeanenne Reasor
March 7, 2010   Lucille Reasor Zubke died
March 16, 1909  Jennings Reasor
March 17, 1924  Rhea Clinton Reasor born
March 19, 1924  Rhea Clinton Reasor died
March 29, 1925 Everette Reasor
March 30, 1934 Jennings Reasor married Elizabeth Reasor 

February 25, 1979, Sunday Aunt Estelle wrote

Cloudy, rain.  60 degrees.  Warm all day and plenty of rain.  Janice & Wendi were home.  Reba & Curtis came in afternoon.  I went up to Jennings house late.  I didn't try to go to church because Millard was so sick yesterday, but he felt very well today. 


Footnote:   Janice is her daughter and Wendi is her granddaughter.  Reba is her sister-in-law and Curtis is Reba's brother, I think.  He is Millard's brother.   Jennings is her brother.   Millard is her husband. 


I am staying at Leah's this week and taking care of Max.  There is not much taking care of him as he is pretty self sufficient.  Leah and Kenny flew to Las Vegas this morning and will be gone all week.  Leah is attending a real estate seminar and Kenny will be attending the casinos.     I will be sewing here all week.   So.  sorry I am so late in posting. 

February 24, 1979, Saturday Aunt Estelle wrote

Cloudy, rain.  rained all nite and warm today.  Millard felt so bad all day.  I would liked to have got him in the hospital but couldn't . We talked on the phone a lot.  I walked up to Jennings house, took in Mrs. Ward's mail and told her about Elizabeth.  Come back down thru the field to Everette's grave and had a good cry.


Footnote:  Millard is her husband.  Jennings is her brother and Elizabeth is his wife and they are in Florida for a visit.  Mrs. Ward is a neighbor who lives near Jennings.  Everette is her youngest brother who died suddenly of a heart attack. 

February 23, 1979, Friday Aunt Estelle wrote

Rain.  55 degrees.  warm & rainy all day.  Reba was in awhile this eve.  Jennings called tonite to say Elizabeth was having to be doctored for heart rhythm.  Edith was in tonite. 

Footnote:  Reba was her sister-in-law.  Jennings is her brother and  Elizabeth is his wife.  They are still in Florida for the winter.  Edith is her sister who lives in Big Stone Gap about 8 miles away. 



We are covered in about an inch of ice today.  No snow just a mess of ice.  I have been in for three days, working on new things, and guess I will be in another day.    Hope you all didn't have much of the bad storm. 

February 22, 1979, Thursday Aunt Estelle wrote

Cloudy.   35 degrees up to 60.   We watched TV. all morning.  Went for Wendi by 2.  Got a few groceries & home. 


Footnote:  Wendi is her granddaughter.    I would like to know just what her groceries cost that day.   Sure not what we are spending today.  I remember in 1964  when I was first married, my groceries cost about $20.00 a week.  That would be about 4 bags.

  Happy Birthday to Carey Drew - may you have many, many more.  

February 21, 1979, Wednesday Aunt Estelle wrote

Rain.  27 degrees.  The house dripped all night.  Sure is wet out.  I went to check on Uncle Millard this morning.  Called Pearl.  Walked up to Jennings house this eve.  To prayer meeting tonite.  David Brewer made a good little talk  We wasn't up there very long.  Such a bad feeling among the church members. 

Footnote:  Uncle Millard is Millard Baker who is her mother's half-brother.   They live in the neighborhood.   Pearl is Pearl Barkley, her cousin who lives a few miles away.   Jennings is her brother who is still in  Floriday I think.   I do not know who David Brewer is - must be a church member.    I guess they still don't have a preacher.  

February 20, 1979, Tuesday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear.  7 degrees.  We had Wendi.  The weather warmed up fast.  Reba, Wendi & I went to Appalachia for funeral of Mrs. Jake Parsons brothers funeral.  Jennings called tonite.  Elizabeth is doing good after having a slight stroke.   


Footnote:  Wendi is her granddaughter.   Reba is her sister-in-law and neighbor.  Appalachia is a small coal-mining town about 10 miles northeast from her home.  Mrs. Jake Parsons (funny she doesn't call her by her name, just her husbands name -that was the way they did it)  is a neighbor and friend.  Jennings is her brother who lives nearby but they are in Florida for a visit.  Elizabeth is his wife.    Just a note about that name calling - my mother still has her bank account in Mrs. Roy Shuler and signs that name on almost everything she does. 

This is a story about a trip to New Mexico that I found in her journal:
July 29, 1962.   Ruby Bailey and Mother & I left Dryden about 7:00 o'clock on a Sunday morning for New Mexico.   Lucille & Bernice Orr traveled in their car along on their way to Texas.  They stayed one night and two days with us.  We went thru Chattanooga, Tenn., over Georgia a few miles, then to Birmingham, Ala and to Tuscaloosa, Ala. for the first night.  Monday across Mississippi and to Shreveport, Louisiana for that nite.  The Orr's left us late this evening.  Tues. all day in Texas, we went thru Dallas & Fort Worth  stayed in Lamesa only 50 miles from Rosemary and on into New Mexico Wed. morn.   Aug. 6, the Bailey's come back from their trip and ate dinner with us and we started home after dinner.  We come thru Lubbock & Amirella Texas to Groom Texas for the night.  Tues. we drove 500 miles and stayed in Springfield, Missouri.  Wed. we made it to Bowling Green , Ky. We crossed Oklahoma City & Tulsa, Okla.  Joplin, Missouri.  Touched Illinois when we crossed the Tenn. and Miss. River to Poplar Bluff to Paducah, Ky. and Middlesboro on home. 
On way out we hit Tenn, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, New Mexico.
On way back: New Mexico, Texas, Okla. Missouri, Ill., Ky. , Virginia.   A Wonderful Trip.  10 states.

February 19, 1979, Monday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear.  We have lots of snow.  I tried to get the car out to take Millard to the Dr. but got stuck in drive way.  Caught Frankie Reasor & Patty down and Frank brought us back.  Aubrey & John shoveled out our drive way and put the car back in the garage.  Frankie  and Patty were going where Nell was have a little surgery. 


Footnote:  Millard is her husband.  Frank Reasor and Patty Reasor are the son and daughter of Nell and Frank Reasor who are neighbors and fellow church members.   Aubrey Hobbs is Patty Reasor's husband and also a neighbor and church member.   I think John is their son.    I wonder what was wrong with Millard.  Maybe it was just a check up.   Her house is located on the road which is how she would see Frankie going by.  He had to go past her house to get to the hospital in Pennington, where I am assumming Nell was having surgery. 

February 18, 1979, Sunday Aunt Estelle wrote

Snow.  27 degrees.  Snowing with allready 3 or 4 inches.  I don't feel good and we feel so lonely.  No church.  Makes 4 Sundays since Millard has been to church.  Heard Bro. Haun, Judy Reasor & Nell Reasor all in hospital.  Mrs. Gray Kelly nearly has pneumonia.


Footnote:  Millard is her husband.  Bro. Haun is a local preacher.  Judy Reasor and her Mother,  Nell Reasor  are neighbors and fellow church members.   Mrs. Gray Kelly is also a neighbor and fellow church member.     

She sure had trouble when she couldn't get out and especially to go to church. 

Happy Birthday to Rosemary !!!

February 17, 1979, Saturday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear.  27  degrees.  Windy and cold.  I went up and checked Jennings house and down to check Uncle Millards.  Jennings & Lucille called from Florida that Elizabeth was in the hospital.  She may have had a light stroke, but isn't paralyzed.  I worried all night and had arthritis pains and didn't  sleep.  Millard slept so good.  I all most have too many things to worry about. 


Footnote:  Jennings is her brother who lives nearby.  Uncle Millard is the half-brother of her mother.
Lucille is her older sister. Jennings & Elizabeth and Lucille & Ralph would go to Florida during  the winter months.   Millard is her husband.  

February 16, 1979, Friday Aunt Estelle wrote

Cloudy.  32 degrees but got up to 54 during the warmest part of day but got colder as night come on .  We stayed in.  Mr. Orick was in awhile.  Pearl, Gene & Val were here awhile.  Radious & Walter come late.  Bud Culbertson come a few minutes after night to tell us good by.  We don't understand him, but hope the best for him. 


Footnote:  Mr. Orick is a neighbor.  Pearl Barkley is a cousin and Gene & Val are her caregivers.  Pearl doesn't drive so they take care of her.  Radious & Walter are also neighbors.  Bud Culbertson is the preacher who has just left the Deep Springs Baptist Church.  Seems kinda nice when she stays in, she has lots of company. 

February 15, 1979, Thursday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear , rain.  26 degrees at morning, then got up into the 50's.  I went out to Lizzie's for eggs this morn, allso up to Sylvia Kelly's a while.  Millard wanted to get out so we rode to the Cas Walker store and got a few groceries.  I run in to Uncle Millards a minute.  Bud & Kenny were in the parsonage cleaning some and finishing their moving.  Seems Bud has left some hatred in the church. 


Footnote:  Lizzie is her neighbor who has chickens.  Sylvia Kelly is a neighbor friend who also goes to the same church.   Millard is her husband, who she occassionally takes with her.  Cas Walker is a grocery store in Pennington Gap, about 8 miles away.  Uncle Millard is a neighbor and he is the half-brother to Estelle's mother, Lula Baker.  Bud is the preacher who has decided to leave the church and I think Kenny was his son.  Bud should have taken the hatred with him.  

February 14, 1979, Wednesday Aunt Estelle wrote

Cloudy.  Warmed up a lot today.  I went up to town this eve to take Janice & Wendi a Valentine.  Stopped up at parsonage and talked to Bro Culbertson a minute.  He feels he is called for evangelistic work.  Bud come back to church tonite and told us he wouldn't be back.  He didn't bring Kenny & Janet for it was too sentimental for them.  He didn't stay for church.  We sure are hurt.  Sure hope he has done best for him and the church, but we don't understand. 


Footnote:  Janice and Wendi are her daughter and granddaughter who live in Big Stone Gap, about 9 miles away.  Bro Culbertson was the pastor of the Deep Springs Baptist church and it seems he has decided to move on.  Seems the church members don't understand and are not very happy about it.  Kenny and Janet must have been his son and wife. 

February 13, 1979, Tuesday Aunt Estelle wrote

Cloudy, rain.  20 degrees.  We had Wendi.  She had a head ache, Millard didn't feel good at all.  So I was nervous all morning.  After lunch they both seemed to feel allright.  I didn't do much but cook and see about them.  I played with Wendi and watched T.V.  Started a sprinkle of rain late this eve and we heard tonite our pastor Bud Culbertson had moved back to Kingsport.  Seems no one knew it was coming.  Bud come to us Nov. 7, 1976 as pastor after Bro Paul Miller died and he moved to parsonage June 20, 1977. and moved away Feb. 13, 1979. 


Footnote:  Wendi is her granddaughter who is probably out of school because of the snow.  Wendi was born Sept. 11, 1973 so she was 5-6 years old durning 1979.  Millard is her husband.  Bud Culbertson was the pastor of the Deep Springs Missionary Baptist church.  Seems he didn't stay there for very long and they were all upsep when he left.  Paul Harry Miller was the pastor at the church for a long time before all this happened.    

February 12, 1979, Monday Aunt Estelle wrote

Cloudy. 22 degrees.  Looks so cloudy this morn.  I took Aunt Rosalee grocery shopping early  Had a little storm, nearly ice about 11 o'clock. 


Footnote:  Aunt Rosalee is her aunt who is married to Millard Baker, her Mother's half-brother.   

February 11, 1979, Sunday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear.   12 degrees.  We still have lots of snow.  Millard didn't go to church.  We had a real good church  service with Evangelist Bob Steele of Bristol as preacher.  Janice had to work early but got home in time for lunch.  I went back to church tonite.  This was Bud's last sermon as he moved off Tues. back to Kingsport. 


Footnote:   Millard is her husband.  Bristol is a nice town about 60 miles  Southeast of Deep Springs.  The state line runs down the middle of the main street in Bristol making the south side of the street in Tennessee and the North side in Virginia.  I marched down that street many times when I was in the high school band in Big Stone Gap.  Our band always participated in the Bristol Band Festival and we won a lot of trophies there.  The best time was had on the bus going to the festival.   Janice is her daughter.  Bud was their preacher - don't know his last name.  Seems she was not too happy with Bud's departure. 

February 10 , 1979 Saturday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear.   Zero weather this morning, but a bright sunshiny day all day.  I went to Pennington this morning to see about car insurance.   Radious &  Walter came in a while this evening.


Footnote:   Pennington is a small town about 9 miles West of Deep Springs where Estelle lives.  Radious & Walter are neighbors of hers. 

February 9, 1979, Friday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear.  18 degrees.  A real cold wind.  We have Wendi.  Decided not to go to the Dr., but called and got some medicine called into Big Stone for Millard.  Janice brought it down.  Still lots of snow. 


Footnote:  Wendi is her granddaughter.  Millard is her husband and Janice is her daughter.


I am back in Cincinnati after about 2 weeks visiting with Mother in Kingsport.  She is doing just fine.   Had a nice dinner with Leslie in Lexington and we went shopping - she got lots of new clothes.  A girl can just never have enough clothes.     I will get back into my blog posting routine now.  Sorry for the delay.  

February 8, 1979, Thursday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear.   Still plenty of snow on the ground.   We had Wendi of course.  Janice took me up to Jennings place to check  this eve.  I  went up to  visit  Sylvia Kelly awhile late.  She has had surgery on her foot. 


Footnote:  Wendi is her granddaughter and she is probably still out of school because of snow.  Janice is her daughter, Wendi's mother.   Sylvia Kelly is a friend from church. 

February 7, 1979, Wednesday Aunt Estelle wrote

Cloudy, snow.    We have from 4 to 6 inches of snow.  We had Wendi.   I allways get nervous   when we are snowed in.  Roy & Edith come and got the truck stuck up in the curve and was scared.  Jennings called tonite that they had got to Florida O.K. 


Footnote:  Wendi is her granddaughter who lives in Wise County and they probably had snow too and were out of school.  Roy is Edith's husband and Edith is Estelle's sister.   Jennings is her brother.                           

February 6, 1979, Tuesday Aunt Estelle wrote

Cloudy.  12 degrees.   Jennings & Elizabeth left for Florida this morning.  Ruth picked me up for Missionary Society tonite at Betty Kelly's.  It started  snowing  about 8 oclock.  We were scared coming home.  Elizabeth really wasn't able to go. 


Footnote:  Jennings is her brother and Elizabeth is his wife.  Ruth is her sister-in-law who lives nearby.  Betty Kelly was a friend from church. 

February 5, 1979, Monday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear, cloudy.  30 degrees.  I went out to Lizzie's for eggs.  Then  I took  Aunt Rosalee to grocery store. 


Footnote:  Lizzie Sturgill is a neighbor where she bought her eggs.  Aunt Rosalee is married to Millard Baker, Estelle's mother's half-brother.  

February 4, 1979, Sunday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear   28 degrees  Temperature got up to 40 degrees.  Ruth & Smith picked me up for church.    We couldn't get on the hill.  40 come.  Come home with Janice.  Millard stayed at home.  Janice & Wendi & I went down to Magic Mart this eve.  I went to singing with Elizabeth & Jennings tonite. 

Footnote:  Ruth is Everett's wife, Estelle's sister-in-law and  Smith is their youngest son.   Janice is her daughter.  Millard is her husband.  Wendi is her granddaughter.  Magic Mard is a general store in Pennington, Va.  about 8 miles west.  Elizabeth and Jennings are her brother and sister-in-law and they live nearby. 

February 3, 1979, Saturday Aunt Estelle wrote

Cloudy.  22 degrees.  We are in with more snow.  No one come and we were afraid to get out.  We were lonesome of course. 


Footnote:  She sure missied visiting with people and going places. 

February 2, 1979, Friday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear.  0 degrees weather.  We have Wendi.  Janice come for her and we run over to Pennington a few minutes.  Stopped at Cas Walker store.  Jennings come today and put a part on our car for us.  Ground Hog sure saw his shadow.  Richard Danner come awhile.r


Footnote:  Wendi is her granddaughter and Janice is her daughter.  Pennington is a town about 8 miles West.  Jennings is her brother and that was pretty nice of him to work on the car when it was 0 degrees.  Richard Danner was a neighbor. 

Important dates in February:
Aunt Estelle died on Feb. 8, 1993. 
David John Reasor was born Feb. 9, 1964 -  he is the son of Kenneth and grandson of Jennings.
Heidi Zubke was born Feb. b14, 1969 - she is the daughter of Barry and granddaughter of Lucille
Rosemary Ely Jetton was born Feb. 17, 1940.  She is Estelle's oldest daughter.
Carey Drew Jetton was born Feb. 21, 1935 - he is the husband of Rosemary
Leo "Buster" Reasor died on Feb 22, 1967 - he was Estelle's brother and he lived in Detroit, Mich.

February 1, 1979, Thursday Aunt Estelle wrote

Clear.  20 degrees, cold and still snow on the ground.  We had Wendi.  I walked up to trans can after Janice come for Wendi. 

Footnote:  By now we all know who Wendi is.   She was in school in Wise County and the schools would close a lot in the winter because of the weather. 

Some notes she made at the end of January:
Jan. 30   Ada Hobbs died.  She is a sister to Nettie Rogers.
1978 was a tough year on this community & conections.
W. L. Barkley (jan. 9) was dead in bed in early Dec. before this year.  (not sure what that means)
Jake Blair was dead in early May (May 5) of a stroke. 
Everette Reasor was dead May 22 of heart attack. 
Two weeks later Joe Reasor (June 3) was dead of a self-inflicted gun shot. 
Maggie Smith (June 21) died of cancer and
May Reasor Hobbs (Sept 28) died of cancer.
Harold Reasor died of heart attack in Oct. 18 and
Mrs Laura Farmer died in Dec. 18 allso.
Oscar Kelly died July 10.
Charles Brewer died Nov. 30 in Reba's tobacco barn.

January 31, 1979, Wednesday Aunt Estelle wrote

Snow  Covered up in snow again.  About 1 1/2 " snow.  We have Wendi.  Both of us have a bad cough.  I sewed some and played games with Wendi.  Jennings & Elizabeth were in awhile. 


Footnote:  Wendi is her granddaughter.  Jennings is her brother and Elizabeth is his wife. 

I made it to Kingsport and it poured rain all day.  Dodging potholes and semi-trucks made for a day of being very alert which is sometimes hard for me to do.    Mother is doing just fine.