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.
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