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.
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