1980 Tuesday. Millard was sick this morning and I had a Dr's apointment. I was so worried but he got better up in the morning. Jennings & Elizabeth took me to Kingsport where I found out I have a growth behind my ear drum and due surgery. Sure upset me.
Footnote: Millard is her husband. Jennings is her brother and Elizabeth is his wife. They live nearby. Kingsport, Tenn. is about 45 miles southeast of Deep Springs and they have a couple of hospitals and specialists there.
1981, Wed. Fair cold got up to 50 degrees. I carried off trash and washed some. Jennings, Radious & Walter were in. To prayer meeting tonite.
Footnote: Jennings is her brother. Radious is her cousin and Walter is her husband. They are all neighbors. They didn't have individual household garbage pick-up in the community so people had to take their trash to a location where there were big trash bins. The garbage company picked everything up in the central location. They were also allowed to burn the trash which a lot of people did.
Info from the other journal:
March 12, 1963. Tuesday morning Flood in Big Stone, Pennington, Richlands, Coeburn and St. Charles, Harlan, Pineville. Lots of places lost and stuff ruined. 100 of families out of homes. I remember this day so well. The Powell River, which was very close to our house in Big Stone, was in our basement. Filled up the basement and ruined everything there. Furnace, washer/dryer, freezer and all of Daddy's saws and toys. It happened mostly because there was a house trailer near the river in the Cadet area and the trailer got flooded off the foundation and started floating down the river, then it got stuck sideways causing the river to back up almost like a dam. It was a mess for a very long time.
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