Saturday, January 4, 2014

January 4, 1981 Aunt Estelle wrote

Sunday 1981  Fair very cold.   Janice & Wendi at home.  We stayed in all evening.  To church.  Jack Blair took Maebird to Dayton today.   Emmitt Blair went to Harlan Hospital. 


Footnote:  Janice is her daughter and Wendi is her granddaughter.  Maebird Blair is her neighbor who has had surgery.  Jack Blair is Maebird's son, I am guessing.  Dayton, Ohio is a town about 300 miles away from Deep Springs.  It is a long drive for someone who is sick.  I can't imagine what Maebird must have been feeling - so sick and having to leave her home and community - must have been really hard for her.  She was a quiet woman as I remember so she probably didn't complain.   I believe that Jake Blair was Maebird's husband and he must have already passed away.  Emmitt Blair was Jake's brother, I am guessing here.   

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