Sunday. Sunny, reasonably warm.
We went to church. afternoon we went to Uncle Millards and up the back road and visited Mrs. Sturgill. Johnny and Nell and Bertha. To church tonite.
Footnote: Uncle Millard Baker is her mother's half-brother. He lived not too far from her house. The Sturgill family was huge and a lot of them lived on the back road near her.
My Note: Speaking of Uncle Millard Baker, his son, Lowell Baker who lives here in Cincinnati not too far from me, called me tonite. He said that he had a call from Susie Baker and she let him know that Bill Roberts has passed away. After Bill's wife passed away, Bill and Susie had renewed their friendship (I believe they were high-school friends). Bill had lung cancer and had been sick for a couple of years. He and Susie had a car wreck a couple of years ago and that is when his lung cancer was discovered when he was in the hospital with injuries suffered in the wreck. His wife died a few years ago of cancer also. Bill has a daughter who is now in her late 40's and is mentally retarded. Doug said Bill was certainly worried about what would happen to his daughter. Surely he made some plans for her safe keeping.
Bill's younger brother, Jim Roberts lives in Las Vegas.
A few years back, I was home at Christmas and I went with Linda, Doug and Mother to visit Bill and his wife and their daughter. Linda has cut their hair for years and Missy called Linda by name (something that was rare for her). So they would always take her a Christmas present and go to see her Christmas trees - there was one in every room. Jim Roberts was visiting them that year so I got to see him too.
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