Saturday, June 20, 2015

June 26, 1965 Aunt Estelle wrote

Sat.  Fair.

Janice & I went to see Aunt Rose early this morn.  This evening Sandra and I went to town, up to Mrs. Otey's and up to Fletcher's where  Grandma Cole lay corpse. 

Footnote:  Janice is her daughter and Aunt Rose is her mother's half-sister.  Sandra (b. 11/2/54) is her niece who lives across the road.  I don't know who Mrs. Otey is other that a good friend of hers as she visits her often.   I guess Fletchers was a funeral home or Grandma was in someone's home - that happened as I remember.  The body would be brought back to the home and people would stand watch around the clock until burial.     I don't know who Grandma Cole was and/or if she was a relative or someone from the neighborhood. 

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