ON MOM'S BITHDAY 1-24-2008 SHE SAID THAT SHE WEIGHED 7 AND 1/2
POUNDS AT BIRTH. THAT HER GRANDFATHER BROUGHT MINNIE HER
GRANDMOTHER MIDWIFE, TO BIRTH HER AT THE HOUSE. WAS A
HORSE DRAWN WAGON AND THE SNOW WAS UP TO HORSE BELLY
MID DAY.
SHE SAID THAT SHE WENT TO THE SAME GRADE SCHOOL IN
PRINCETON FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS WHERE HER HUSBAND BILL
WENT ALTHOUGH THEY WERE ABOUT FIVE YEARS APART, SHE WAS IN
SECOND AND THIRD GRADES.
SHE SAID SHE WOULD TAKE SHORT CUTS THROUGH THE FIELD NEXT
TO WHERE BILL LIVED ON WAY TO HER WORK WHEN SHE WAS IN HIGH
SCHOOL. SHE WORKED AT A STORE AND MADE SODAS, MILK SHAKES
AND SUCH. SHE SAID THAT SHE HAD CREATED MANY OF THE SPECIAL
DRINK COMBINATIONS THAT WERE "INVENTED" MANY YEARS LATER
AND WISH SHE HAD OBTAINED A PATENT ON THEM.
IN 1930 SHE LIVED WITH PARENTS AND FAMILY IN MERCER COUNTY,
WV.