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GRANDDADS LIFE PART 4 Posted on October 8, 2012 by Martin Jones
Grandmother was a
really demanding person. Granddaddy pampered her and did most of the housework. I always considered her to be a hypochondriac. She seemed to always have
something the matter with her. It is a good thing that she had granddaddy
because no other man would have put up with her. She however had a lot of
friends among the women of the community. She always managed to have one in
particular who lived in a nice brick house on a farm at the edge of town. Her
name was Maggie Hammonds, and she was real good to grandmother. They regularly
went pea picking at various farms. My sisters called her a trapester. (Someone
who is always running around taking care of others business).
My sisters did not
get along too well with Grandmother. But they always tried to get by her house
when she had made tea cakes. She was the tea cake making queen. I remember
there was a strict limit of one per kid. She seemed to have her favorites. One
reason for this I think was that the other grandkids did not have as much as we
always had. But I think that I was one of her favorites, and she was extra nice
to me. If I needed a little petting, she was the one.
Daddy had built a little barn and
corral (lot) on the back of the lot, and granddaddy continued keeping a milk
cow there. I came to know my granddaddy and was real fond of him. He was not an
outgoing man, but he loved his family and he loved me. I do not ever recall him
having a car. I don’t think he ever even drove one. He must have either walked
or used horses and a wagon for transportation. But that was before I knew much
about him.
