81st and Counting up

1. My sister will be celebrating with a big party this afternoon at Susan and Mike's house.
2. 
   
   I look forward to some very tall and ancient tales
   today.
3. 
   
   Along with those memories will be a bounty
   of those good finger foods that those two are so famous for.
   
   Happy 81st Sister,

We will all be there soon.

This is just too good not to post tonight.
I am so thrilled to see Aunt Lillie looking
so good.
Thank you Merry for taking time out of
your schedule to go, I feel sure it make her
happy.
She looks so much better than she did
in the last pictures.

Where did she get the door ornament?
How pretty.

Daddy at the Falls.......................

Daddy at the sea..........waiting for the flash


Go to Ziplo.com
and click on "Daddy's Little Girl"

I love you, I miss you, God bless you,

You Must remember this.

Reunion

The last family gathering before the farm was sold.
Pictured are Leonard with his two sisters and their
families. Having our missionary family home from
Africa was also a highlight of this day.
This is the farm where Dad grew up and loved until the
day he died.
Johnnie and Dad will be celebrating in heaven tomorrow.
What good memories we have of his parents as long as
they lived there and his sister who lived there at this time.

DOTTY

It was eighty-one days ago today that this gorgeous lady on the left gave birth to the young lady in black and red on the right.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DOT!

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There will be no skipping spaces here, no exclamation mark either.

A lifetime of Love

Since I was three and he was six we have been in love.
Dad had been sick three years when the photo on the
left was made.
I really don't know when the other was made. I had lots of fun
taking him out of a picture with his two brothers and taking me
out of a picture of my sister and putting them together, little help from my grandson, Rob>
When my picture was made we were visiting grandparents in
Alexandria. We were living in Detroit.
I have a doll in my lap. Counting down to Dad's birthday and
today is Betty's.
Happy Birthday Little Drummer

Betty

A faithful wife

A loving Mother

A wonderful daughter

A trusting sister

A good friend

Goodnight Little Drummer

Daddy and Daughter

Counting down to birthdays. Betty on 2nd and Dad on 4th.
There are probably plans going on in Heaven just as they
are down here for a big party.
What about those rosy cheeks......graduating from High
School.
I may have posted this picture of Betty last night if I did I am
sorry I forgot what happened when I took this off to redo
because of spacing. I am sorry about the spacing, I will find
out why one of these days.
So much fun to fool with these two.

SDYOLF

On Aunt Lillie's 90th birthday. Merry brought her to her
house and Kenneth and I went down and we had a party.
She was delightful.
Jim drove down to see her today I think and stayed about
30 minutes She smiled and hugged him but was not
very talkative.
I wish her a little happiness, in her little 8 X 8 space.

Rembering Betty

We also always looked forward to
celebrating Betty's birthday along
with Leonards. She would have
been 61 on May 2nd.
My three beautful girls, Betty, Merry and Judy with a few laughs while
enjoying Christmas treats.
Betty should not have left them here without her. Didn't I have beautiful
daughters? Couldn't have done it
alone!

Lop on the Delta Queen, Old Mississippi River

Leonard was 47 years old in picture on the
picture on the left. Made in Memphis in 1971.
Picture taken from the Re-Play Magazine that
Merry made for his 77th Birthday. This amazing man loved family, grandchildren,
a boat, a fishing pole, frog gigging, restoring things, his Sunday School class, old Interstate people, a plumb hammer, Mr. Bowling, Finn,
Nancy and Sarah, Houston and Willie. a good level.
Most of all he loved me for 63 years, without
question.
He would have been 83 May 4th, 2007

Wedding bells for Jahnna and Josh

Recently married Jahnna Harvey, my great
niece, in Reisterstown, MD to Josh Groft.
Jahnna continues law school while Josh
works to support a new wife. Congratulations
Jahnna and Josh, we love you and hope to
see you two soon.
Jahnna is the only grandaughter of sister Dot.
Only one???? I share all the info I can gather on
my 32 grands and great-grands with Dot.

Sisters KATE CROFT - KRISTIN CROFT PEDERSEN

Two beautiful sisters Kate Croft and Kristin Croft Pedersen. A day to celebrate tomorrow with at the home of their Dad and Mom's as Kris is in town for her High School Reunion at Westminster, and also
Kate will be 23 tomorrow. I hope you enjoyed being
with old friends, Kris and a Happy, Happy birthday in
New York tomorrow Kate. I love you.
But wait,look who got to stay
behind in San Francisco.
Aiden and Keegan, beautiful and smart boys, Kris. I saw
the movie made at Grayton.

BETTY LYNN PATTON

This will begin a series of photos that will lead up to May 2nd. This was when my
beautiful baby was six months old. At her first Christmas with paternal grands
Sally Leonard and Herman Patton. Her
playmate is cousin William Lawson Patton a few months older. She was
Daddy's little girl.

Con't Murfreesboro Finest

Now I get to the serious part. I would ask that my family all pray for my SS teacher. Her long time husband and partner, Clarence is very low today.Hospice has been there a couple of weeks, but Natalie has taken such wonderful care of him for several years as he has suffered from Alzheimers. He was Dad's Sunday School teacher and very brilliant man. Please pray for Natalie as she nurses and waits. The hibiscus on her desk is not nearly as big as her heart! Mum

Murfreesboro's Finest

Today my Sunday School class met with Carta Gaither. We had sad news
when we got there. One of our members, Grace Center, second from left in
first picture, had passed away this morning.
Con't next post.

I will bet I get a more current picture now! Got a call tonight from Leigh.......Thomas graduating? it is unbelievable. I lived to see a great-grandchild who graduates. Probably the only one unless I can make another four years to see Casey graduate from High School. Here Thomas, Casey help Popa celebrate his 80th birthday. That will be three years ago on May 4th.
Casey is as tall as Thomas now. They will send me
a picture tomorrow!

I wanted to post a little news and selected the wrong picture, however couldn't look any better, it is a bit small but I know it is Joe and Mike or Shannon at Grayton Beach . The little Miss Cutie to the left is Mike's little daughter Isabelle, better known as Issy.My newsy item is that Jan and Richard O'Neal are going to stop by my house tomorrow and they wanted to take me to eat. We will see about that but it will be good to see them. Richard came several times before they moved to South Georgia and he and Dad went fishing. The last time we saw them was when they came for our 50th wedding anniversary party in 1995. Leonard was certainly fond of Richard

Abigail Anderton

Friday night found me indulging - I mean, overindulging - in crab legs. My Number Three granddaughter called and ask to treat me to crab legs, my favorite, at Chef Wang's. It was a happy time for Abby and I to be together. Abby is pictured here at Pop's 89th birthday party holding one of her favorite babies. What a precious baby, Craig and Leslie.

Abby had a sort of bad day on Friday so we just smothered that over with crab legs. Thank you, Abby, for a delightful evening with my granddaughter. Family, isn't she a beauty?

Murphy Patton

I remember visiting my great Uncle and

Aunt, Dana and Hazel in Detroit. It was

amazing to me that they had a Murphy

Bed.

This is a Murphy bed.

Murphy loved Judy and Louis' bed in the log cabin that Hugh and Natali had to make him one.