+NEW ORLEANS SUMMER NIGHT+ (sight,sound,smell,taste,feel) >1 9 4 2< >REMOTE VIEWING< ******************* >i loved that house with its polished wood floors & (1915 VINTIGE) >raised basement coal smell and summer >SNOWBALLS< ************* +this had been the old+ +pierre coutourier plantation+ +THE BLACK CRUMBLY GARDEN+ +DIRT WAS DIFFERENT+ >riverboat sounds< ****************** +THANKS TO HELEN KENDRICK+ for supplying the obituary *************************** >THAT TRIGGERS MY MEMORY OF JOLLY "AUNT GAB" *********************** +gabrielle anne verloin degruy+ ******************************* >was the sister of my grandmother +LUCIE VERLOIN deGRUY RAY+ >and she was called "aunt gab" by my +BELOVED AUNTS LU AND LISE+ >so i knew her as "aunt gab" (I WAS AGE 10) >she left vivid memories. *********************** +FACTS DERIVED FROM AN OBIT+ ********************************* >RESIDENTIAL LOCUS CAUSED BY FAMILY GENETIC MEMORY ( a nesting syndrome ) ********************** A) aunt gab lived at 2619 nashville avenue near tulane university & was buried from holy name church at loyola university. **************************** >THIS LOCUS A FORMER FOUCHER -deBORE PLANTATION OF HER (filicie foucher married to francois verloin degruy) +deGRUY+FAMILY+ANCESTORS+ ****************************** >( aunt louella, lloyd ray's wife who supplied the times picayune w/ obit. info. was a great patron ( VERY GENEROUS ) >of holy name but sued them when she fell backward after the church door >handle came off. ) ***************** B) GEORGE COOPER HAD BEEN THE HUSBAND OF AUNT GAB. ************************** >and the father of velma, ursula & george cooper jr.... was killed according to my father, at the >BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL< ************************* > probably as a reservist in the national guard, like my grand ( BARE KNUCKLES ) >father, who saw john l. sullivan fight jake kilrain while in this ( IN MISSISSIPPI ) >national guard capacity. ************************ +I OWN A PHOTO OF GEORGE COOPER >as a member of the family of +JAMES VERLOIN deGRUY (son of francois verloin degruy) and +AMANDA SAUTON VERLOIN deGRUY (all are shown posed in the garden) ******************************* +JAMES & AMANDA VERLOIN deGRUY plus george cooper & +LUCIE VERLOIN deGRUY +GABRIEL VERLOIN deGRUY +TINA VERLOIN deGRUY *********************** >C O O P E R F A M I L Y< >the children of aunt gab., velma, ursula and george jr. posessed >ARTISTIC TALENT< >PARTICULARLY URSULA< >who was popular in new orleans >AS A CHILDS PORTRATIST< (quiet,respected,serious) ************************* +A NEW ORLEANS FRENCH CREOLE+ +TROPIC HEAT SUMMER NIGHT+ ******************************* >they loved life & fun< >MY MEMORY OF AUNT GAB & HER SISTER AUNT TINA IS OF..... (large & friendly) >TWO SPIRITED CREOLE LADIES COVERED WITH FACE POWDER.... (streetcar night sounds) >OF STEAMY SUMMER NIGHTS ON A SCREANED JOHNSON ST.... (floor lamps, chocolates) >CARD PLAYING FRONT PORCH PEERING INTO MY SCRUBBED.... (smacking wet kisses) >STARTLED FACE AMID MUCH +LOUD LAUGHING CHATTER+ **************************** >for those wonderful souls... +BULTMAN BURIED THEM+ +ST. PATRICKS RECIEVED+ +T H E M+ (we remember them) >L O V I N G L Y< ************** gene ray, san diego, california (google) eugenerayart.com