Funny story! My Grandfather Scott owend/ran turpentine camps from his late teen days in Jackson Co./, Fla, sE Alabama and, I think at one time, somewhere in decatur Co., Ga He was sober as judge during the week but on the weekends he'd make my sweet granny double up on her ol' timey back in the country Baptist faith. My late Uncle, Charles, told me once that he was riding in a buckboard with his father and ol' Charlie, sr handed him a bottle of freshly minted shine and asked if he wnted a toke of it. Unk was about 16 and, wanted to seem manly, took a big swig of this feremented lighning and turned several shades of green and spat the offending mass upon the ground. Grandpa got irate with him and told him, " Boy, that stuff is precious and costly. Why didn't you just spit it back in the jar! I'd a drunk it later!" <ust of been REAL men back then!! My angelic mother, being a career tetotaler would hid his bottles of Who Hit John whenever he and granny came to visit us in jacksonville. he seemed to forget that he'd even bought the stuff. When we moved out of that house in 1959 I bet we found two dozen bottles in her closet, pantry and in the garage. Mom's father, who came from Italy in 1893 used to make home brewed wine in his basement in Rhode Island and frequently enjoyed his handicraft. Her Mom told me years ago that even as little girl Mom tried to hide thge wine production from Grandpa. Even today when we go out to dinner if i order a Bloody Mary she gives me the Italian evil eye and says a Novena for my soul! Randy ----- Original Message ----- From: <Scotti3275@aol.com> To: <gascreve@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 8:55 PM Subject: Re: [GASCREVE] A Williams Cemetery? > Nan, > > No, she didn't and evidently couldn't have any. Doll and my > grandfather, Walter Scott, were engaged in 1920 (they'd grown up on adjacent farms, from > what I can gather). Anyway, one Sunday, Grandpa made the mistake of going > over to see Doll after he'd been drinking. Now, John Barney Williams, > Grandma's father, was a pretty bad drinker from what I understand, so Doll gave > Grandpa her engagement ring back, and told him that she was going to marry a > drunk! Suffice it to say, Grandpa didn't give up drinking until 1943, and within > a few months, was married to my grandmother, Laura Mock. After this > marriage, Doll married Sollie Conner, who was a widower with children, and they > lived over in Brooklet. Marguerite Perkins from Emit Grove is Doll's niece. > Anyway, in 1959, Grandpa's sister, Daisy Scott Wells (who also lived in > Brooklet), asked her younger brother (Grandpa) if he would paint her house. Aunt > Daisy also invited Doll over for lunch. > As Grandpa and Doll were both recently widowed (and Grandpa no longer > drank), they reestablished their relationship and got married in 1960. I remember > watching them when we'd come and visit from Statesboro, walking hand-in-hand > and they were really in love with each other! However, I'm glad that it > worked out the way it did, or else I wouldn't be here today! Also, two of Doll's > sisters, Cora Lee and Nettie, I believe, married two of Grandpa's cousins, > Virgil R. and Charlie Scott. Aunt Lola Williams Lee was the youngest of these > 15 Williams children, and she died last summer. I hope that this helps. > Happy hunting! > > Scotty > > > > **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. > (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp0030000 00025 > 48) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GASCREVE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >