Thank you so much for posting obits. This one is a real treasure-find for me. It brought back some lovely memories. "Aunt Maymie" was one of the favorite people of my childhood. She always had twinkling eyes, always was smiling, and spoke to me with such a sweet and kind, soft voice, as she looked at me with great interest and total attention. She made me feel so very special. She acted like she really loved me, and I loved her, even though we saw one another only on special occasions and not on a regular basis. Sixty years later, I can seen her sweet face as though it were yesterday that we last met. One of my treasured possessions in my bedroom is a china dresser set, handpainted and signed by Aunt Maymie. There are three matching pieces in the set: (1) A hatpin holder, which is similar to a small vase, but the top is solid with several small holes in which to stick the tall hatpins so popular during Aunt Mayme's day. (2) A hair holder which is a round dish with a cover having a hole in the center. A woman would tuck into that hole the loose hairs she lost as she brushed, combed and washed her hair. I have been told that when a woman accumulated enough hair this way, she would cover it with fabric and make a pin-cushion of it. (3) A round dish with a solid round cover. I'm sure what the intended purpose of this closed container was, but I have always kept safety pins, straight pins, and the occasional needle in it. She was the wife of my grandfather's brother, Charles "Charlie" PENICK. If I recall correctly, she was from Texas, and I believe she and Uncle Charlie met while he was in Texas for several years in a business there. Thank you for making my "evening"! God bless you for all your efforts in posting these gems for us. Martha (Penick) LAMKIN Wednesday 18 Sept. 2002 Mayme Sledge Penick Mrs. Mayme Sledge Penick, 92 daughter of the late Dr. J. R. Sledge and Mrs. Mary Harris Sledge, was born February 29, 1880 in Sweetwater, Alabama and departed this life Tuesday, January 16, 1973 at 6:40 p.m. at Norton's Memorial Infirmary in Louisville. She had made a profession of faith in Christ and was a member of the Mt. Gilead Baptist Church at the time of her death. She united in marriage to Mr. Charlie Penick on October 22, 1907 and he preceded her in death in 1946. Mrs. Penick is survived by one son: Hansford Penick, Greensburg; one grandson: Charles Penick, Greensburg; four great-grandchildren: Michael Penick, Deborah Penick, Charles Eric Penick and Allen McKibben, all of Greensburg. Funeral services were conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday, January 18, 1973 at the Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home with burial in the Greensburg Cemetery. Rev. Terry Bishop officiated. Transcribed by Wanda Bagby Carlson for Karen Jorgensen.