Annie, I am so very sorry to hear her death. Please extend my condolences to Jack, Andy, Wayne and everyone. I'm glad you showed her the email and I Thank you very much for that. She was a very nice and gracious lady and it was a privilege to have been taught by her and to have known her. John Ann Massengill/John Evans wrote: > > At 03:48 PM 10/11/2000 -0500, you wrote: > >Annie, > > > >... Do remember Andy and Wayne though. Mrs. > >Wells was probably my best teacher ever. > > Dear John Turner, > > We have just gotten word that dear Aunt Mary Ellen died tonight. I talked > to her yesterday and read her your note. She just said, "Doesn't that beat > all?" > > She had a stroke before mid-day, and Uncle Jack had her taken to the > hospital, where she died about 7. We've been on the phone notifying > family, etc., and I finally got loose enough to let you know. > > Few people remember that Jack was captured on Christmas Eve, 1944 in > Belgium. It was not know whether he was missing or had been killed. Mary > Ellen's mother urged her to forget him and get on with her life. she never > forgave Mama Lena for giving up on him like that. So Mary Ellen moved in > with my grandparents, where my mother and I (three months old) were. They > were not married then, but it didn't take them long after he got out of > Germany and caught a troop ship back home. He was all of 20 years old! > Nobody knew he was coming. He came in during the night on the Greyhound > bus. The driver was from Greenwood and drove him right up to grand-daddy's > house and blew the horn and let him in the middle of the night. They tell > me I got tangled up with his dog "Scratch" chasing Mary Ellen downstairs to > get to him. The dog and I apparently rolled all the way down the steps > together. > > I just wanted to tell somebody. > > Thanks. > > Her funeral will be at Blyth's, probably Saturday afternoon. We are > leaving in the morning, planning for the visitation tomorrow night. > > annie > > ==== SCGREENW Mailing List ==== > Greenwood County was created in 1897 from portions of Edgefield and > Abbeville Counties. > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/search > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query!