When I was growing up in Arkansas in the late 1950's, a cousin of my father's visited from Arizona. He was born in Arkansas. His mother was the youngest child of Hugh B. Phillips who grew up and married his first two times in Cannon County, moved to Christian County, Missouri in 1879 where he married in 1886 the third time to this woman's mother and finally moved to Newton County, Arkansas where he married for the fourth time in 1896. After this man's mother committed suicide about 1912, his father took him and a sister to Oklahoma, leaving his infant sister for an aunt to raise. Dad's cousin wanted to slop the hogs, milk a cow and have redeye gravy for breakfast, none of which he had done in decades. But, what I remember most was that he had two things I never heard of anyone else having - a deep freeze and a divorce! m m wrote: >I love the different subjects on this site.It brings back memories I had >stored away and almost forgotten.Summer afternoon's of visiting my grand >parents.Warm hugs,Orange Cake,tea cakes,molassas,home made butter.eggs >gathered from chicken house.Crazy things like the joint snake.Things >that were so much a part of my childhood almost forgotten in this >rush,rush,time we live in.People do not vist on Sunday after noons >anymore.You are lucky to get a phone call,When I was young,we visted in >the afternoons.By this I was luckly enough to know most of my Great >Aunt's and Uncles.It was a time of family,not so much any more.I miss >going to my mother in laws,cutting off corn,.making soup,kraut,shelling >butter beans.Things I had not done much of >growing up.We were a store bought veggie >family.I leaned of the hard life she had .Of the >time my husband as a child would go bring the milk from the spring where >it was being kept cold.Raised in town,I always had a frig, I was amazed >that not every one lived that way.While I roller skated to school.he >rode a horse.While >I slept till 10 in the summer,he was up by dawn. >working on the farm..If you did not work,the family did not eat.They >were share croppers >and everyone pulled their weight,no matter the age.When his sister got >her first in town job,she got up evrey morning picked a sack of cotton >before going to her other job.I thought everyone drove to town,worked a >job and got paid like my dad.. > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNCANNON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >