Milly, I can remember riding on a "loaded" flatbed truck with no sides too. My, how times have changed! I moved back to TN in 2009 after living away for 58 years & I was pleasantly surprised to learn that some cemeteries in Fentress Co. still have a decoration day & people even come from out of state for decoration day. Gerri On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 8:38 PM, <MPiros1120@aol.com> wrote: > Gerri > > I haven't heard those words in a long time..I remember Decoration Day from > a kid at my Aunt Effie Delk Leffew's. My Granny Delk., Aunt Effie and Aunt > Lexie Pile Delk Aunt Fae Delk York would make flowers for Decoration Day. > Even us youngins would try to make them. They made the flowers out of crepe > paper and then dip them in paraffin. They worked on them for weeks. When it > came Decoration Day we would get all dressed up and the Aunts took food. I > can't remember whose flat bed truck came to pick us up. We rode on the > truck with nothing to hold us in except gravity. I think we even picked up > the > Hughes which were related through Granny Delk. Her sister was Nan Patton > Hughes and her husband was Tyree Hughes....Now we just go to the store and > buy the plants. It was much more fun back in the 40's and 50's...Thanks > for > jogging my memory..anyone else want to add to it.. > > Milly WARD Piros > > My Mind is like Lightning.....One Brilliant flash and pooooooooofffffffff > It's gone > > > > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNFENTRE > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >