You have now read a post about or seen photos of our grandparents...our parents...our brothers and sisters.....our aunts and uncles....our cousins....and our friends. I will continue to add photos to the earlier posts as they become available. So, as they say, on with our life story..........
Billy and I moved to a little white house on Tipton Street in 1960, not too far away from our apartment on Edgeworth...and closer to Mom and Dad. We had a persimmon tree in the front yard, and Cecil and Betsy lived next door. We had some good times together...especially learning to make persimmon pudding.
Billy had dreams of driving a truck since he was very young. Mamie's nephew, Ty and his tractor trailer truck made a lasting impression on Billy when Ty would come through Erwin and stop to visit his family. When Billy wanted to do something, he worked hard to make it happen, so he is now driving a truck for Younts Transfer,,,,terminal manager Charles and wife Alma....they became two of our best friends...it didn't matter that he left at 4:30 a.m. to take the load -that was picked up the day before- to Hickory to the main terminal. He then came back to High Point to pick up shipments to deliver to Hickory the following morning. He was paying his dues, but he was a happy camper.
I went to work at Davis Furniture in June, 1958. After graduation, my cousin Betty, invited me to go to the beach. I'll always remember that trip...my first view of the ocean...When we got back home, Daddy showed me a want ad for a secretary,so I made my appointment for an interview and got the job. I didn't know at the time that Daddy was good friends with a man at his work who lived next door to Mr. Davis on Chandler Street. Davis now has three or four blocks with different plants and offices, but when I went to work there, we had twenty-three employees and one building. They had one girl in the office who had turned in her notice. She did stay two weeks to help train me. It was the job of a lifetime if you wanted to learn the furniture business. Mr. Davis had worked at Tomlinson, and after the war he and his wife opened a reupholstery business on Kearns Street. They later were able to build a plant on Linden Street.They taught me as much about life as the industry. Their office was next to mine......they were still very involved.....but had really turned the reins over to their son... John..he was the one that had to be in all places at the same time.
Good News...
I can't wait until Billy gets home tonight...We're going to have a baby...We're going to have a baby.....
I am so excited, and I know Billy will be beside himself. Just think...Mama and Daddy's first grandchild.. Wayne and Junior will be an uncle, and they are just twelve and fifteen years old. Mamie and Talmadge will have their second grandchild.
Remember - This is February, 1960...
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