The most treasured gift I've had in my life is a recording of my mother reviewing her life. I asked questions I wouldn't have thought to ask if it wasn't for a class I was taking on aging with an assignment to interview an older person about their life development. Mother was happy to help…
Aubrey E Hanks (1896 – 1983)
Aubrey E Hanks, born April 14, 1896, in Atkins, Arkansas, to Elmus Tobe Hanks and Minnie Mae Smith, was my maternal grandfather. He had three siblings. His older brother, Gerald, died at 3 months in 1892 before Aubrey was born. Aubrey's older sister, Mamie Iola, died eight months after he was born. His younger sister,…
Mattie “Mae” Meador (1894 – 1953)
My maternal grandmother, Mattie "Mae" Meador Hanks had ten adoring children: five sons and five daughters. I don't remember her because, even though she died when I was ten, we lived in different states. When my aunts and uncles talked about her they had nothing but good to say about her. Mae's youngest son, Billy,…
Clifford Isaiah Warren (1920 – 1997)
I don't need to tell you that addiction is heart breaking. Most families are touched by it and I suspect tragedies have happened in our Warren family because of it. Those things were not discussed with children so it took me a while to understand. As I grew older I began to see first hand…
Generations 