Thank
you! My grandmother. Mom's mother. Mom always said that Grandma didn't
have enough money to buy her blood pressure medicine. When I worked at
the doctors office I helped patients get medications for free under the
indigent patient program and loved
doing. I wish that something like that would have been offered at the
time for my grandmother.
It was rough to be a widow. I remember Mom
saying that she would take in laundry for people for money.
It is hard
to think about her having nine children and living in that small house
just before you get into Marlinton.
If you are traveling into town from
Riverside, just before you got into town there was a row of houses on
the right before you get to Appalachian Sport. You can still see the
rocks from where Sidney Goodwins steps were. Next was Grandma's house
and I think maybe beside her was Delmas Kincaid? I am not 100% sure.
People have always told me that Grandma always had the most beautiful
flowers. And Mom would say that Grandma would have vases of flowers
sitting on the porch rail. I remember talking to a patient one time. He
lived on the other side of the river on 4th Avenue. He said that
everyone would go out onto their porches, especially on Saturday night
to listen to music being played from that house.
Grandma played the
banjo, Grandad played the fiddle and all of the kids could play
instruments. Mom always said that Uncle "Dude" could play anything with
strings on it. She was right. Thanks so much for sharing this.
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