Beverages

Over a 100 years ago my maternal grandmother married her one and only being disowned by her family because he was Church of Christ and she was Methodist. If they had not married I would not be here as I know it,but this is the only strain of Church of Christ in my family. All of my other strains are Baptist. They moved to Texas from Tennessee. She never learned to drive a car and one of her highlights was riding in an elevator in downtown Dallas with my cousin Ward. My family spent a lot of time with her especially Easter Sunday.She had a small apartment in the back of her house that she rented to single women. She had 3 boys go off to World War II and come back alive. They joined the Army, Navy and Air Force. They were my mom's favorite Uncles and they started their families after the war. My mom was the oldest second generation child I knew. There were 2 other siblings of my grandmother but they were older and died before I knew them. Ada attended a Church of Christ in Greenville, Texas where we saw the congregation dwindle over the years. She would walk to church and walk to town. Her Christmas gift was chocolate covered cherries. She could cook a spread for dinner and I was probably the pickiest eater that ever has been born.My family even lived with her one summer so my parents could go to East Texas State and work on their degree. She died shortly after I came to Abilene in 1973. So actually I came 33 years ago, Time is flying by.