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Subject: Re: Lavenders in McCreary Co. in the 1930's
Date: 30 Aug 2005 07:37:25 -0600

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Yes, he was my grandfather, my mother’s father. I visited with him several times and his wife, Ethel, my grandmother. Yes, I know Uncle Lonnie and Aunt Ethel. I last saw him when he came to my mother’s funeral in 1997. Our family on my mother’s side was never very close, I don’t think. Seems we always met at funerals.

I never saw the mean side of my grandfather though he died when I was 10. Based on my mother, her mother, my grandmother Ethel, was the mean one, but who knows. That was a different time and place. One did what needed to be done to feed, clothe, and house.

I don’t know where you live but that area of the country is not conducive to an easy life. Roads were bad and twisty; taking long times to get anywhere. The land is mountainous, rocky, sandy, poor, and takes a lot of work just to get anything out, especially with a horse as a tractor. Coal mining was the way out for many and, as I recall, Lonnie worked for a coal mine. Anyway, if you would like more info, please email me

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