They would often fight with each because they were jealous of Papa and his baby brother since they were their father’s favorites. Papa’s sisters, one in particular, Dale would get in trouble and blame it on her the other siblings since she was one of the baby sisters. Even though they fought numerous times, they had good times too. They would go to church every Sunday, played baseball and football, and went hunting and fishing. They mainly did these things because they lived in the backwoods country of Texas and that was what was really out there doing the 1940s and 50s. There was just dirt, trees and the sky something I am glad that I was not born into. In the next state over, as a child, Nanny was not raised by her mother but instead by her grandmother and aunt. They were heavily involved in the church since her grandmother and aunt were the so-called “key holders” of the church meaning, they just unlocked the doors of the church whenever the pastor needed to be there or had service. Nanny’s childhood activities included going to church every Sunday, taking piano lessons, attending Mardi Gras and spending time with her cousin Burnell. He was more like her brother since that was her aunt’s son and was always getting into trouble unlike Nanny who was a “goody
They would often fight with each because they were jealous of Papa and his baby brother since they were their father’s favorites. Papa’s sisters, one in particular, Dale would get in trouble and blame it on her the other siblings since she was one of the baby sisters. Even though they fought numerous times, they had good times too. They would go to church every Sunday, played baseball and football, and went hunting and fishing. They mainly did these things because they lived in the backwoods country of Texas and that was what was really out there doing the 1940s and 50s. There was just dirt, trees and the sky something I am glad that I was not born into. In the next state over, as a child, Nanny was not raised by her mother but instead by her grandmother and aunt. They were heavily involved in the church since her grandmother and aunt were the so-called “key holders” of the church meaning, they just unlocked the doors of the church whenever the pastor needed to be there or had service. Nanny’s childhood activities included going to church every Sunday, taking piano lessons, attending Mardi Gras and spending time with her cousin Burnell. He was more like her brother since that was her aunt’s son and was always getting into trouble unlike Nanny who was a “goody