Alice had breast cancer and her son Garnett took care if her, bathing and holding her on the toilet. He washed her wounds, wirked, cooked, did laundry, and took care iof his siblings. Alice died being held on the toilet and she warped my grandfather with shouting AHHHHH LAUD GARNETT! YOU DONE KILLED ME!.....WITH HER LAST BREATH. HE RAN AND RAN OUTSIDE ON THE HILL CRYING FOR HELP. HE BECAME AN ALCOHOLIC AND HAD SIX CHILDREN AFTER MARRYING MY GRANDMOTHER.
HE WAS FREEZING , SLEEPING IN SCHOOL BUSSES AT THE BOTTOM OF GRATZ HILL IN GRATZ, KY. WHERE HIS DAUGHTER AND SON LIVED. SHIRLEY AND LARRY . THEY WERE BOTH MARRIED AND HAD KIDS. HE TOOK IFF WALKING ALL THE WAY TO THE HENRY\SHELBY COUNTY LINE. HIS TOES FELL OFF IN THE HOUSE FROZEN AND ROTTEN WITH GANG GREENE. HE HAD T.B. AND LUNG CANCER. HE PROBABLY HAD SEPSIS AS WELL.
I WAS 13. I HAD JUST LEARNED CPR. HE QUIT BREATHING ON THE COUCH AND I ASKED MOM TO RUN TO THE WILHOIT FARM TO CALL AN AMBULANCE. GRANDMOMMIE WAS TOO POOR FOR A PHONE. MY AUNT BARBARA HELD HIS FEET. I TOLD HER TO DO THAT SO SHE COULD STAY CALM AND FEEL LIKE SHE WAS HELPING HER DADDY, AND ME. I WAS TERRIFIED BUT JESUS HELPED ME. HE GOT TO THE HOSPITAL IN SHELBYVILLE AND DIED ON EASTER SUNDAY MARCH, 1978. MY BROTHER WAS 4. MY GRANDFATHER SAW HIM WITH WHITE GLOVES ON BUT HE WAS HOME IN LOUISVILLE. WE LATER FOUND THAT CHILDREN WORE WHITE GLOVES TO NOT FEEL AFRAID OF THE DYING IR DEAD.
HE SANG ,"LORD, I'M COMING HOME", THE BAPTIST HYMN. HE DIED SEEING HIS MOTHER AND DADDY APPEAR IN THE CORNER OF THE CEILING.
HE WAS A SAD, BUT LOVING MAN. HE JUST COULD NOT LOVE HIMSELF.
THE MAIN HERO HERE WAS MY GRANDMOMMIE TAKING HIM IN AFTER YEARS OF HIM SLEEPING WITH HER SISTERS, OTHER WOMEN, STAYING DRUNK, NOT TAKING CARE OF HER WITH SIX LITTLE CHILDREN. BUT SHE HAD FORGIVEN HIM AND HE TRIED HARD TO MAKE UP TO HER ABOUT A YEAR AFTER COMING THERE WITH FROZEN TOES. I LOVED BOTH OF THEM. LENA WAS MY BEST FRIEND AND GARNET WAS A SWEET GRANDFATHER TO ME.
HE IS IN HEAVEN WITH GRANDMOMMIE LENA AND JESUS! I AM SO GLAD WE HAD THAT YEAR AND TWO WEEKS MORE WITH HIM! DONNA SUE BAKER DEARMOND. SHELBYVILLE KY.
