Gerannia Ada Elizabeth Smith

GEDCOM Note

I remember grandma as being a good story teller. We kids looked forward to her stories when she visited. She made the best dumplings that I ever put in my mouth. She was short and her hands shook all the time. She said she had fallen down some stairs and hit her head on a safe when she was younger, and this is what caused the shaking. She was a firm believer in discipline. She once chased my two older brothers up under our house. They had said something that they were not supposed to have said. They ran from her and she chased them down and give them a spanking. She split with her first husband, James, because he drank so much. As she put it the devil had a hold of him. Drinking in that area in that time was the only thing people had to help them escape their drudgery.

Grandma built several house that she lived in, she traveled some on the East Coast doing some preaching.

GEDCOM Note

I remember grandma as being a good story teller. We kids looked forwa rd to her stories when she visited. She made the best dumplings that I ev er put in my mouth. She was short and her hands shook all the time. She sa id she had fallen down some stairs and hit her head on a safe when she w as younger, and this is what caused the shaking. She was a firm believ er in discipline. She once chased my two older brothers up under our hous e. They had said something that they were not supposed to have said. Th ey ran from her and she chased them down and give them a spanking. She spl it with her first husband, James, because he drank so much. As she p ut it the devil had a hold of him. Drinking in that area in that time w as the only thing people had to help them escape their drudgery.

Grandma built several house that she lived in, she traveled some on the Ea st Coast doing some preaching.