Appalachian Heritage ~ Cherokee Heritage
Welcome! I'm a mother of three, grandmother of two. Amateur Radio operator since 1976.
Started playing guitar in 1945; actually, the photo below taken 1940 something, so I guess I started about age 5.I like living in the "slow lane", taking time to see and enjoy the beauty which surrounds us. It's there...just stop and look; you can't miss it.
I remember those boots, but not the uke. Photographer most likely was my aunt Rethie.
The hairdo is a "Rethie" special... curled with rags. I do remember THOSE specials!
My paternal Cherokee grandmother. On right, her 88th birthday.
From about 1942 to 1954, I stayed every summer in this house with Rethie and in my junior year, 1953, I went to high school there, in Rupert.
Right: Rethie and I 1955.
The farm house, forties and fifties. My uncle Jimmie James took the black and white picture. He "posed" me in the flowers. :D
Mom and Pop, Homer and Dicie
Bottom left is the yard at the house pictured above. Another place I liked to visit was my Great Grandmother's farm in Doddridge County.
1954
