THE NEXT PHOTOS ARE OF MY FAMILY, AT THE FIRST HOUSE WE LIVED IN AFTER
WE MOVED TO PITT COUNTY. MY FATHER HAD QUIT FARMING WITH MY UNCLE AND
STARTED WORKING AT AN WHOLESALE FOOD COMPANY, NEAR BY IN GREENVILLE,
NORTH CAROLINA. THIS HOUSE IS WHERE MOST OF US GREW UP. FRANCES IS THE OLDEST AND SHE WAS A JUNIOR IN HIGHSCHOOL WHEN WE MOVED HERE. IF MY
CALCULATIONS ARE RIGHT, WE MOVED TO THIS HOUSE IN 1952 FROM BEAUFORT COUNTY, WHERE WE WERE ALL BORN. MY MOTHER STAYED AT HOME, AND THERE
WAS A BIG PACKHOUSE ON THE LOT WHERE WE LIVED AND SHE SORTED AND GRADED TOBACCO IN THE EARLY FALL EVERY YEAR. ALL OF US CHILDREN WHO WERE STILL AT HOME HELPED OUT IN THE PACKHOUSE. WE WORKED HARD,
AND PART OF MY JOB WHEN I WAS STILL QUITE YOUNG WAS TO CLEAN HOUSE, IRON,
WASH DISHES AFTER MEALS, AND ALSO DID SOME COOKING. FRANCES LEFT HOME RIGHT AFTER SHE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND MOVED TO NORFOLK, VA.
WHERE SHE LIVED FOR MANY YEARS, WORKING, AND SHE WAS MARRIED TO HER
FIRST HUSBAND THERE, WHO HAS BEEN DECEASED SINCE 1968. SHE CAME HOME
OFTEN TO VISIT DURING THOSE YEARS, AND EVERYTIME SHE CAME SHE ALWAYS HAD A CAMERA AND LOTS OF FILM. SHE HAS ALWAYS LOVED TO TAKE PICTURES, AND
IF YOU VISIT HER HOME NOW IN CHARLESTON, S. C. YOU CAN SEE FOR YOURSELF.
SO HERE WE GO ON THE McLAWHORN FARM.......... |
