She had a wonderful sense of humor and dark blue eyes that would twinkle when she enjoyed a good laugh. Those dark blue eyes were passed on to her great grandson, Brent.
She worked hard along side her husband in the fields. Her generation of women also worked hard in their homes, cooking over a wood stove in August in East Texas! No fans because there was no electricity. She was the hardest working person I ever knew and the toughest, but gentle with us. I remember being sick and her gently checking my face for fever. She would comfort us when we cried by saying "I wouldn't try 'bout it."
Visitors to her home never went away hungry. No matter how little they had, they were willing to share.
She enjoyed the "little" things, visiting family, sitting on the front porch shelling peas, her grandchildren and dancing at a dance hall with her husband.
She seemed to me to be fearless. What a wonderful role model she was. The way she lived is my example and my guide.
She was a loving grandmother. We loved her enormously and will miss her for the rest of our days.
granddaughter 2019
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Willie Mae married Melvin on November 10, 1924. She was born in Houston County.
Her brothers were: William Thomas, David Turner, Charles Miller, and Joe Frank Sharp. Her sisters: Barbra Lou and Sarah Lee Sharp.
Willie Mae's mother died in 1916, her father married Annie Bell Beard and she has several half brothers and sisters.
**************************************************************************************The information posted in the middle was put on here before her page was transferred to me. I just wanted to say, I never, ever heard them (my grandmother and her two sisters, the older girls) refer to their siblings as "half" they always said "My sister" or "My brother". There wasn't any half to them.
She worked hard along side her husband in the fields. Her generation of women also worked hard in their homes, cooking over a wood stove in August in East Texas! No fans because there was no electricity. She was the hardest working person I ever knew and the toughest, but gentle with us. I remember being sick and her gently checking my face for fever. She would comfort us when we cried by saying "I wouldn't try 'bout it."
Visitors to her home never went away hungry. No matter how little they had, they were willing to share.
She enjoyed the "little" things, visiting family, sitting on the front porch shelling peas, her grandchildren and dancing at a dance hall with her husband.
She seemed to me to be fearless. What a wonderful role model she was. The way she lived is my example and my guide.
She was a loving grandmother. We loved her enormously and will miss her for the rest of our days.
granddaughter 2019
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Willie Mae married Melvin on November 10, 1924. She was born in Houston County.
Her brothers were: William Thomas, David Turner, Charles Miller, and Joe Frank Sharp. Her sisters: Barbra Lou and Sarah Lee Sharp.
Willie Mae's mother died in 1916, her father married Annie Bell Beard and she has several half brothers and sisters.
**************************************************************************************The information posted in the middle was put on here before her page was transferred to me. I just wanted to say, I never, ever heard them (my grandmother and her two sisters, the older girls) refer to their siblings as "half" they always said "My sister" or "My brother". There wasn't any half to them.
She had a wonderful sense of humor and dark blue eyes that would twinkle when she enjoyed a good laugh. Those dark blue eyes were passed on to her great grandson, Brent.
She worked hard along side her husband in the fields. Her generation of women also worked hard in their homes, cooking over a wood stove in August in East Texas! No fans because there was no electricity. She was the hardest working person I ever knew and the toughest, but gentle with us. I remember being sick and her gently checking my face for fever. She would comfort us when we cried by saying "I wouldn't try 'bout it."
Visitors to her home never went away hungry. No matter how little they had, they were willing to share.
She enjoyed the "little" things, visiting family, sitting on the front porch shelling peas, her grandchildren and dancing at a dance hall with her husband.
She seemed to me to be fearless. What a wonderful role model she was. The way she lived is my example and my guide.
She was a loving grandmother. We loved her enormously and will miss her for the rest of our days.
granddaughter 2019
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Willie Mae married Melvin on November 10, 1924. She was born in Houston County.
Her brothers were: William Thomas, David Turner, Charles Miller, and Joe Frank Sharp. Her sisters: Barbra Lou and Sarah Lee Sharp.
Willie Mae's mother died in 1916, her father married Annie Bell Beard and she has several half brothers and sisters.
**************************************************************************************The information posted in the middle was put on here before her page was transferred to me. I just wanted to say, I never, ever heard them (my grandmother and her two sisters, the older girls) refer to their siblings as "half" they always said "My sister" or "My brother". There wasn't any half to them.
She worked hard along side her husband in the fields. Her generation of women also worked hard in their homes, cooking over a wood stove in August in East Texas! No fans because there was no electricity. She was the hardest working person I ever knew and the toughest, but gentle with us. I remember being sick and her gently checking my face for fever. She would comfort us when we cried by saying "I wouldn't try 'bout it."
Visitors to her home never went away hungry. No matter how little they had, they were willing to share.
She enjoyed the "little" things, visiting family, sitting on the front porch shelling peas, her grandchildren and dancing at a dance hall with her husband.
She seemed to me to be fearless. What a wonderful role model she was. The way she lived is my example and my guide.
She was a loving grandmother. We loved her enormously and will miss her for the rest of our days.
granddaughter 2019
**************************************************************************************
Willie Mae married Melvin on November 10, 1924. She was born in Houston County.
Her brothers were: William Thomas, David Turner, Charles Miller, and Joe Frank Sharp. Her sisters: Barbra Lou and Sarah Lee Sharp.
Willie Mae's mother died in 1916, her father married Annie Bell Beard and she has several half brothers and sisters.
**************************************************************************************The information posted in the middle was put on here before her page was transferred to me. I just wanted to say, I never, ever heard them (my grandmother and her two sisters, the older girls) refer to their siblings as "half" they always said "My sister" or "My brother". There wasn't any half to them.
