Death date is probably 1969, not 1970. I recall going to see Aunt Mattie as she was in the hospital just prior to death. My father, Billy Earl Grizzle, son of her younger sister Iva, was there. He passed away on August 20, 1970, which is prior to the date of death of Mattie Young found in family records.
Mattie Young was afflicted with a chronic condition known as "milk leg." Her right leg, seen in many photos, was swollen to many times normal size. She kept it wrapped in an opaque bandage with a black cloth "shoe."
Besides her personal physical affliction, Mattie suffered through a great deal of family grief in her life owing to her husband's alcoholism and problems with a mentally ill daughter-in-law who on several occasions called Mattie to report her son had been killed while on the road as a traveling salesman.
Ultimately, this daughter-in-law attempted to murder Mattie's son Truman, and after shooting him in their home, called the Lamar County Sheriff. Truman was well known to all in Paris in that time, and the deputies were personal friends struck with grief as they rushed to Truman's residence. After the deputies arrived, Truman's wife retrieved the gun which she had hidden in the sofa and shot herself in the head. Truman was revived by the deputies before the ambulance arrived, and with the ambulances of that day only able to carry one patient, Truman insisted that the medics transport his wife first. She lingered for three days in the hospital before succumbing to her self-influcted wound.
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Mattie Young was afflicted with a chronic condition known as "milk leg." Her right leg, seen in many photos, was swollen to many times normal size. She kept it wrapped in an opaque bandage with a black cloth "shoe."
Besides her personal physical affliction, Mattie suffered through a great deal of family grief in her life owing to her husband's alcoholism and problems with a mentally ill daughter-in-law who on several occasions called Mattie to report her son had been killed while on the road as a traveling salesman.
Ultimately, this daughter-in-law attempted to murder Mattie's son Truman, and after shooting him in their home, called the Lamar County Sheriff. Truman was well known to all in Paris in that time, and the deputies were personal friends struck with grief as they rushed to Truman's residence. After the deputies arrived, Truman's wife retrieved the gun which she had hidden in the sofa and shot herself in the head. Truman was revived by the deputies before the ambulance arrived, and with the ambulances of that day only able to carry one patient, Truman insisted that the medics transport his wife first. She lingered for three days in the hospital before succumbing to her self-influcted wound.
Links complete for all 5 children.
Death date is probably 1969, not 1970. I recall going to see Aunt Mattie as she was in the hospital just prior to death. My father, Billy Earl Grizzle, son of her younger sister Iva, was there. He passed away on August 20, 1970, which is prior to the date of death of Mattie Young found in family records.
Mattie Young was afflicted with a chronic condition known as "milk leg." Her right leg, seen in many photos, was swollen to many times normal size. She kept it wrapped in an opaque bandage with a black cloth "shoe."
Besides her personal physical affliction, Mattie suffered through a great deal of family grief in her life owing to her husband's alcoholism and problems with a mentally ill daughter-in-law who on several occasions called Mattie to report her son had been killed while on the road as a traveling salesman.
Ultimately, this daughter-in-law attempted to murder Mattie's son Truman, and after shooting him in their home, called the Lamar County Sheriff. Truman was well known to all in Paris in that time, and the deputies were personal friends struck with grief as they rushed to Truman's residence. After the deputies arrived, Truman's wife retrieved the gun which she had hidden in the sofa and shot herself in the head. Truman was revived by the deputies before the ambulance arrived, and with the ambulances of that day only able to carry one patient, Truman insisted that the medics transport his wife first. She lingered for three days in the hospital before succumbing to her self-influcted wound.
Links complete for all 5 children.
Mattie Young was afflicted with a chronic condition known as "milk leg." Her right leg, seen in many photos, was swollen to many times normal size. She kept it wrapped in an opaque bandage with a black cloth "shoe."
Besides her personal physical affliction, Mattie suffered through a great deal of family grief in her life owing to her husband's alcoholism and problems with a mentally ill daughter-in-law who on several occasions called Mattie to report her son had been killed while on the road as a traveling salesman.
Ultimately, this daughter-in-law attempted to murder Mattie's son Truman, and after shooting him in their home, called the Lamar County Sheriff. Truman was well known to all in Paris in that time, and the deputies were personal friends struck with grief as they rushed to Truman's residence. After the deputies arrived, Truman's wife retrieved the gun which she had hidden in the sofa and shot herself in the head. Truman was revived by the deputies before the ambulance arrived, and with the ambulances of that day only able to carry one patient, Truman insisted that the medics transport his wife first. She lingered for three days in the hospital before succumbing to her self-influcted wound.
Links complete for all 5 children.
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