Married to Myrtie Garner Lawless. Children: Omery, Avery, Margie (Coffey), Geneva (Irwin/Blair), Edwin, R.J., Herlen, Marshall and Floy.
My grandfather was a character. He took care of a farm and was the janitor at Jamestown Grade School for years. My grandmother worked there too. In fact, my mother told me that she worked there cleaning when I was a baby and would drag me around in a clothes basket from room to room while she cleaned. (What a pretty picture to remember!) My grandparents would take me to school with them when I was little and eventually I wanted to go into the classroom like the big kids (the first graders) did and Mrs. Vertie Johnson let me come sit in her room. I was so young that I actually carried my bottle with me in there but hid it in an Easter basket I carried around. I guess you could say I went to school from the time I was a baby. I remember about the popcorn machine mostly. At recess, my grandmother would pop popcorn for the children. You could smell it all over the school. I also had my school picture taken even before I became an official student. I laughed when I saw my Great Aunt Kate had one of them in her scrapbook. I remember that a lot of the kids couldn't afford those school pictures and that once everyone had picked them up that could afford them, my grandparents would go raid the garbage cans, take out all the leftovers and go give them to the kids.
After my grandmother died, my grandpa had a few girl friends but it didn't amount to much. He used to drag me down to Freedom Ridge to visit someone called Ada. I thought for years this was one of his girlfriends. After I did the family tree, I finally figured out it was his sister (which he always said it was but I didn't believe him at the time). He used to sit up on the town square and whittle wood for entertainment. My sister and I would sit in his truck doing nothing that I can remember. One time we were fooling around and set off his horn. That's the only time I can ever remember him saying a sharp word to us. He met a guy on the square one day while he was whittling. They got to talking and discovered they were brothers! It was Bubby Lawless who lived at Freedom. Guess that big 5 miles of traveling was too much for them in those days if they couldn't visit each other once in awhile. After that is when we started visiting Bubby and Ada.
We did a lot of visiting in those days. We had a t.v. but I don't remember it being on the air all the time then like it is now. I remember watching I Love Lucy and that's it. We mostly visited relatives and went to church and school events. There was always a family reunion every year and we went to plenty of those since the Lawless's are related to everyone around here.
My grandfather had milking cows and raised corn and tobacco on the farm. He tried to teach me to milk a cow. I never could get the hang of it. I was sure glad when he got milking machines or those poor cows would have been in trouble. He let me have one of the calves for a pet...at least it was until it was old enough to go to market. Once I discovered what going to market meant, I could barely stand looking at the poor things after that and still feel guilty every time I eat meat. Cows are just so cute wearing their earrings!
My grandfather was good to us and we loved him dearly.
My grandfather was a character. He took care of a farm and was the janitor at Jamestown Grade School for years. My grandmother worked there too. In fact, my mother told me that she worked there cleaning when I was a baby and would drag me around in a clothes basket from room to room while she cleaned. (What a pretty picture to remember!) My grandparents would take me to school with them when I was little and eventually I wanted to go into the classroom like the big kids (the first graders) did and Mrs. Vertie Johnson let me come sit in her room. I was so young that I actually carried my bottle with me in there but hid it in an Easter basket I carried around. I guess you could say I went to school from the time I was a baby. I remember about the popcorn machine mostly. At recess, my grandmother would pop popcorn for the children. You could smell it all over the school. I also had my school picture taken even before I became an official student. I laughed when I saw my Great Aunt Kate had one of them in her scrapbook. I remember that a lot of the kids couldn't afford those school pictures and that once everyone had picked them up that could afford them, my grandparents would go raid the garbage cans, take out all the leftovers and go give them to the kids.
After my grandmother died, my grandpa had a few girl friends but it didn't amount to much. He used to drag me down to Freedom Ridge to visit someone called Ada. I thought for years this was one of his girlfriends. After I did the family tree, I finally figured out it was his sister (which he always said it was but I didn't believe him at the time). He used to sit up on the town square and whittle wood for entertainment. My sister and I would sit in his truck doing nothing that I can remember. One time we were fooling around and set off his horn. That's the only time I can ever remember him saying a sharp word to us. He met a guy on the square one day while he was whittling. They got to talking and discovered they were brothers! It was Bubby Lawless who lived at Freedom. Guess that big 5 miles of traveling was too much for them in those days if they couldn't visit each other once in awhile. After that is when we started visiting Bubby and Ada.
We did a lot of visiting in those days. We had a t.v. but I don't remember it being on the air all the time then like it is now. I remember watching I Love Lucy and that's it. We mostly visited relatives and went to church and school events. There was always a family reunion every year and we went to plenty of those since the Lawless's are related to everyone around here.
My grandfather had milking cows and raised corn and tobacco on the farm. He tried to teach me to milk a cow. I never could get the hang of it. I was sure glad when he got milking machines or those poor cows would have been in trouble. He let me have one of the calves for a pet...at least it was until it was old enough to go to market. Once I discovered what going to market meant, I could barely stand looking at the poor things after that and still feel guilty every time I eat meat. Cows are just so cute wearing their earrings!
My grandfather was good to us and we loved him dearly.
Married to Myrtie Garner Lawless. Children: Omery, Avery, Margie (Coffey), Geneva (Irwin/Blair), Edwin, R.J., Herlen, Marshall and Floy.
My grandfather was a character. He took care of a farm and was the janitor at Jamestown Grade School for years. My grandmother worked there too. In fact, my mother told me that she worked there cleaning when I was a baby and would drag me around in a clothes basket from room to room while she cleaned. (What a pretty picture to remember!) My grandparents would take me to school with them when I was little and eventually I wanted to go into the classroom like the big kids (the first graders) did and Mrs. Vertie Johnson let me come sit in her room. I was so young that I actually carried my bottle with me in there but hid it in an Easter basket I carried around. I guess you could say I went to school from the time I was a baby. I remember about the popcorn machine mostly. At recess, my grandmother would pop popcorn for the children. You could smell it all over the school. I also had my school picture taken even before I became an official student. I laughed when I saw my Great Aunt Kate had one of them in her scrapbook. I remember that a lot of the kids couldn't afford those school pictures and that once everyone had picked them up that could afford them, my grandparents would go raid the garbage cans, take out all the leftovers and go give them to the kids.
After my grandmother died, my grandpa had a few girl friends but it didn't amount to much. He used to drag me down to Freedom Ridge to visit someone called Ada. I thought for years this was one of his girlfriends. After I did the family tree, I finally figured out it was his sister (which he always said it was but I didn't believe him at the time). He used to sit up on the town square and whittle wood for entertainment. My sister and I would sit in his truck doing nothing that I can remember. One time we were fooling around and set off his horn. That's the only time I can ever remember him saying a sharp word to us. He met a guy on the square one day while he was whittling. They got to talking and discovered they were brothers! It was Bubby Lawless who lived at Freedom. Guess that big 5 miles of traveling was too much for them in those days if they couldn't visit each other once in awhile. After that is when we started visiting Bubby and Ada.
We did a lot of visiting in those days. We had a t.v. but I don't remember it being on the air all the time then like it is now. I remember watching I Love Lucy and that's it. We mostly visited relatives and went to church and school events. There was always a family reunion every year and we went to plenty of those since the Lawless's are related to everyone around here.
My grandfather had milking cows and raised corn and tobacco on the farm. He tried to teach me to milk a cow. I never could get the hang of it. I was sure glad when he got milking machines or those poor cows would have been in trouble. He let me have one of the calves for a pet...at least it was until it was old enough to go to market. Once I discovered what going to market meant, I could barely stand looking at the poor things after that and still feel guilty every time I eat meat. Cows are just so cute wearing their earrings!
My grandfather was good to us and we loved him dearly.
My grandfather was a character. He took care of a farm and was the janitor at Jamestown Grade School for years. My grandmother worked there too. In fact, my mother told me that she worked there cleaning when I was a baby and would drag me around in a clothes basket from room to room while she cleaned. (What a pretty picture to remember!) My grandparents would take me to school with them when I was little and eventually I wanted to go into the classroom like the big kids (the first graders) did and Mrs. Vertie Johnson let me come sit in her room. I was so young that I actually carried my bottle with me in there but hid it in an Easter basket I carried around. I guess you could say I went to school from the time I was a baby. I remember about the popcorn machine mostly. At recess, my grandmother would pop popcorn for the children. You could smell it all over the school. I also had my school picture taken even before I became an official student. I laughed when I saw my Great Aunt Kate had one of them in her scrapbook. I remember that a lot of the kids couldn't afford those school pictures and that once everyone had picked them up that could afford them, my grandparents would go raid the garbage cans, take out all the leftovers and go give them to the kids.
After my grandmother died, my grandpa had a few girl friends but it didn't amount to much. He used to drag me down to Freedom Ridge to visit someone called Ada. I thought for years this was one of his girlfriends. After I did the family tree, I finally figured out it was his sister (which he always said it was but I didn't believe him at the time). He used to sit up on the town square and whittle wood for entertainment. My sister and I would sit in his truck doing nothing that I can remember. One time we were fooling around and set off his horn. That's the only time I can ever remember him saying a sharp word to us. He met a guy on the square one day while he was whittling. They got to talking and discovered they were brothers! It was Bubby Lawless who lived at Freedom. Guess that big 5 miles of traveling was too much for them in those days if they couldn't visit each other once in awhile. After that is when we started visiting Bubby and Ada.
We did a lot of visiting in those days. We had a t.v. but I don't remember it being on the air all the time then like it is now. I remember watching I Love Lucy and that's it. We mostly visited relatives and went to church and school events. There was always a family reunion every year and we went to plenty of those since the Lawless's are related to everyone around here.
My grandfather had milking cows and raised corn and tobacco on the farm. He tried to teach me to milk a cow. I never could get the hang of it. I was sure glad when he got milking machines or those poor cows would have been in trouble. He let me have one of the calves for a pet...at least it was until it was old enough to go to market. Once I discovered what going to market meant, I could barely stand looking at the poor things after that and still feel guilty every time I eat meat. Cows are just so cute wearing their earrings!
My grandfather was good to us and we loved him dearly.
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