The Ancestors

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Monday, May 31, 2010

My grandmother's Loss


I saw a clock face on Finding Josephine this morning and it reminded me of a clock face I did a few years ago using photographs of my grandmother, Fannie Mae Turner Graham.  She and my grandfather, Mershell, lost their both of their sons at young ages.  Mershell Jr was run over by a laundry truck on the way back to school after lunch.  Howard was born the next year.  He died from complications of scarlet fever at the age of three.  I am going to begin posting writings my mother sent me about her family at the beginning of my search.

2 comments:

  1. That must have been awful to loss two children in less than 5 years.

    I am looking forward to your mother's stories. Is there a way that I can get a notice when the page is updated?

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  2. This is beautiful, with the circle of photos around the text: it really evokes the loss.

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