My Brown Uncles

My daddy had several brother and two sisters. My grandma was very attached to her sons, They were attached to her too. My Uncle John Henry , Yep, I had one. Was a small man. In fact he was probably only 5 foot 2 I am not sure, but he looked just like my Daddy. He was sweet and kind to me. We spent a lot of time at their house while growing up. They lived in Sparkman, and the old house still stands. They had a big farm and grew lots of veggies and grains for animals. Aunt Corrine was his wife. She was a big woman, not heavy but tall and had black hair also. She always wore heels and lipstick. I never saw her without her lipstick, and how she wore heels all time was strange to me. she lived on a farm for petes sake. We would go to their house and they would take us swimming and I had this cute black swimsuit, It strangely disappeared one day, I think my mom hid it so I would not wear it, So I had to wear a skirt with my bros jeans under it .
Believe it! We were not allowed to wear slacks of any kind. When the weather was icy, I mean Arkansas Ice storm, frozen ground, bone chilling, wind blowing cold. So cold your nose turned red when you went outside, Then and only then we could wear jeans, but this is a big but, we had to wear our dresses over them, Man I hated that. But my legs were warm. Mama knew I hated it, so for Christms she bought me 2 pair of argyle knee socks, Brown, Yuck!!! So I put them before school but as soon as i got on the bus, I rolled them down so no one could see how hideous they were. Hey I was in first grade I had a sense of style even then. Can you imagine how sylish those socks were rolled down like that, they must have looked like a huge donut at my ankles. a chocolate donut.
So back to Uncle John Henry. We called him by both names. His daughter was Dorothy, she was my age, or close to it. We spent a lot of time on the swings or visiting her grandma up the road, or just hanging out.
When my Mom was really sick, she had to be in a hospital for a while, she had a nervous breakdown, So uncle John and Aunt corrine took care of us, by then they were living in sheridan. I remember staying there, a little, I was only 5, but I do recall the day Lou came in to check on me to wake me up and I was covered with measles. When mama came home they pulled up my dress to show her the marks from the scars of measles.
I rememver the day Mama came home, We were all standing in the road watching her nd Daddy come walking up the road. They had rode the bus, and they told us how exciting it was, well to me it seemed very exciting, When they wanted off all they did was pull a rope that rang a bell. The driver stopped nd they got off, Then they walked about 1 mile to the house. I was so excited to see her. She was gone a long time for a lttle girl. The baby was taken care of by Aunt Corrine. That was the last time My mama ever left us, My Grandma was responsibile for her breakdown, My Grandma was a mean woman, Have to tell you more later.