Ermon & Daisy at their 50th Wedding Anniversary Party in 1988
I would go home every year for at least a couple of weeks to visit with them. They were the greatest grandparents a girl could ever ask for. Mamaw was the world’s best cook and you should have tasted her catfish, hush puppies and coleslaw. They were out of this world. When I was small I was my Papaw’s little shadow and followed him everywhere and even as I got older I still wanted to go anywhere he was. Papaw use to pick me up from my house in town and take me home with him every evening. In the mornings Mamaw would wrap a blanket around me and Papaw would lay me in the seat beside him and drop me off at my parent’s house in town. The only way he could keep from picking me up every evening was to take a different road home. If I saw him drive by and he did not stop I would start crying. I was only about 1 or 2 years old at the time, but I remember, and my Aunt Iva always reminds me about laughing whenever I would see the cow getting her belly wet in the pond on the way out to their house.
The summer of 2006 was to be the last time that I was able to see and visit with my Mamaw. Our special Angel passed away at 4 in the morning on the 5th of December 2006. She will be greatly missed by one and all. My Mamaw was buried beside my Papaw at Deer Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Sheridan, Crittenden County, Kentucky and their two little children Connie and Edward are buried beside them. All five of her living children and her 15 grandchildren were in attendance at her funeral. Mamaw and Papaw also have 27 great-grandchildren and at the last count I believe there are at least 25 great-great-grandchildren as of 22 Nov 2014.
As the Dolly Parton song says, “The ole' family tree is shedding its leaves But we'll all meet in Heaven again Oh, she's an angel Let her fly, let her fly She's gone home to glory To her home in the sky When God sees her comin' Heaven's choir will smile And sing, "Oh she's an angel, let her fly, let her fly Ooh, she's an angel, let her fly”
These are the 15 grandchildren of Ermon & Daisy Fraley and were in attendance at Mamaw's funeral in 2006 at Deer Creek Baptist Church in Sheridan, Kentucky.
Hi Vickie - So I take it you were raised in Sheridan? Joab Clark was my great, great, great Grandfather. I too have heard family stories of "Princess" Mary Golden/Golding having long black hair and my Great Great Grandmother remembers seeing her comb it by the fire at night. I was told she was an Indian Princess and the daughter of Chief Golden of the Cherokee tribe. My mother also had DNA testing done which showed no trace of Native American ... However, I asked a local expert also of the Cherokee tribe about this and she stated that Alot of Indians chose not to participate in these DNA tests as it was an American (USA) government program which may explain the lack. I asked my Uncle who is a genealogist about this and he did not think it would matter so I don't know. Another explanation this local expert gave me was that it was more acceptable at the time to be considered "Indian" than it was to be an "African American" so many African Americans hid their true ethnicity by claiming to be Native American. Surprisingly, m y mother's profile did show a significant African American content (makes me wonder?). Yet still I know my Great Great Grandmother would not have intentionally made up the story of the long black hair being combed in the firelight. Have you found any more information about her? Web research does reveal some information on a Chief Richard Golden (https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/golden/652/).
ReplyDeleteAddendum: Joab Clark (my Great, Great Great Grandfather) was one of the children of Mary Ann Golden/Golding and Joseph Clark.
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