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From the pages ofTHE CALHOUN COUNTY NEWS
~ October 1944 ~
Sympathy is extended Mr. and Mrs. Albert Brooks and family at the death of their infant daughter, Carol Louise, who died Friday afternoon, October 27, at Patterson Hospital in Cuthbert. Funeral service was held Saturday morning at the graveside, conducted by the Rev. Edwin L. Brock, Pastor of the Edison Methodist Church. Internment was in the Salem cemetery.
Besides her parents, she is survived b a sister, Joyce, and her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Brooks. Sr.
Among the out-of-town friends and relatives attending the funeral were Mrs. Leonard Plowen, of
Bainbridge, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Holloway and Mrs. William Spann, of Albany, Miss Eugenia Brooks of Camilla, and Mrs. J. R. Brooks, Jr. of Cuthbert.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our friends for their many kindnesses and expression of sympathy to us at the death of our daughter and granddaughter. We are grateful for them and for the lovely floral offerings. May God bless each of you.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Brooks
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Brooks, Sr.
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COMMENTS FROM ANNIE LOU
For the paper.:
Albert and I were married at Ma Ma and Pa Pa's home at the Section House during the depression. Mr. Dozier said we would need his parents consent and witnesses, so we got their consent, and all the family and I think all the neighborhood children were there. When it was over, I remember Pa Pa laughing and saying that they just don't know what they've gotten themselves into.
We lived with them a few months after we married. I remember the market had a beef price war on steak at 15 cents a pound. One day Albert came in with a package and later Pa Pa came with a big package He said, "We'll all get filled up on steak one more time." But Ma Ma didn't see it that way and she made it last several meals.
Best Wishes,
Annie Lou
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Editor's comments:
I was hoping that Annie Lou would include in her letter an occurrence that J. R. seemed to enjoy telling so much. Since she didn't, and with her permission, I'll touch on it here. It shows that MaMa had a sense of humor and was something of a practical joker.
It seems that when Albert and Annie Lou were married, Ma Ma and Pa Pa were living in the Section House at that time. This house, of course, had wood floors and once a week MaMa would scrub the floors with a corn shuck mop. (Does anyone remember corn shuck mops?). This required pouring water on the floor during scrubbing and rinsing, then draining this water out of the room through a hole drilled in the
floor in a corner of the room. Now this hole in the floor in the room that Albert and Annie Lou occupied was in a corner right under their bed.
Well, one day when Ma Ma was home by herself, she put some newspapers over this hole
behind their bed. And that night when all had gone to bed and everything was quite, Ma Ma got up, got a broom handle, and crawled under the house to where Albert and Annie Lou's room was. She stuck the broom handle up through the drain hole and shook the newspapers she had placed over the hole under their bed. After rattling the papers she waited (probably laughing to herself) and listened for Albert and Annie Lou to run out of the room. Nothing happened and after waiting for a little while, Ma Ma took the boom handle and rattled the papers again, something fierce this time. Again, she waited and still nothing. This seemed unusual since both of them were young, fresh married and in a strange place.
Ma Ma went inside and got Pa Pa and went to Albert and Annie Lou's door and called them. No answer. They knocked and called again. Still no response. Ma Ma told Pa Pa that she thought they had better go in and check on them and see if they were still there and OK. So they went into the room, and sure enough. they were still there. They were in the bed with the covers pulled over their heads and were shaking like a leaf in a wind storm. It took Ma Ma and Pa Pa several minutes to get them up and calmed down enough to tell them what all the noise was.
So in the end Ma Ma and Pa Pa were about as shook up as Albert and Annie Lou were. Ma Ma always said that was one stunt that she would not pull again.
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