Grandma Revis • Tale 3 • Photos/Places

1975 to 2010

Lucille Bernice Oswald Revis 1914-2010

So many Tales to tell

So many images to share

Today's page is Part 3 of 3

The look on her face here usually meant you were about to be called a "Hound Dog".

Tale Number One

Early years, from 1914 to 1935

Tale Number Two

Photos and places from 1935 to 1975

Tale Number Three

Photos and places from 1975 to 2010

Tales Numbered Four and More

Letters from Lucille

I have about two hundred pages of her handwritten letters that I will share.

Dogs

Last week's Tale was getting a little long so I did not show you Lucille's dogs.

1950s

Jeep

1960s

Pete

Her oldest grandchildren called her "Grandma Pete", because there was still a Grandma Revis (Naola) and they needed to differentiate between the two. Later Lucille would become known as "Grandma Cookie" because of her famous sugar cookies. She was also well known for her butterscotch, lemon, and chocolate meringue pies.

She didn't like the nickname "Lucy".

She would make a face if anyone ever called her that.

A Few Photos

About 1990. Canning in her kitchen. She sewed all of her aprons.

About 1980. Chatting at someone's table. Maybe her mother Julia's?

About 1986. Shell hunting with Fredy. Fort Macon State Park, North Carolina.

There are her sensible shoes!

About 1985. You are looking at what used to be her back porch. The beam above marks the end of the old kitchen. Sons Jim and Mike. Son-in-law Jess.

1989. Christmas with the Koprek family.

Birthday Celebrations

1975

Photos of Lucille and her granddaughter Terri from Lucille's birthday party in 1975, held at the Scovill House in Decatur.

1981

This photo of Lucille and her siblings was taken at the annual Oswald picnic which always celebrated her mother Julia's birthday. Julia lived to be 101. You can read about her in the Tale "Strong Willed Woman".

2004

Her children gather for a photo during the celebration of her birthday.

2009

Just a few of the many folks celebrating Lucille's 95th birthday. This was her last birthday. She had told many people that she wasn't planning on being 100.

Sewing

Sewing was part of her life. She made almost all of her dresses (always wore a dress--never jeans or slacks). In my memory, they were all from the same pattern. She made many quilts for family. This one was from around 2005. Her pin cushion was a small stuffed dog that looked like Pete. After about 20 years of abuse the plush pup was in shreds and had to be replaced with another. The second Pete pin cushion didn't look like the original dog. I have him, but will gladly hand him over to the next generation(s) if anyone wants him. Her spare bedroom on Moffet Lane was her sewing room.

Sensible shoes. Always. They looked similar to this.

Other Details

She could read a book a day and enjoyed Christian romance novels, Anne of Green Gables, and Little House on the Prairie.

She worked crossword puzzles with a pen, but word search puzzles were her favorite.

She was a self-proclaimed "Tea-Totaler" and never drank alcohol.

Her plastic crafts were numerous, and always given away to her loved ones. She must have created over 100 of these. She had many more designs besides the ones shown here.

Sometime in February of 2009, one of Lucille's favorite Christian shows was coming on TV and her TV was not working properly. After struggling to get it going she just said, "Shit on it." Pretty amusing to me as she was not one to use any profanity. What made it doubly funny that it was a Christian show that prompted her to go over the edge. She was a grounded Christian lady who walked with Jesus every day. I guess that day she went on a different path for a minute.

May Her Memory Be A Blessing

It looks to me like there might still be a place at Mt. Gilead available for someone?

Letters from Lucille

There will be a pause now in Lucille's Tales as I compile and organize the many pages of her letters from the 1980s through the 2000s. I will not publish any personal information that would be embarrassing to any living person. Because of that, it will take some time for me to go over each letter. Stay tuned! And enjoy the other Dead Family Tales that will continue each Monday morning!

I also have a list of Memories compiled by Lucille's grandson Randy, given to her on Valentine's Day 2006. He contacted the family and had us all recount our happy times with Grandma. Then he gathered them all into one document for her.

I am thinking about using that as a Tale at some point in the future.

My goal in all of the Dead Family Tales is to present stories that would have been told around a kitchen table or campfire during family gatherings.

A new Dead Family Tale is posted every Monday.

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