Hattie Edith Phillips was the daughter of Ingram Phillips and Pearlie Estil Bray. Her mother, Pearl, was staying on a farm in Scott Co., TN with her brother, when she met Edith's dad, Ingram/Engram. The pair were never married. After Edith's birth, Pearl returned to Pulaski Co., KY to live with her parents.
As my grandmother told it, she originally given her mother's maiden name and census records reflect this. When she was about 13 or 14 years old, she met her father for the first time. During this visit, Edith asked if she could carry the Phillips surname and he agreed. This is support per Edith's marriage record from 1938. While she never had a close relationship with her father, she did have a positive view of her father.
On February 7, 1938, Edith married James Roy Walters, after having met only twice. They went on to have three children, with their marriage lasting 47 years until Roy passed away. She never learned to drive. Her working life was spent as a restaurant cook; a talent which came naturally to her. She and Roy had three children, Junior, Sarah, and Peggy.
Later in life, she had several strokes, leaving her partially crippled on one side but that didn't stop her from running away from the first nursing home she resided in. Edith was much better satisfied in the second nursing home and, fortunately, did not try go on the lam again.
She loved strawberry shortcake pancakes, pinto beans, and potatoes. She always seemed to have a cup of coffee and a cigarette when you seen her.
On one occasion, she tried to bleach her hair, it went orange instead so she put green bows in her hair and said she was a carrot. She may have missed her calling as a comedian, as she was always coming up with funny comebacks and wisecracks.
Her last wish was to be transported back to Kentucky and buried beside my grandpa.
As my grandmother told it, she originally given her mother's maiden name and census records reflect this. When she was about 13 or 14 years old, she met her father for the first time. During this visit, Edith asked if she could carry the Phillips surname and he agreed. This is support per Edith's marriage record from 1938. While she never had a close relationship with her father, she did have a positive view of her father.
On February 7, 1938, Edith married James Roy Walters, after having met only twice. They went on to have three children, with their marriage lasting 47 years until Roy passed away. She never learned to drive. Her working life was spent as a restaurant cook; a talent which came naturally to her. She and Roy had three children, Junior, Sarah, and Peggy.
Later in life, she had several strokes, leaving her partially crippled on one side but that didn't stop her from running away from the first nursing home she resided in. Edith was much better satisfied in the second nursing home and, fortunately, did not try go on the lam again.
She loved strawberry shortcake pancakes, pinto beans, and potatoes. She always seemed to have a cup of coffee and a cigarette when you seen her.
On one occasion, she tried to bleach her hair, it went orange instead so she put green bows in her hair and said she was a carrot. She may have missed her calling as a comedian, as she was always coming up with funny comebacks and wisecracks.
Her last wish was to be transported back to Kentucky and buried beside my grandpa.
Hattie Edith Phillips was the daughter of Ingram Phillips and Pearlie Estil Bray. Her mother, Pearl, was staying on a farm in Scott Co., TN with her brother, when she met Edith's dad, Ingram/Engram. The pair were never married. After Edith's birth, Pearl returned to Pulaski Co., KY to live with her parents.
As my grandmother told it, she originally given her mother's maiden name and census records reflect this. When she was about 13 or 14 years old, she met her father for the first time. During this visit, Edith asked if she could carry the Phillips surname and he agreed. This is support per Edith's marriage record from 1938. While she never had a close relationship with her father, she did have a positive view of her father.
On February 7, 1938, Edith married James Roy Walters, after having met only twice. They went on to have three children, with their marriage lasting 47 years until Roy passed away. She never learned to drive. Her working life was spent as a restaurant cook; a talent which came naturally to her. She and Roy had three children, Junior, Sarah, and Peggy.
Later in life, she had several strokes, leaving her partially crippled on one side but that didn't stop her from running away from the first nursing home she resided in. Edith was much better satisfied in the second nursing home and, fortunately, did not try go on the lam again.
She loved strawberry shortcake pancakes, pinto beans, and potatoes. She always seemed to have a cup of coffee and a cigarette when you seen her.
On one occasion, she tried to bleach her hair, it went orange instead so she put green bows in her hair and said she was a carrot. She may have missed her calling as a comedian, as she was always coming up with funny comebacks and wisecracks.
Her last wish was to be transported back to Kentucky and buried beside my grandpa.
As my grandmother told it, she originally given her mother's maiden name and census records reflect this. When she was about 13 or 14 years old, she met her father for the first time. During this visit, Edith asked if she could carry the Phillips surname and he agreed. This is support per Edith's marriage record from 1938. While she never had a close relationship with her father, she did have a positive view of her father.
On February 7, 1938, Edith married James Roy Walters, after having met only twice. They went on to have three children, with their marriage lasting 47 years until Roy passed away. She never learned to drive. Her working life was spent as a restaurant cook; a talent which came naturally to her. She and Roy had three children, Junior, Sarah, and Peggy.
Later in life, she had several strokes, leaving her partially crippled on one side but that didn't stop her from running away from the first nursing home she resided in. Edith was much better satisfied in the second nursing home and, fortunately, did not try go on the lam again.
She loved strawberry shortcake pancakes, pinto beans, and potatoes. She always seemed to have a cup of coffee and a cigarette when you seen her.
On one occasion, she tried to bleach her hair, it went orange instead so she put green bows in her hair and said she was a carrot. She may have missed her calling as a comedian, as she was always coming up with funny comebacks and wisecracks.
Her last wish was to be transported back to Kentucky and buried beside my grandpa.
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Edith as she liked to be called, was acutally born in 1921, however, her birth certificate was burned in a fire so Social Security gave her a birth year.
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