Walter Dye was my husband's maternal grandfather. He was a cotton farmer and sharecropper. My husband tells me that he was married 14 times, several times to the same women.
My husband spent some of his early years being raised by his grandfather. He told me that his grandfather made wonderful breakfasts, with big slabs of ham, biscuits and gravy, eggs and potatoes, and everyone was served double portions because "you were gonna work hard that day." My husband has said that "we might have sometimes had patches on our blue jeans, but on Saturday, we had fresh haircuts and we were clean."
According to what has been told, Walter had driven to a cattle ranch or an auction in his pick-up truck, and was "standing there waiting to pick up two dropped calves and just keeled over and died." It was said affectionately that Walter was a "rounder." He worked hard, honky-tonked, and loved hard. He was a good man.
Three of his children were Chester Dye, Mary Jo Dye, and Johnny Sue. I believe the boy in the photo above is his son, John Carl.
My husband spent some of his early years being raised by his grandfather. He told me that his grandfather made wonderful breakfasts, with big slabs of ham, biscuits and gravy, eggs and potatoes, and everyone was served double portions because "you were gonna work hard that day." My husband has said that "we might have sometimes had patches on our blue jeans, but on Saturday, we had fresh haircuts and we were clean."
According to what has been told, Walter had driven to a cattle ranch or an auction in his pick-up truck, and was "standing there waiting to pick up two dropped calves and just keeled over and died." It was said affectionately that Walter was a "rounder." He worked hard, honky-tonked, and loved hard. He was a good man.
Three of his children were Chester Dye, Mary Jo Dye, and Johnny Sue. I believe the boy in the photo above is his son, John Carl.
Walter Dye was my husband's maternal grandfather. He was a cotton farmer and sharecropper. My husband tells me that he was married 14 times, several times to the same women.
My husband spent some of his early years being raised by his grandfather. He told me that his grandfather made wonderful breakfasts, with big slabs of ham, biscuits and gravy, eggs and potatoes, and everyone was served double portions because "you were gonna work hard that day." My husband has said that "we might have sometimes had patches on our blue jeans, but on Saturday, we had fresh haircuts and we were clean."
According to what has been told, Walter had driven to a cattle ranch or an auction in his pick-up truck, and was "standing there waiting to pick up two dropped calves and just keeled over and died." It was said affectionately that Walter was a "rounder." He worked hard, honky-tonked, and loved hard. He was a good man.
Three of his children were Chester Dye, Mary Jo Dye, and Johnny Sue. I believe the boy in the photo above is his son, John Carl.
My husband spent some of his early years being raised by his grandfather. He told me that his grandfather made wonderful breakfasts, with big slabs of ham, biscuits and gravy, eggs and potatoes, and everyone was served double portions because "you were gonna work hard that day." My husband has said that "we might have sometimes had patches on our blue jeans, but on Saturday, we had fresh haircuts and we were clean."
According to what has been told, Walter had driven to a cattle ranch or an auction in his pick-up truck, and was "standing there waiting to pick up two dropped calves and just keeled over and died." It was said affectionately that Walter was a "rounder." He worked hard, honky-tonked, and loved hard. He was a good man.
Three of his children were Chester Dye, Mary Jo Dye, and Johnny Sue. I believe the boy in the photo above is his son, John Carl.
