Dona, my maternal grandmother, was born in Bono, Johnson Co., Texas. She was the 4th child of Rebecca Othella Knight and Oliver Herman Moore. She married her first husband, my grandfather, James Albert Kinser on Aug 24, 1905.
The couple had 5 children 4 girls one son, of which, Marie, was my mother. After their move to Abilene, Texas in 1919. They divorced in 1932. Donna became an independent business lady and real estate manager. SHE MANAGED THE BLUE BIRD INN ON NORTH 1ST ST. IN ABILENE, THEN STARTING IN 1937 SHE OWNED AND OPERATED THE KINSER BOARDING HOUSE ON 3RD AND HICKORY ST. SHE DID THIS UNTIL THE OLD HOUSE SOLD IN 1946. FROM THERE SHE BOUGHT A home with RENTAL PROPERTY ON 640 CEDAR ST. and lived there UNTIL SHE DIED IN 1955.
She was a loved and loving mother and grandmother!!!
She married late in life to Mr Charles Neel.
obit from Abilene reporter news
Funeral for Mrs. Donna Kinser Neel, 640 Cedar St., will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Elliott's Chapel of Memories with Dr. Millard A. Jenkens, retired Baptist minister, officiating. He will be assisted by the Rev. Sidney Cox, pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church. Burial will be in Elm wood Memorial Park.
Mrs. Neel died at 6:55 a.m. Monday at Hendrick Memorial Hospital. She had been hospitalized for the past 4-1/2 months. She was 67 DIED
She was proprietor of the Blue Bird Inn here for many years and had operated a kindergarten at 2125 Beech St. She later operated a rooming and apartment house at N. 3rd and Hickory St.
Surviving are her husband, Charles E. Neel; four daughters, Mrs. J. W. Humphrey, Mrs. Farris Conley and Mrs. Glen Rutledge, all of Abilene; and Mrs. Dill Pace of Sweetwater; one son, Albert Kinser of Dallas; one stepson, George D. Neel of Ajo, Arizona.; one brother, Tom Moore of Cleburne; one sister, Mrs. Elmos Wenniger of San Antonio; and eight grandchildren.
Her grave site is garden of peace section U row 2 grave 4
THE OLD KINSER BOARDING HOUSE AT 3RD AND HICKORY ST. IN ABILENE WAS BUILT AROUND 1920. OUR GRANDMOTHER DONA ALONG WITH AUNT FARRIS AND UNCLE ALBERT HAD OPERATED THE BLUE BIRD INN ON NORTH 1ST ST. FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS. SHE THEN BOUGHT THE OLD BUILDING AROUND 1930 AND TURNED IT INTO THE KINSER BOARDING HOUSE. SHE SERVED 3 MEALS A DAY. YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BE A BOARDER IN ORDER TO EAT THERE. IT WAS VERY EASY FOR PEOPLE FROM DOWNTOWN ABILENE, BEING ONLY ABOUT 4 BLOCKS FROM PINE ST. (THE "MAIN" STREET THROUGH DOWNTOWN. PRICES WERE "DEPRESSION" TIME PRICES. 25 CENTS DURING THE WEEK DAYS AND 50 CENTS ON SUNDAY. BEING ONLY 3 BLOCKS FROM THE RAILROAD IT BROUGHT MANY HOBOS TO THE DINING ROOM. THEY WERE NOT CHARGED, BUT MOST ASKED IF THEY COULD DO SOME WORK. SO THEY WOULD CLEAN FLOORS AND WASH DISHES FOR THEIR MEAL. MY MOTHER, FATHER AND I LIVED THERE FROM 1932 TO 1938. AUNT FARRIS AND SONS, COUSINS ED AND PAT, LIVED THERE FOR A TIME AFTER THE WAR BEGAN. ONE DAY JIM PACE AND I FOUND A 45 AUTOMATIC PISTOL JUST OUTSIDE THE BACK DOOR. IT HAD BEEN BURIED IN A FLOWER BED AND WAS RUSTY. LEIAGH TURNER, a boarder and special friend of grandmother, CLEANED IT UP TO LOOK LIKE NEW AND HE AND my father SOLD IT. In TIMES THEY WERE NEVER ASKED ABOUT WHERE THEY GOT THE GUN.
WHEN I WAS ABOUT 3 MONTHS OLD A WOMAN CAME TO OUR ROOM. MOTHER SAID SHE PULLED A GUN AND MADE A THREAT TO MOTHER. HER FOR RUNNING AROUND WITH HER HUSBAND. MOTHER TOLD HER SHE MUST HAVE THE WRONG PERSON BECAUSE SHE WAS A NEW MOTHER AND WENT NO WHERE WITH ANY ONE. LATER AUNT FARRIS FOUND OUT WHO THE WOMAN WAS AND SPOKE TO HER ABOUT WHAT SHE HAD DONE. THE WOMAN ADMITTED SHE HAD ACCUSED THE WRONG PERSON. JOY WAS BORN IN 1937 AND WHEN THE PACES CAME TO ABILENE TO VISIT WE ALL HAD A GREAT TIME. AROUND 1947 OR 48 DONA SOLD THE OLD HOUSE TO A SALVAGE COMPANY. SHE MOVED TO A HOUSE I BELIEVE ON CLINTON ST. ABOUT 10 BLOCKS FROM HICKORY. SHE LATER MOVED TO 640 CEDAR ST. THE SALVAGE COMPANY OWNER TORE DOWN THE OLD HOUSE AND SOLD EQUIPMENT AND THE WOOD, BUT LATER SAID IT WAS HIS FIRST JOB IN ABILENE AND HE LOST MONEY ON THE DEAL. I HAVE MANY FOND MEMORIES ABOUT LIVING THERE. AN INTERESTING STORY ABOUT DONNA OPENING THE BOARDING HOUSE PART. SHE NEEDED ALL KINDS OF KITCHEN AND DINING EQUIPMENT. SO SHE WENT TO LION'S HARDWARE STORE IN DOWN TOWN. SHE KNEW THE TWO BROTHERS WHO WERE OWNERS. SHE TOLD THEM HER NEEDS, BUT THAT SHE COULDN'T PAY CASH AND NEEDED TO MAKE OUT A TIME PAYMENT. THE OWNERS SAID THEY COULDN'T DO THAT AS THEY WERE STRICTLY CASH AND CARRY. AUNT FARRIS WAS WITH HER MOTHER. SHE SAID DONA THREW BACK HER SHOULDERS AND SAID SHE WAS GOOD FOR THE LOAN AND THEY WOULD BE PAID. SINCE IT WAS A RATHER LARGE ORDER THEY RELENTED AND SOLD HER THE EQUIPMENT. THEY WERE PAID OFF IN THE AGREED TIME. DONA WAS WELL-KNOWN FROM HER MANAGEMENT OF THE BLUE BIRD INN AND THE STORE OWNERS KNEW SHE COULD MAKE HER NEW PLACE WORK OUT AND IT DID!!! OUR GRANDMOTHER HAD "GUMSHUN".
Died, 1955 AT HENDRICK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN ABILENE, TEXAS. CAUSE OF DEATH WAS PANCREATIC CANCER. MY MOM HAD ALWAYS TOLD ME IT WAS OVARIAN CANCER. THE DOCTOR WHO TREATED HER WAS A DISTANT COUSIN OF MINE, BY THE NAME OF MACK BOWYER. HE SIGNED THE CERTIFICATE.
The couple had 5 children 4 girls one son, of which, Marie, was my mother. After their move to Abilene, Texas in 1919. They divorced in 1932. Donna became an independent business lady and real estate manager. SHE MANAGED THE BLUE BIRD INN ON NORTH 1ST ST. IN ABILENE, THEN STARTING IN 1937 SHE OWNED AND OPERATED THE KINSER BOARDING HOUSE ON 3RD AND HICKORY ST. SHE DID THIS UNTIL THE OLD HOUSE SOLD IN 1946. FROM THERE SHE BOUGHT A home with RENTAL PROPERTY ON 640 CEDAR ST. and lived there UNTIL SHE DIED IN 1955.
She was a loved and loving mother and grandmother!!!
She married late in life to Mr Charles Neel.
obit from Abilene reporter news
Funeral for Mrs. Donna Kinser Neel, 640 Cedar St., will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Elliott's Chapel of Memories with Dr. Millard A. Jenkens, retired Baptist minister, officiating. He will be assisted by the Rev. Sidney Cox, pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church. Burial will be in Elm wood Memorial Park.
Mrs. Neel died at 6:55 a.m. Monday at Hendrick Memorial Hospital. She had been hospitalized for the past 4-1/2 months. She was 67 DIED
She was proprietor of the Blue Bird Inn here for many years and had operated a kindergarten at 2125 Beech St. She later operated a rooming and apartment house at N. 3rd and Hickory St.
Surviving are her husband, Charles E. Neel; four daughters, Mrs. J. W. Humphrey, Mrs. Farris Conley and Mrs. Glen Rutledge, all of Abilene; and Mrs. Dill Pace of Sweetwater; one son, Albert Kinser of Dallas; one stepson, George D. Neel of Ajo, Arizona.; one brother, Tom Moore of Cleburne; one sister, Mrs. Elmos Wenniger of San Antonio; and eight grandchildren.
Her grave site is garden of peace section U row 2 grave 4
THE OLD KINSER BOARDING HOUSE AT 3RD AND HICKORY ST. IN ABILENE WAS BUILT AROUND 1920. OUR GRANDMOTHER DONA ALONG WITH AUNT FARRIS AND UNCLE ALBERT HAD OPERATED THE BLUE BIRD INN ON NORTH 1ST ST. FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS. SHE THEN BOUGHT THE OLD BUILDING AROUND 1930 AND TURNED IT INTO THE KINSER BOARDING HOUSE. SHE SERVED 3 MEALS A DAY. YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BE A BOARDER IN ORDER TO EAT THERE. IT WAS VERY EASY FOR PEOPLE FROM DOWNTOWN ABILENE, BEING ONLY ABOUT 4 BLOCKS FROM PINE ST. (THE "MAIN" STREET THROUGH DOWNTOWN. PRICES WERE "DEPRESSION" TIME PRICES. 25 CENTS DURING THE WEEK DAYS AND 50 CENTS ON SUNDAY. BEING ONLY 3 BLOCKS FROM THE RAILROAD IT BROUGHT MANY HOBOS TO THE DINING ROOM. THEY WERE NOT CHARGED, BUT MOST ASKED IF THEY COULD DO SOME WORK. SO THEY WOULD CLEAN FLOORS AND WASH DISHES FOR THEIR MEAL. MY MOTHER, FATHER AND I LIVED THERE FROM 1932 TO 1938. AUNT FARRIS AND SONS, COUSINS ED AND PAT, LIVED THERE FOR A TIME AFTER THE WAR BEGAN. ONE DAY JIM PACE AND I FOUND A 45 AUTOMATIC PISTOL JUST OUTSIDE THE BACK DOOR. IT HAD BEEN BURIED IN A FLOWER BED AND WAS RUSTY. LEIAGH TURNER, a boarder and special friend of grandmother, CLEANED IT UP TO LOOK LIKE NEW AND HE AND my father SOLD IT. In TIMES THEY WERE NEVER ASKED ABOUT WHERE THEY GOT THE GUN.
WHEN I WAS ABOUT 3 MONTHS OLD A WOMAN CAME TO OUR ROOM. MOTHER SAID SHE PULLED A GUN AND MADE A THREAT TO MOTHER. HER FOR RUNNING AROUND WITH HER HUSBAND. MOTHER TOLD HER SHE MUST HAVE THE WRONG PERSON BECAUSE SHE WAS A NEW MOTHER AND WENT NO WHERE WITH ANY ONE. LATER AUNT FARRIS FOUND OUT WHO THE WOMAN WAS AND SPOKE TO HER ABOUT WHAT SHE HAD DONE. THE WOMAN ADMITTED SHE HAD ACCUSED THE WRONG PERSON. JOY WAS BORN IN 1937 AND WHEN THE PACES CAME TO ABILENE TO VISIT WE ALL HAD A GREAT TIME. AROUND 1947 OR 48 DONA SOLD THE OLD HOUSE TO A SALVAGE COMPANY. SHE MOVED TO A HOUSE I BELIEVE ON CLINTON ST. ABOUT 10 BLOCKS FROM HICKORY. SHE LATER MOVED TO 640 CEDAR ST. THE SALVAGE COMPANY OWNER TORE DOWN THE OLD HOUSE AND SOLD EQUIPMENT AND THE WOOD, BUT LATER SAID IT WAS HIS FIRST JOB IN ABILENE AND HE LOST MONEY ON THE DEAL. I HAVE MANY FOND MEMORIES ABOUT LIVING THERE. AN INTERESTING STORY ABOUT DONNA OPENING THE BOARDING HOUSE PART. SHE NEEDED ALL KINDS OF KITCHEN AND DINING EQUIPMENT. SO SHE WENT TO LION'S HARDWARE STORE IN DOWN TOWN. SHE KNEW THE TWO BROTHERS WHO WERE OWNERS. SHE TOLD THEM HER NEEDS, BUT THAT SHE COULDN'T PAY CASH AND NEEDED TO MAKE OUT A TIME PAYMENT. THE OWNERS SAID THEY COULDN'T DO THAT AS THEY WERE STRICTLY CASH AND CARRY. AUNT FARRIS WAS WITH HER MOTHER. SHE SAID DONA THREW BACK HER SHOULDERS AND SAID SHE WAS GOOD FOR THE LOAN AND THEY WOULD BE PAID. SINCE IT WAS A RATHER LARGE ORDER THEY RELENTED AND SOLD HER THE EQUIPMENT. THEY WERE PAID OFF IN THE AGREED TIME. DONA WAS WELL-KNOWN FROM HER MANAGEMENT OF THE BLUE BIRD INN AND THE STORE OWNERS KNEW SHE COULD MAKE HER NEW PLACE WORK OUT AND IT DID!!! OUR GRANDMOTHER HAD "GUMSHUN".
Died, 1955 AT HENDRICK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN ABILENE, TEXAS. CAUSE OF DEATH WAS PANCREATIC CANCER. MY MOM HAD ALWAYS TOLD ME IT WAS OVARIAN CANCER. THE DOCTOR WHO TREATED HER WAS A DISTANT COUSIN OF MINE, BY THE NAME OF MACK BOWYER. HE SIGNED THE CERTIFICATE.
Dona, my maternal grandmother, was born in Bono, Johnson Co., Texas. She was the 4th child of Rebecca Othella Knight and Oliver Herman Moore. She married her first husband, my grandfather, James Albert Kinser on Aug 24, 1905.
The couple had 5 children 4 girls one son, of which, Marie, was my mother. After their move to Abilene, Texas in 1919. They divorced in 1932. Donna became an independent business lady and real estate manager. SHE MANAGED THE BLUE BIRD INN ON NORTH 1ST ST. IN ABILENE, THEN STARTING IN 1937 SHE OWNED AND OPERATED THE KINSER BOARDING HOUSE ON 3RD AND HICKORY ST. SHE DID THIS UNTIL THE OLD HOUSE SOLD IN 1946. FROM THERE SHE BOUGHT A home with RENTAL PROPERTY ON 640 CEDAR ST. and lived there UNTIL SHE DIED IN 1955.
She was a loved and loving mother and grandmother!!!
She married late in life to Mr Charles Neel.
obit from Abilene reporter news
Funeral for Mrs. Donna Kinser Neel, 640 Cedar St., will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Elliott's Chapel of Memories with Dr. Millard A. Jenkens, retired Baptist minister, officiating. He will be assisted by the Rev. Sidney Cox, pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church. Burial will be in Elm wood Memorial Park.
Mrs. Neel died at 6:55 a.m. Monday at Hendrick Memorial Hospital. She had been hospitalized for the past 4-1/2 months. She was 67 DIED
She was proprietor of the Blue Bird Inn here for many years and had operated a kindergarten at 2125 Beech St. She later operated a rooming and apartment house at N. 3rd and Hickory St.
Surviving are her husband, Charles E. Neel; four daughters, Mrs. J. W. Humphrey, Mrs. Farris Conley and Mrs. Glen Rutledge, all of Abilene; and Mrs. Dill Pace of Sweetwater; one son, Albert Kinser of Dallas; one stepson, George D. Neel of Ajo, Arizona.; one brother, Tom Moore of Cleburne; one sister, Mrs. Elmos Wenniger of San Antonio; and eight grandchildren.
Her grave site is garden of peace section U row 2 grave 4
THE OLD KINSER BOARDING HOUSE AT 3RD AND HICKORY ST. IN ABILENE WAS BUILT AROUND 1920. OUR GRANDMOTHER DONA ALONG WITH AUNT FARRIS AND UNCLE ALBERT HAD OPERATED THE BLUE BIRD INN ON NORTH 1ST ST. FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS. SHE THEN BOUGHT THE OLD BUILDING AROUND 1930 AND TURNED IT INTO THE KINSER BOARDING HOUSE. SHE SERVED 3 MEALS A DAY. YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BE A BOARDER IN ORDER TO EAT THERE. IT WAS VERY EASY FOR PEOPLE FROM DOWNTOWN ABILENE, BEING ONLY ABOUT 4 BLOCKS FROM PINE ST. (THE "MAIN" STREET THROUGH DOWNTOWN. PRICES WERE "DEPRESSION" TIME PRICES. 25 CENTS DURING THE WEEK DAYS AND 50 CENTS ON SUNDAY. BEING ONLY 3 BLOCKS FROM THE RAILROAD IT BROUGHT MANY HOBOS TO THE DINING ROOM. THEY WERE NOT CHARGED, BUT MOST ASKED IF THEY COULD DO SOME WORK. SO THEY WOULD CLEAN FLOORS AND WASH DISHES FOR THEIR MEAL. MY MOTHER, FATHER AND I LIVED THERE FROM 1932 TO 1938. AUNT FARRIS AND SONS, COUSINS ED AND PAT, LIVED THERE FOR A TIME AFTER THE WAR BEGAN. ONE DAY JIM PACE AND I FOUND A 45 AUTOMATIC PISTOL JUST OUTSIDE THE BACK DOOR. IT HAD BEEN BURIED IN A FLOWER BED AND WAS RUSTY. LEIAGH TURNER, a boarder and special friend of grandmother, CLEANED IT UP TO LOOK LIKE NEW AND HE AND my father SOLD IT. In TIMES THEY WERE NEVER ASKED ABOUT WHERE THEY GOT THE GUN.
WHEN I WAS ABOUT 3 MONTHS OLD A WOMAN CAME TO OUR ROOM. MOTHER SAID SHE PULLED A GUN AND MADE A THREAT TO MOTHER. HER FOR RUNNING AROUND WITH HER HUSBAND. MOTHER TOLD HER SHE MUST HAVE THE WRONG PERSON BECAUSE SHE WAS A NEW MOTHER AND WENT NO WHERE WITH ANY ONE. LATER AUNT FARRIS FOUND OUT WHO THE WOMAN WAS AND SPOKE TO HER ABOUT WHAT SHE HAD DONE. THE WOMAN ADMITTED SHE HAD ACCUSED THE WRONG PERSON. JOY WAS BORN IN 1937 AND WHEN THE PACES CAME TO ABILENE TO VISIT WE ALL HAD A GREAT TIME. AROUND 1947 OR 48 DONA SOLD THE OLD HOUSE TO A SALVAGE COMPANY. SHE MOVED TO A HOUSE I BELIEVE ON CLINTON ST. ABOUT 10 BLOCKS FROM HICKORY. SHE LATER MOVED TO 640 CEDAR ST. THE SALVAGE COMPANY OWNER TORE DOWN THE OLD HOUSE AND SOLD EQUIPMENT AND THE WOOD, BUT LATER SAID IT WAS HIS FIRST JOB IN ABILENE AND HE LOST MONEY ON THE DEAL. I HAVE MANY FOND MEMORIES ABOUT LIVING THERE. AN INTERESTING STORY ABOUT DONNA OPENING THE BOARDING HOUSE PART. SHE NEEDED ALL KINDS OF KITCHEN AND DINING EQUIPMENT. SO SHE WENT TO LION'S HARDWARE STORE IN DOWN TOWN. SHE KNEW THE TWO BROTHERS WHO WERE OWNERS. SHE TOLD THEM HER NEEDS, BUT THAT SHE COULDN'T PAY CASH AND NEEDED TO MAKE OUT A TIME PAYMENT. THE OWNERS SAID THEY COULDN'T DO THAT AS THEY WERE STRICTLY CASH AND CARRY. AUNT FARRIS WAS WITH HER MOTHER. SHE SAID DONA THREW BACK HER SHOULDERS AND SAID SHE WAS GOOD FOR THE LOAN AND THEY WOULD BE PAID. SINCE IT WAS A RATHER LARGE ORDER THEY RELENTED AND SOLD HER THE EQUIPMENT. THEY WERE PAID OFF IN THE AGREED TIME. DONA WAS WELL-KNOWN FROM HER MANAGEMENT OF THE BLUE BIRD INN AND THE STORE OWNERS KNEW SHE COULD MAKE HER NEW PLACE WORK OUT AND IT DID!!! OUR GRANDMOTHER HAD "GUMSHUN".
Died, 1955 AT HENDRICK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN ABILENE, TEXAS. CAUSE OF DEATH WAS PANCREATIC CANCER. MY MOM HAD ALWAYS TOLD ME IT WAS OVARIAN CANCER. THE DOCTOR WHO TREATED HER WAS A DISTANT COUSIN OF MINE, BY THE NAME OF MACK BOWYER. HE SIGNED THE CERTIFICATE.
The couple had 5 children 4 girls one son, of which, Marie, was my mother. After their move to Abilene, Texas in 1919. They divorced in 1932. Donna became an independent business lady and real estate manager. SHE MANAGED THE BLUE BIRD INN ON NORTH 1ST ST. IN ABILENE, THEN STARTING IN 1937 SHE OWNED AND OPERATED THE KINSER BOARDING HOUSE ON 3RD AND HICKORY ST. SHE DID THIS UNTIL THE OLD HOUSE SOLD IN 1946. FROM THERE SHE BOUGHT A home with RENTAL PROPERTY ON 640 CEDAR ST. and lived there UNTIL SHE DIED IN 1955.
She was a loved and loving mother and grandmother!!!
She married late in life to Mr Charles Neel.
obit from Abilene reporter news
Funeral for Mrs. Donna Kinser Neel, 640 Cedar St., will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Elliott's Chapel of Memories with Dr. Millard A. Jenkens, retired Baptist minister, officiating. He will be assisted by the Rev. Sidney Cox, pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church. Burial will be in Elm wood Memorial Park.
Mrs. Neel died at 6:55 a.m. Monday at Hendrick Memorial Hospital. She had been hospitalized for the past 4-1/2 months. She was 67 DIED
She was proprietor of the Blue Bird Inn here for many years and had operated a kindergarten at 2125 Beech St. She later operated a rooming and apartment house at N. 3rd and Hickory St.
Surviving are her husband, Charles E. Neel; four daughters, Mrs. J. W. Humphrey, Mrs. Farris Conley and Mrs. Glen Rutledge, all of Abilene; and Mrs. Dill Pace of Sweetwater; one son, Albert Kinser of Dallas; one stepson, George D. Neel of Ajo, Arizona.; one brother, Tom Moore of Cleburne; one sister, Mrs. Elmos Wenniger of San Antonio; and eight grandchildren.
Her grave site is garden of peace section U row 2 grave 4
THE OLD KINSER BOARDING HOUSE AT 3RD AND HICKORY ST. IN ABILENE WAS BUILT AROUND 1920. OUR GRANDMOTHER DONA ALONG WITH AUNT FARRIS AND UNCLE ALBERT HAD OPERATED THE BLUE BIRD INN ON NORTH 1ST ST. FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS. SHE THEN BOUGHT THE OLD BUILDING AROUND 1930 AND TURNED IT INTO THE KINSER BOARDING HOUSE. SHE SERVED 3 MEALS A DAY. YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BE A BOARDER IN ORDER TO EAT THERE. IT WAS VERY EASY FOR PEOPLE FROM DOWNTOWN ABILENE, BEING ONLY ABOUT 4 BLOCKS FROM PINE ST. (THE "MAIN" STREET THROUGH DOWNTOWN. PRICES WERE "DEPRESSION" TIME PRICES. 25 CENTS DURING THE WEEK DAYS AND 50 CENTS ON SUNDAY. BEING ONLY 3 BLOCKS FROM THE RAILROAD IT BROUGHT MANY HOBOS TO THE DINING ROOM. THEY WERE NOT CHARGED, BUT MOST ASKED IF THEY COULD DO SOME WORK. SO THEY WOULD CLEAN FLOORS AND WASH DISHES FOR THEIR MEAL. MY MOTHER, FATHER AND I LIVED THERE FROM 1932 TO 1938. AUNT FARRIS AND SONS, COUSINS ED AND PAT, LIVED THERE FOR A TIME AFTER THE WAR BEGAN. ONE DAY JIM PACE AND I FOUND A 45 AUTOMATIC PISTOL JUST OUTSIDE THE BACK DOOR. IT HAD BEEN BURIED IN A FLOWER BED AND WAS RUSTY. LEIAGH TURNER, a boarder and special friend of grandmother, CLEANED IT UP TO LOOK LIKE NEW AND HE AND my father SOLD IT. In TIMES THEY WERE NEVER ASKED ABOUT WHERE THEY GOT THE GUN.
WHEN I WAS ABOUT 3 MONTHS OLD A WOMAN CAME TO OUR ROOM. MOTHER SAID SHE PULLED A GUN AND MADE A THREAT TO MOTHER. HER FOR RUNNING AROUND WITH HER HUSBAND. MOTHER TOLD HER SHE MUST HAVE THE WRONG PERSON BECAUSE SHE WAS A NEW MOTHER AND WENT NO WHERE WITH ANY ONE. LATER AUNT FARRIS FOUND OUT WHO THE WOMAN WAS AND SPOKE TO HER ABOUT WHAT SHE HAD DONE. THE WOMAN ADMITTED SHE HAD ACCUSED THE WRONG PERSON. JOY WAS BORN IN 1937 AND WHEN THE PACES CAME TO ABILENE TO VISIT WE ALL HAD A GREAT TIME. AROUND 1947 OR 48 DONA SOLD THE OLD HOUSE TO A SALVAGE COMPANY. SHE MOVED TO A HOUSE I BELIEVE ON CLINTON ST. ABOUT 10 BLOCKS FROM HICKORY. SHE LATER MOVED TO 640 CEDAR ST. THE SALVAGE COMPANY OWNER TORE DOWN THE OLD HOUSE AND SOLD EQUIPMENT AND THE WOOD, BUT LATER SAID IT WAS HIS FIRST JOB IN ABILENE AND HE LOST MONEY ON THE DEAL. I HAVE MANY FOND MEMORIES ABOUT LIVING THERE. AN INTERESTING STORY ABOUT DONNA OPENING THE BOARDING HOUSE PART. SHE NEEDED ALL KINDS OF KITCHEN AND DINING EQUIPMENT. SO SHE WENT TO LION'S HARDWARE STORE IN DOWN TOWN. SHE KNEW THE TWO BROTHERS WHO WERE OWNERS. SHE TOLD THEM HER NEEDS, BUT THAT SHE COULDN'T PAY CASH AND NEEDED TO MAKE OUT A TIME PAYMENT. THE OWNERS SAID THEY COULDN'T DO THAT AS THEY WERE STRICTLY CASH AND CARRY. AUNT FARRIS WAS WITH HER MOTHER. SHE SAID DONA THREW BACK HER SHOULDERS AND SAID SHE WAS GOOD FOR THE LOAN AND THEY WOULD BE PAID. SINCE IT WAS A RATHER LARGE ORDER THEY RELENTED AND SOLD HER THE EQUIPMENT. THEY WERE PAID OFF IN THE AGREED TIME. DONA WAS WELL-KNOWN FROM HER MANAGEMENT OF THE BLUE BIRD INN AND THE STORE OWNERS KNEW SHE COULD MAKE HER NEW PLACE WORK OUT AND IT DID!!! OUR GRANDMOTHER HAD "GUMSHUN".
Died, 1955 AT HENDRICK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN ABILENE, TEXAS. CAUSE OF DEATH WAS PANCREATIC CANCER. MY MOM HAD ALWAYS TOLD ME IT WAS OVARIAN CANCER. THE DOCTOR WHO TREATED HER WAS A DISTANT COUSIN OF MINE, BY THE NAME OF MACK BOWYER. HE SIGNED THE CERTIFICATE.
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