Maudie Valera Gertrude Pennington was born in 1903. Times were difficult, but nothing to compare to what was yet to come. Around 1920, she married James Theoner Mitchell. Over the next 17 years she gave birth to 11 children. Her husband was killed in a Coal Mining accident in 1938. She then married Albert B. Barber and had one more child. A.B. was killed in a car accident in Apr 1940. She met and married Mr. Jenkins, that marriage ended in divorce. Years passed, children raised when she met and married Mr. Smith, who was blind. Some years later Mr Smith stepped out in front of a car and was killed.
Maudie Valera Gertrude Pennington - Mitchell - Barber - Jenkins - Smith was a strong woman. She raised her children, walked 8 miles to and from work with a flashlight, stayed up nights quilting to keep them warm at night, or sewing flour sacks together to make clothes for her children. She was truly a Modern Day Heroin!
Maudie Valera Gertrude Pennington - Mitchell - Barber - Jenkins - Smith was a strong woman. She raised her children, walked 8 miles to and from work with a flashlight, stayed up nights quilting to keep them warm at night, or sewing flour sacks together to make clothes for her children. She was truly a Modern Day Heroin!
Maudie Valera Gertrude Pennington was born in 1903. Times were difficult, but nothing to compare to what was yet to come. Around 1920, she married James Theoner Mitchell. Over the next 17 years she gave birth to 11 children. Her husband was killed in a Coal Mining accident in 1938. She then married Albert B. Barber and had one more child. A.B. was killed in a car accident in Apr 1940. She met and married Mr. Jenkins, that marriage ended in divorce. Years passed, children raised when she met and married Mr. Smith, who was blind. Some years later Mr Smith stepped out in front of a car and was killed.
Maudie Valera Gertrude Pennington - Mitchell - Barber - Jenkins - Smith was a strong woman. She raised her children, walked 8 miles to and from work with a flashlight, stayed up nights quilting to keep them warm at night, or sewing flour sacks together to make clothes for her children. She was truly a Modern Day Heroin!
Maudie Valera Gertrude Pennington - Mitchell - Barber - Jenkins - Smith was a strong woman. She raised her children, walked 8 miles to and from work with a flashlight, stayed up nights quilting to keep them warm at night, or sewing flour sacks together to make clothes for her children. She was truly a Modern Day Heroin!
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