Susie L. Evans was one of nine children born in the orginial homestead house built several generations before her in Evergreen, Appomatox County, Virginia. Her father Jessie Overton Evans was a farmer, raising mostly tobacco and crops to feed the nine children. Her mother was Judith Dickerson Evans.
She was a lovely, lively young girl who left the family farm early and went to live with relatives near Hopewell, Virginia. I remember a story that she had a job in the textile mills there, and when Wayne Dewey Griggs came back from his stint in the Army, he went to work there, too. They met, they married, and their first child, Pauline, was born in Hopewell in 1924. Eleven months later, the couple had twin girls, Vivian and Lillian. A few years later they had a boy, Wayne Lee Griggs.
Sometime in the late 1930s they moved to Phoebus, Vrigina, where Sue Griggs had a shop called "Lee's Confectionary" on the corner across from famous Fuller's Hotel and bar. She may have had a second place across from the Lee Theater. A family story says that she ran "Sue's Corner Cupboard". At first, the family lived above the place, but eventually they moved into 309 South Hope Street, Phoebus (now part of Hampton), VA. This became a lively family home and a hangout for many military personnel during World War Two. Sue also ran a boardinghouse there, with the local taxi driver in the attic and a nurse in the front bedroom.
Sue was lovingly known as "Nana" by her nine grandchildren, and before her death, her five great-grandchildren. She loved to laugh, to party, to sing. She was very supportive of her children and grandchildren, and a very loving woman. The day before she died, she had her hair done. She had no warning of her death, but woke that morning, had a fine breakfast, said she still felt tired and went back to bed. She never woke. As we all said, she would have liked knowing her hair looked so good! A week after she was buried, her eldest granddaughter received a wonderful, loving newsy letter from Nana which had been written weeks before and been lost in the mail.
She was a lovely, lively young girl who left the family farm early and went to live with relatives near Hopewell, Virginia. I remember a story that she had a job in the textile mills there, and when Wayne Dewey Griggs came back from his stint in the Army, he went to work there, too. They met, they married, and their first child, Pauline, was born in Hopewell in 1924. Eleven months later, the couple had twin girls, Vivian and Lillian. A few years later they had a boy, Wayne Lee Griggs.
Sometime in the late 1930s they moved to Phoebus, Vrigina, where Sue Griggs had a shop called "Lee's Confectionary" on the corner across from famous Fuller's Hotel and bar. She may have had a second place across from the Lee Theater. A family story says that she ran "Sue's Corner Cupboard". At first, the family lived above the place, but eventually they moved into 309 South Hope Street, Phoebus (now part of Hampton), VA. This became a lively family home and a hangout for many military personnel during World War Two. Sue also ran a boardinghouse there, with the local taxi driver in the attic and a nurse in the front bedroom.
Sue was lovingly known as "Nana" by her nine grandchildren, and before her death, her five great-grandchildren. She loved to laugh, to party, to sing. She was very supportive of her children and grandchildren, and a very loving woman. The day before she died, she had her hair done. She had no warning of her death, but woke that morning, had a fine breakfast, said she still felt tired and went back to bed. She never woke. As we all said, she would have liked knowing her hair looked so good! A week after she was buried, her eldest granddaughter received a wonderful, loving newsy letter from Nana which had been written weeks before and been lost in the mail.
Susie L. Evans was one of nine children born in the orginial homestead house built several generations before her in Evergreen, Appomatox County, Virginia. Her father Jessie Overton Evans was a farmer, raising mostly tobacco and crops to feed the nine children. Her mother was Judith Dickerson Evans.
She was a lovely, lively young girl who left the family farm early and went to live with relatives near Hopewell, Virginia. I remember a story that she had a job in the textile mills there, and when Wayne Dewey Griggs came back from his stint in the Army, he went to work there, too. They met, they married, and their first child, Pauline, was born in Hopewell in 1924. Eleven months later, the couple had twin girls, Vivian and Lillian. A few years later they had a boy, Wayne Lee Griggs.
Sometime in the late 1930s they moved to Phoebus, Vrigina, where Sue Griggs had a shop called "Lee's Confectionary" on the corner across from famous Fuller's Hotel and bar. She may have had a second place across from the Lee Theater. A family story says that she ran "Sue's Corner Cupboard". At first, the family lived above the place, but eventually they moved into 309 South Hope Street, Phoebus (now part of Hampton), VA. This became a lively family home and a hangout for many military personnel during World War Two. Sue also ran a boardinghouse there, with the local taxi driver in the attic and a nurse in the front bedroom.
Sue was lovingly known as "Nana" by her nine grandchildren, and before her death, her five great-grandchildren. She loved to laugh, to party, to sing. She was very supportive of her children and grandchildren, and a very loving woman. The day before she died, she had her hair done. She had no warning of her death, but woke that morning, had a fine breakfast, said she still felt tired and went back to bed. She never woke. As we all said, she would have liked knowing her hair looked so good! A week after she was buried, her eldest granddaughter received a wonderful, loving newsy letter from Nana which had been written weeks before and been lost in the mail.
She was a lovely, lively young girl who left the family farm early and went to live with relatives near Hopewell, Virginia. I remember a story that she had a job in the textile mills there, and when Wayne Dewey Griggs came back from his stint in the Army, he went to work there, too. They met, they married, and their first child, Pauline, was born in Hopewell in 1924. Eleven months later, the couple had twin girls, Vivian and Lillian. A few years later they had a boy, Wayne Lee Griggs.
Sometime in the late 1930s they moved to Phoebus, Vrigina, where Sue Griggs had a shop called "Lee's Confectionary" on the corner across from famous Fuller's Hotel and bar. She may have had a second place across from the Lee Theater. A family story says that she ran "Sue's Corner Cupboard". At first, the family lived above the place, but eventually they moved into 309 South Hope Street, Phoebus (now part of Hampton), VA. This became a lively family home and a hangout for many military personnel during World War Two. Sue also ran a boardinghouse there, with the local taxi driver in the attic and a nurse in the front bedroom.
Sue was lovingly known as "Nana" by her nine grandchildren, and before her death, her five great-grandchildren. She loved to laugh, to party, to sing. She was very supportive of her children and grandchildren, and a very loving woman. The day before she died, she had her hair done. She had no warning of her death, but woke that morning, had a fine breakfast, said she still felt tired and went back to bed. She never woke. As we all said, she would have liked knowing her hair looked so good! A week after she was buried, her eldest granddaughter received a wonderful, loving newsy letter from Nana which had been written weeks before and been lost in the mail.
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