Elizabeth West Barco was born on Deals Island, North Carolina in 1907. All 9 children of Emeline and Bailey Barco were born there. She married Joseph Layden and had 2 children; Betty and Stanley. They divorced in 1936. She later married Ira Carter Jr who died in WW II during the Battle of the Bulge in 1945. She lived in Jacksonville Florida until she moved to Brantley County Georgia to live next door to her daughter, my mother Betty. To us grandchildren she was Nano. Nano was an avid fisherman; she loved to ocean fish for anything that would bite. We would go fishing below St Augustine in the Atlantic; sometimes fishing all night by the light of a full moon. Nano once caught a 96 lb Tuna on 20 lb test line and fought it til landed for 4 hours!
She liked to garden, planting a vegetable garden every year, then put up the bounty for winter. She loved her Atlanta Braves even after losing some eyesight. In her later years she couldn't watch color TV - remember the lines when we had antennas? They bothered her eyes too much so I got her a black and white TV to watch. When her eyesight failed completely, she would watch them on the radio.
She died from cancer in winter 1994. She kept waiting for her 87 Birthday to die and succeeded that by 2 days. I called her at midnight as soon as it was December 3rd and wished her Happy Birthday; she said 'Are you sure its my birthday?' I love you Nano.
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Biography information provided by her granddaughter, Charnell
Inglis.
She liked to garden, planting a vegetable garden every year, then put up the bounty for winter. She loved her Atlanta Braves even after losing some eyesight. In her later years she couldn't watch color TV - remember the lines when we had antennas? They bothered her eyes too much so I got her a black and white TV to watch. When her eyesight failed completely, she would watch them on the radio.
She died from cancer in winter 1994. She kept waiting for her 87 Birthday to die and succeeded that by 2 days. I called her at midnight as soon as it was December 3rd and wished her Happy Birthday; she said 'Are you sure its my birthday?' I love you Nano.
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Biography information provided by her granddaughter, Charnell
Inglis.
Elizabeth West Barco was born on Deals Island, North Carolina in 1907. All 9 children of Emeline and Bailey Barco were born there. She married Joseph Layden and had 2 children; Betty and Stanley. They divorced in 1936. She later married Ira Carter Jr who died in WW II during the Battle of the Bulge in 1945. She lived in Jacksonville Florida until she moved to Brantley County Georgia to live next door to her daughter, my mother Betty. To us grandchildren she was Nano. Nano was an avid fisherman; she loved to ocean fish for anything that would bite. We would go fishing below St Augustine in the Atlantic; sometimes fishing all night by the light of a full moon. Nano once caught a 96 lb Tuna on 20 lb test line and fought it til landed for 4 hours!
She liked to garden, planting a vegetable garden every year, then put up the bounty for winter. She loved her Atlanta Braves even after losing some eyesight. In her later years she couldn't watch color TV - remember the lines when we had antennas? They bothered her eyes too much so I got her a black and white TV to watch. When her eyesight failed completely, she would watch them on the radio.
She died from cancer in winter 1994. She kept waiting for her 87 Birthday to die and succeeded that by 2 days. I called her at midnight as soon as it was December 3rd and wished her Happy Birthday; she said 'Are you sure its my birthday?' I love you Nano.
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Biography information provided by her granddaughter, Charnell
Inglis.
She liked to garden, planting a vegetable garden every year, then put up the bounty for winter. She loved her Atlanta Braves even after losing some eyesight. In her later years she couldn't watch color TV - remember the lines when we had antennas? They bothered her eyes too much so I got her a black and white TV to watch. When her eyesight failed completely, she would watch them on the radio.
She died from cancer in winter 1994. She kept waiting for her 87 Birthday to die and succeeded that by 2 days. I called her at midnight as soon as it was December 3rd and wished her Happy Birthday; she said 'Are you sure its my birthday?' I love you Nano.
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Biography information provided by her granddaughter, Charnell
Inglis.
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