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June 22, 1972

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Minnie Evans

other time? Was that after she was married?

Mrs. Kelly: Who, Minnie? Oh yeah. Shewas married and had all her children. Yes Sir. She had them three boys you know and she was in the park.

N.H.S. Thank you. These two ladies up here

Mrs. Kelly: Oh.

N.H.S. Your mother and Julius' mother.

Mrs. Kelly: My mother and Julius' mother, Lennie's husband's mother that other one over there. Oh, shewas nice. My mother was she was a seamstress. She sewed and made people clothes (N.H.S. yes) and she was making them every since she was a young misses, sewing.

N.H.S. But you said they were both alike in that they were both very proud, you said.

Mrs. Kelly: Oh yes, Olla, Julius' mother she was just as proud as she could be (N.H.S. who?) Julius' mother. She was a proud old lady, nice tidy old lady she was and mine - You say you wanted to take Lawyer Rountree's picture? (N.H.S. yes). Well my mother she seen him right after he was born. He was a little baby and my mama was at his mother's house.that day sewing when his father brought him down to mama to see. They was just as proud, tidy, and nice and clean and they believed in dressing and fixing and primping and Julius' mother every pretty hat she'd seen, she didn't care if it was for old or young one, all she wanted all she wanted was to put it on and dress up. She was just nice (N.H.S. yes) tidy old lady. She was, I thought a heap of her. When she use to come down to the market, I was living down there. She was living out near the Sound and she'd come down and bring her market and go on down and all the people round the Sound down there they all knowed her and they would buy. Buy all the stuff whether they used it or not they would buy it and she'd come back and I'd get after her. I'd say 'what you want to go home for?' I got to go home. I say you ain't got a soul there home out there at your house and why can't you stay here with me tonight? I say you have a plenty time. Oh, she'd laugh. She'd say is you got some coffee? I say no but I can get some pretty quick if that's