Tasks after funerals

1. What are the survivors predominate income sources (career, jobs, vehicles, temporary address, permanent address, and number of dependents)?

2. Are there any POD (payable on death) recipients, item survivorship rights, trust or will stipulations?

3. What items (house, car, jewelry, clothes) are given to relatives, neighbors, family, friends or church members? What is documented? What is donated? What is disposed of? Does this affect anyones tax documentation?

4. Debt concerning life insurance, etc.

Gloria’s Memories (chat with Christina)

1. Born to Addie Porter Braxton (Mama Sweetie) (grandfather George Braxton) & Elijah Braxton, but adopted at 6 weeks by Nellie Sanders (grandmother- born June 15) and grandfather Zedie Sanders (June 26, 1891) in either Louisiana or Elsberry (in either a house or hospital.) Not being raised by biological parents or in the same household as siblings was the predominate problem in grade school. October 31, 1933.

2. Elsberry Dunbar Elementary School & Louisiana High School

3. Grandmother Nellie Sanders did house cleaning for middle-class white people. For her different jobs, she would walk to different family’s houses on a daily basis, and they seemed to be nice to her. The clients weren’t very rich or anything. Elsberry was the predominate location for hire.

4. Aunt Rosie Seymore, also cleaned in Elsberry, but in hotels. This was a favorite aunt. Another favorite Aunt was Aunt Liz Hayden (O’Fallon, MO.)

5. The men were worked at a quarry (grandfather Zedie, Elsberry, MO) and on farms (Papa Evelent, father-in-law.)

6. Before 20, the primary addresses were 5th Street in Elsberry, MO and then in Paynesville (marriage at 17) in a yellow house (see Pike County Title deed of Alphonso.)

7. Siblings- (deceased prior: Marceline, Jessie Bell, Higgins) Billie Jean, James “Poochie” Edward (father T.C. Webster & guardian: Aunt Helen), Genevieve (guardian: Aunt Floyd) Shirlee (guardian: Mother Addie), Gloria, Mary Ann, and Irma. Wisconsin was a destination (grandmother Nellie Sanders planned this trip.) Keiser was a  German Shepard pet, followed by Ginger, a boxer chow.

8. VFW Ladies Auxiliary associate, seamstress, housekeeper, house cook, nurse of sisters & mother-in-law, blues singer and admirer (also gospel during events and for pleasure) were the predominate jobs.

9. Social activities: church basket dinners, VFW conferences & parades, fashion shows, Easter egg hunts & programs in yards. The hair salon was a social destination, though sometimes a “curl” hair style causes for teasing due to the amount of product and residue.

10. Hunting was a common skill due to military experience (Webb family.)

11. Healthcare: garment gripper machine (right pointer finger) accident at the factory, rolling out of a moving car (mother-in-law Lula Belle was a fellow passenger), lip injury during porch fall, cardiovascular suggestions from Dr. Pitney (less red meat), diabetes (insulin injections), breast cancer removal, quadruple heart bypass in 2014, and leg amputation before death.

12. Beer was common after work, especially without a TV in the house. The movie theater was a common destination to view the screened broadcasts (high schoolers in Clarksville), and sometimes fights were on television in restaurants. A 6 pack per day was typical with grandpa Zedie.

13. Cigarettes were considered naughty for girls to be caught with, but tobacco was present since it was brought home in a sac by her father. Allan Turner’s mother, Nina Bell Whiteside, was a part of the experiment.