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Apr
2008
On This Day in 1903
One hundred and five years ago, my grandmother was born in the tiny community of Midway, Alabama. She was the eldest child of Joseph & Gertha Johnston, and was born at the home of her grandparents, Proctor & Lula Johns. My grandmother, who I called Ma-Ma, also called her grandmother Johns the same.
They were very close and as Lula Johns lived into her 80s, my grandmother had her Ma-Ma for a long time. I did not. I have good memories of her, but they are very much the types of memories a small child forms. I remember a quiet and sweet lady who always had candy. My paternal grandmother was a bit younger and lived into her 90’s, so we got to talk some about her life, her family, etc. Everything like that for Ma-Ma are second hand stories.
And it’s so hard to believe the baby in this photo was born over a century ago.
Lula Ceil Johnston 1903 – 1979
