I am working on this year-long prompt, hosted by Amy Johnson
Crow. I will write each week in one of my two blogs,
either Mam-ma’s
Southern Family or at My Trails Into the Past.
I’m looking forward to writing about my children’s ancestors in new and
exciting ways.
While visiting a
first cousin in Florida, we discovered several pieces of woodwork done by my
husband’s father, George Joseph Gorrell (1915-2011).
The first was a
table, signed by him. It was believed that he gave the completed table to his
parents, Joseph Norman Gorrell and Matilda Pearl Davey, perhaps after making it
in high school woodshop. The cousin got the table after the grandparents died.
She also had two
other items made by him but not signed: a recipe box and a covered bowl.
Someday the table
will make its way to us so we can pass it down to our daughters. They would probably
like to have a piece that their grandfather had made.
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Wonderful to have these heirlooms stay in the family, including a table that he signed!
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