My Grandmother Died today, she was 101 and a real New Deal Democrat

[Burma Jones]

This is a photo of her at age 99.

She was born May 4, 1907 in a farmhouse outside of Troy, TN. She had a hard life, picking cotton and all the other hard hard chores a sharecropper's child has to perform. Her first Husband was my Maternal Grandfather, he ran booze during prohibition and my Grandmother made bathtub Gin and told stories of running down the fire escape as police were knocking down their apartment door. My Maternal Grandfather was a Gambler, and the family rarely had money so my Grandmother worked as a Maid in a Gary, IN hotel until she was promoted to Waitress at the Holiday Inn, she received a pension from that job until she died.

Her first Husband died in 1966. She then married my Father's Father, so she was both my Maternal Grandmother and my Paternal Step-Grandmother. She will be buried between both of my Grandfathers this Wednesday. This made my Parents' divorce a little messier, both my parents will be at the funeral this week. I mean, they're still Step-Siblings.....

She taught me much about cooking Southern Food. She took care of my Brothers and I during bad times. She lost two Husbands, One Daughter and one Grandson in her life. She fell and broke her arm in two places last Sunday and was told she was going to have to move out of her Assisted Living Facility into a Nursing Home. My Mom was in Tennessee arranging this as my Grandmother's condition worsened and then she quietly died.

She used to refer to The Chimp as "That Filthy Drug Addict"

Rest in peace MoMo......

[Shell Beau]

1. Wow! She sure did see a lot.

RIP MoMo! :hug:

[Midlodemocrat]

2. My condolences on your loss, but how wonderful that she

got to see her great grandchildren!! You are a very lucky man.

My children lost their last grandparent when TM was 16. I would love for them to have had what you did.

:hug:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

3. condolences and hugs

:hug:

[PassingFair]

4. You forgot to say beautiful....

to the end!

Damn, we need folks like her...

[RFKHumphreyObama]

5. My deepest and sincerest thoughts, prayers, sympathies and condolences

to you and your family. Your grandmother sounds like she was a wonderful woman who lived an interesting life and I can tell from your post how much you loved her. May she rest in peace and once again my deepest, sincerest and most heartfelt thoughts, prayers, condolences and sympathies to you and your family:hug:

[auntAgonist]

6. You were so blessed to have had her in your life

and now the memories in your heart will go on forever!

What a beautiful lady!

May she rest in peace.

aA
kesha

[seemunkee]

7. My condolences

She sounds like she was a fine woman.

[Ptah]

8. Thanks for sharing her with me.

[WinkyDink]

9. She took a great photo! God bless her and you.

[Swede]

10. You have my condolences.

So sorry for your loss,Burma.

[Texasgal]

11. Rest well MoMo..

My condolences to you and your family. :hug:

[Kajsa]

12. My condolences to you and your family, Burma Jones.

What a wonderful woman she was, and what an inspiration
to us all.

My Mom is 89, and in the same boat. :(

She wants to live in a nursing home,( from assisted living) as she is unable to care
for herself at all, lately. My brother and I are working on finding
her one.

Thanks for sharing your grandmother's photo and story with us.

She was a great lady.

:hug:

[av8rdave]

13. My condolences

What an amazing lady. You have quite a life to celebrate.

[Inchworm]

14. What a wonderful woman

My condolences go out to you and your family for the loss of such a special lady.

:hug:

[SeattleGirl]

15. My condolences

She sounds like a very wonderful woman.

How blessed you were to have her in your life.

[Maestro]

16. Now that is a long life and one well spent.

I am sorry for your loss and you have my condolences. This is definitely a life to celebrate.

[Patiod]

17. what a lovely lady

saw a lot of the century. Great that you have so much of her history

My grandmother died at 100 - born 1898, died in 2000 - so she spanned 3 centuries. She told me stories about seeing the first car coming through their Pennyslvania coal town, the first refrigerator, lots of changes over that particular 100 years.

[fizzgig]

18. i am so sorry for your loss

it sounds like she lived quite a life and will be greatly missed

:hug:

[lost-in-nj]

19. what a beautiful woman

:hug:



I am so sorry for you

and your family

lost

[Fire1]

20. Big hugs. My aunt is 101 also, born May 23, 1907. They don't

make um like that anymore. God Bless.

[1gobluedem]

21. She sounds wonderful

How great that you learned and know her history so it won't be lost. I love how she referred to *.

My sympathies to you and your family. :hug:

[begin_within]

22. You're lucky to have had such an amazing and wonderful person in your life.

[AwakeAtLast]

23. That's a great picture!

I am so sorry to hear of her passing. :hug:

From your description, she sounds like she was a terrific Grandma! What a treasure of memories you will have!

My condolences to you and your family.

:hug:

[MrsBrady]

24. sounds like I would have reallly liked your Grandma...

what a lady!!!!!

I'm sorry for your loss. I lost my Grandma last year. It sucks. :cry:
And she was sooooo cool and such an inspiration.
They just don't make 'em like yours and mine anymore.

:grouphug:

hang in there.

[MadMaddie]

25. Burma Jones my condolences to you and your family

It seems that many of our Grandmothers played an important role in our lives.

Your Grandmother lived an amazing life!

[harmonicon]

26. I'm so sorry for you

[Dystopian]

27. Heartfelt condolences...

Burma..
Thank you for sharing her life and photo with us. And amazing woman indeed.
Rest in Peace, MoMo...


peace~

[applegrove]

28. RIP

[Ishoutandscream2]

29. I'm so sorry. My grandpa was a New Deal Democrat

Poor dirt farmer from Oklahoma. Thought FDR was just about the greatest American ever. He would have been 99 last month.

My sincerest sympathies.

[peekaloo]

30. Bless her .

Condolences. :hug:

[Tangerine LaBamba]

31. What a woman..........

Thank you for letting me know about her. She was absolutely inspirational, and, you know, she looked like a really, really nice lady.

You were lucky, but so was she - to have you.

Peace on all of you.

[UrbScotty]

32. Thank you for sharing this, Burma Jones.

My condolences to you and your family.

:hug:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

33. I'm so sorry for your loss...

She has such a sweet face. It certainly sounds like she was mentally all together. I'm glad she was able to live long enough to see Dumbyass leave the White House.

:hug:

[Skittles]

34. beautiful gal

:thumbsup:

[Blue Diadem]

35. What a beautiful lady. At 99 she certainly didn't look her age.

My sympathy to you and your family.

:hug:

[XemaSab]

36. Aww, she sounds awesome

RIP, grandma. :pals:

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

37. This thread deserves many recommendations

get on it, people!

[Burma Jones]

38. My thanks to all of you........

[mwooldri]

39. She resembled somewhat of my own grandmother.

She was looking good in that photo for 99.

Sorry about your loss, but I'm sure someday you'll meet again on the other side.

All my best and condolences to your family.

Mark.