Ura Memories

The first thing 1 can remember is Daddy taking me on his lap and showing me the gold and sliver cup I got for being named "Bliss." My Grandma Money sold Bliss Native Herbs Products and they were giving a gold and silver cup to anyone that was named after the company. I would guess I was somewhere around three years old or less.

I can remember us going to Union Cross Church in a buggy and we sat in the foot of the buggy. I remember going to visit Daddy's sister, Aunt Lydia Ligons, in a covered wagon. We spent the night and came back the next day.  It was about 12 or 14 miles. I can remember Ruth and I walking over there and going over to Geraldine Brown's and spending the night. It was about two miles over there.

I remember Mama fixing so many meals to take to the church. We had quarterly meetings, Sunday School Conventions and big meetings which were always on the first Sunday in November. Daddy was song leader a long time at the church.

Grandma Money lived in the house with us. I remember when she died. Ruth was sick and didn't get to go to the funeral. Grandma died one day and was buried the next day. Ruth had to go to the hospital the next day to have an operation. Mama went with Ruth and Daddy stayed with the rest of us.

Daddy played the auto harp and in the summertime, he would go out on the porch and play and sing. We would sometimes sing too. Later on Daddy bought a piano and his sister, Aunt Tiny, taught us how to play. Ruth did a good job playing but I never did play much. I could learn the music but just couldn't play much. We did a lot of playing and singing. Daddy taught us some music too. He knew music.

Daddy wrote letters to the Ripple and after I got married and left home, I met a lot of people that said they enjoyed his pieces in the paper.

When I was a little girl, I can remember Mama fixing apples some way. She called them smoked apples. I have never heard of anyone else fixing apples like that. We would peel them and cut them in slices and she would smoke them. They were put in a big jar and covered up. We would fty them whenever we wanted them. They would keep all winter. They were just as white as they were when we cut them. I wish I knew just how she did it. We would can apples and dry apples too in the tobacco barn. We always had plenty of fruit of all kinds. One year we picked 100 gallons of blackberries. We canned one half gallon cans of berries and sold the rest at Wade Adams’ store. We, Ruth, Lola and I made enough money to buy us some material to make us a new dress for the Sunday School Convention.

I could keep writing things but I guess this is enough

Aunt Ura remembers - 2005

Grandma Mary Money named her for the "Bliss Native Herbs" she sold. If you named your child "Bliss" you got a silver loving cup and Ura still has the cup she received.

When Brodie left she help her dad a lot with everything even plowing with the mules, Sam and Lize. Since Ruth was sickly and almost died, she helped in the house. Ura knew about farming but not much about cooking when she got married. When her mom went to the hospital to see Ruth she would keep Lola and Ada Lee. 

She remembers visiting Grandma Brown a lot when she was little. Grandma Brown died March 10, 1931 close to when Ura married January 1, 1931 but she didn't get to go to the funeral because she lived so far away.

She remembers Uncle Billy singing tenor in church. Uncle John would bring candy when he came. His daughters were Mildred and Rose and were older. They lived in Yadkinville. It was a long way to go with the transportation so they didn't see them much. Ura believes he might have been a magistrate. Uncle Coon ran a roller miller that made flour and built furniture. They lived nearby. Aunt Tiney lived where Doris and Charlie now live. Aunt Lona and mother weren't able to visit much.

Ura boarded at the principle's home with Ruth and Brodie to go to high school in Boonville. Ruth helped with the cooking and children. Brodie was the janitor and got the boilers running. Ura would sweep. They would go home on the weekend. She graduated valedictorian of her class.

She met Lester at church after graduating. They would sing around the piano while Ruth played. They married at home and lived in Courtney.