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Established 1948   Minnie A. Owens 1880 - 1956 Lee C. Owens 1881 - 1957
Carmenia
Alzada "Minnie" Wattenbarger Owens was a strong-willed, chubby woman, 5
'4" tall, who dipped snuff. Carl bought her a special black
leather chair which he shellacked so the spit wouldn't hurt it.
The spit can was always close to her chair, and frequently a little
dribble of snuff ran from the corner of her mouth. The
grandchildren remember that she smelled like snuff when they kissed her.
Minnie had parakeets, a canary named Krieger, 2 or 3 cats and a dog, usually a chow that she kept on a chain by the back door. She kept chickens in the back yard and was an expert at snapping their necks for Sunday dinner. The grandchildren watched as she swung them around by the neck and then waited for them to flop around in the dust before they died. She "choked her biscuits" (instead of rolling them) - "best biscuits of anywhere in the world." She made them in a special large, obling bowl chiseled from the hollowed-out trunk of a tree. She retained a good sense of humor even while bedridden from a stroke in her 70's. When her granddaughter said, "See you later, alligator," she'd answer, "After while, crocodile." She died October 20, 1956 in Sherman, Texas. Source: Pottle, Beverly & F. Norman, compilers. Some Ancestors & Descendants of William Knight and Amanda Jane Wattenbarger. (Find-A-Grave)  Cedarlawn Cemetery Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |
