Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet]

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Photo Wesley with Jackie E. Reynolds

Wesley married Living [Group Sheet]

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Virginia Pittsylvania Co. Heritage Book 1767-2004 Paragraph
900 Robert Edwin and Nannie Richardson Kendrick Reynolds.
They were married on 3 Feb 1934. Nannie, the d/o William
Thomas Kendrick and Mary Mays, and Edwin, the son of John
Levi Reynolds and Emma. After their marriage they moved
into a one-room cabin on John Levi's place and produced
their first son Wesley 20 Jan 1935. That spring they moved
about a mile to a one-room cabin, with a loft and lean-to,
on Witchia A. Finney's farm. They farmed as tenant tobacco
farmers for about 12 years. They used a black pot to make
lye soap, heat water for baths and to can foods.
"Whitewash" was brought from a pit nearby and 'daubed' on
the inside of the cabin walls. Wewin cut his wheat with a
hand cradle (sic), and a group of men with a 'combine'
would come through the county each year and 'thrash' the
wheat to be ground for flour, hog feed, etc. Cider making,
corn 'shuckings, and 'pig pickins' were fall activities.
Three other children, Janice, Jackie and Betty Lou, were
born there. Those cold winter nights caused a lot of
snuggling. The children slept in the loft and sometimes
snow would blow in, between the logs and would cover the
bed and floor. In 1947 Edwin bought an 80 acre farm, with
a 4 room frame house and no electricity or plumbing, about
a mile south, from Johnny Fuller, with the help of an
uncle, Witchia Finney. In 1948 Edwin went to work at Lee
Telephone Co. Edwin retired at age 62 and he and Nannie
lived out their lives on the place, in much the same
life-style as in the beginning, until their deaths 7 Aug
1997 and Nannie's in 3 Aug 1999.
Sandra June Reynolds-Author

Robert married Nannie Richardson Kendrick 3 Feb 1934, Callands, Virginia. Nannie (daughter of William Thomas Kendrick and Mary Stella Mays) was born 1 Feb 1917, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died 3 Aug 1999, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , County Line Christian Church Cemetery Axton, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

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Sandra June Reynolds
Movher lived to be 93. She was so meek and patience with everyone. She worked so hard all her life, cooking, milking and taking care of all her family. Her mom died when she was about 12 so she quit school to take care of her brothes and dad. After her dad married again, her stepmom insisted she return to school. She went as far as the school taught. Her teacher told her that she had taught her every thing she knew. When she married , her husband's mom had also died so she took care of her father-n-law and two brother -n-laws and three sister-n-laws. Of course they pitched in and helped. She had 9 children. The oldest boy was killed in WWII. When most of her children were grown, she started raising grandchildren. I was the first! Everyone that knew her loved her. I still think of her several times every day.