Aunt Lula

By: Wayne T. McDonald I remember my great-aunt Lula McDonald she was my grandfathers younger sister. I was a young boy around seven or eight the first time’ that I first seen aunt Lula. I remember that she would come over to my grandparent’s house her hair not combed and she would be barefoot. Aunt [...]

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Granny’s Bigfoot

By: Wayne T. McDonald When I was growing up and years later I spent a lot of time at my grandparents house. We would sit out on the back porch a lot when the weather was warm. Pa and granny would tell us kids about things that had happened in the years after they were [...]

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Billy William and Sadie Beatrice McDonald

By: Wayne T. McDonald My grandparents Billy William, born September 24, 1908, and Sadie Beatrice (Box) McDonald, born April 29, 1915, were two of the most kind and generous folks to have lived their lives in Fayette County. They were married November 14, 1932 and lived together for 51 years. Together they had one son, [...]

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Treasured Memories

By: Wayne T. McDonald I have treasured memories of my grandparent’s Billy and Sadie Box McDonald. They lived a simple life in a small five room house in northern Fayette County. I spent a lot of my growing up years with them. I can still see my grandpa plowing his old gray mule and planting [...]

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Uncle Quinton and Aunt Lee Ella

By: Wayne T. McDonald Uncle Quinton and Aunt Lee Ella lived at the bottom of the hill below my grandparents house. My brother Franklin and I would stay with Aunt Lee Ella during the day while daddy and momma worked when we were young boys. Aunt Lee Ella would cook us breakfast in the mornings. [...]

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