It was July of 1971 or 1972, Great Uncle Anon came and stayed with us for 2 weeks. Grandpa and Grandma Cox came down to visit us in Washington Court House, Ohio. The Fayette County fair was going on. Uncle Tom Pat and Aunt Sharon Maynard met us all there. Aunt Sharon dared Grandpa Cox to ride on the super loop. Well, he was not going to let her call him a chicken. So they got on the ride, they were hollaring and screaming. My dad (Carl), mom(Joyce), Tom Pat, Grandma, Uncle Anon and all of us kids were at the bottom laughing. When the ride went upside down, Grandpa Cox’s dentures, cigarettes, lighter, and wallet all fell on the ground. When they got off the ride, the guy had to keep everybody off the ride until Grandpa Cox could collect all his things. The only thing he had a problem finding was his teeth. They fell into somebody’s lemon shake that was standing there wondering what all the hupla was about. Because we had such a crowd of people watching those 2 on that ride. When Grandpa and Aunt Sharon got off the ride, She was puking and he was dizzy. But it was such a hoot!! Everybody had such a good time!!!
Category: Grandchildren
First time mowing on a riding mower!
I remember Grandpa Cox being parked in the drive way of our house when the school bus would pull up. He would show up on Friday afternoon’s and pick me up. He would secretly call my Dad(Carl) the night before. He did this about every other weekend. I would run straight over to the car, except he would be in the house, I would then run in the door yelling, “GRANDPA ARE YOU READY TO GO”. Mom would always make us change out of our school clothes before we did anything. I would not only change my clothes but I would also come out of my bedroom with my packed bag. Cara Leta would never go, and Cassie wasn’t born until 1974. So I thought it was GREAT!! Every weekend that I got to go Grandpa’s he would mow his yard. He would let me ride with him. Then he got nervy and one day he let me mow. This was out at the Cornstalk house. Dad would always call when he got home from work on Friday night and say that he would pick me up on Saturday. But if Dad had to do a side job I knew I wasn’t going home until after the big family dinner that Grandma would make on Sunday. Anyway, I thought, “OH BOY!! I get to mow”. Of course, Grandpa’s mower had the old clutch, so I would kill it when I would take off, so he would get it going and hop off. This was my very first time mowing by myself. Well, I would get done mowing, park the mower up by the house and run inside. Grandpa and I would sit down on the couch and watch roller derby. Grandma Goldie would sit there with us. We always ended up playing a game of Sorry. Well, Grandpa took the cellophane off of something. I don’t remember what, but anyway he gave it to me and told me to go throw away the trash he had in his hand. So I took it and threw it away. I came skipping back into the room and grandpa looked at me real funny. I said what are you looking at? He said did you throw that away? I said yes that’s what you told me to do. He just started laughing. He said you better go look again. So I went running back in the kitchen and looked in the trash can. Low and behold there was a $5.00 bill laying in the trash can. WOW!! I GOT PAID FOR MOWING GRANDPA’S YARD. He thought that was hilarious. So everytime I mow even now that I am 44 years old, I think of him and smile.
Robbie and Rebecca’s Creation
Marnee & Lee
Marnee
The future Mr. and Mrs. Bennett
Laylah Ali Bittner-Bennett- My big puppy
Grandma and I did so much together that it is hard to remember it all at once. The numerous walks to K Mart and Shawnee Park, always doing my laundry so perfect, feeling my butt to see if I had a temperature, yelling at Mom for not taking me to the doctor, helping me sneak my turtle on the bus so that I could bring it for show and tell…….ohhhh the memories.
Probably one of the most memorable things that I will always remember is this one time that we went to Shawnee Park. For weeks Grandma had pushed me in my stroller to the park and we checked on the ducks nest that had three or four eggs in it. I was so excited for the day we would go to the park and the eggs would be hatched and we would see baby ducks……that never happened. We went over to the nest just like always and each egg had been smashed. I looked at Grandma with tears in my eyes and said “who would do such a thing”. Grandma very calmly said “mean people Marnee just mean and bad people”. Looking back on it now it seems funny but I think it was the first time I learned of evil in the world. I had to have been 3 or 4.
I would do anything to have Grandma here now that so many things have changed. She would be so proud that I finally got my license and that I graduated college. I am getting married on June 27, 2009 to Lee who she also loved. I know she would love Laylah too…probably just because I do.
I know she is with me and all of us in spirit though. I see things that she used to do in my every day life and in myself just as I’m sure you guys do too. Lee thinks that it is crazy but, the milk has to be in the same spot in the fridge. I am also crazy about laundry and making sure the bed is made at all times. The hand towel in the bathroom always has to be folded just so and I find myself calling everyone “honey” sometimes. It is kind of scary but “Day Lord” it is a way to remember.
Melissa’s children, Hunter and Joseph
My Young and a Little Less Young Pictures
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Time December 11, 2008 at 11:02 pm
Mom and Dad both working for Sarah Childers in some fashion-dad as a butcher and mom taking care of the house for her
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Time December 11, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Dad as a butcher with all his hunter deer friends cutting them up in the garage and so cold-they all were having a good time-and our house was where they came-
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Time December 11, 2008 at 11:07 pm
I loved the house on 42 (still do)-when Shirley and Gilbert or even Myrtle was in town I always was at Mama and Papa’s
Otha would bring pizza from Cassanos after she got off work at 3-4am and bring donuts to us-what aunts do for favorite nephews
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Time December 11, 2008 at 11:10 pm
As Vickie and Martha aged (driving age) we wanted to go with them-but if they were bad we could not tell or we would not go-we should have told—-:)
And the skating parties we went to and then you two went out with— and doors at mom and dads neeeded wd-40-and you know who you are 
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Time December 11, 2008 at 11:04 pm
Dad taking me to work in a seat setting on the butcher counter(i do not remember but have seen pictures)
how times change and what people would think of a baby on a butcher counter at Krogers today-wow-what would the health dept say