Vickie – Page 3 – Cox Family Memories.com

Becoming a woman at 9yrs old! Not literally, just physically!

Back in the old days…I tried to talk w/Diane Beverly about my horrid disease…(she was 2 yrs older), but it just didn’t register, I needed more information.

When I was just 9 yrs old I thought I had an incurable disease and was dying. I recall telling Mom and then Shirley came to the “rescue”. (Myrtle was attending nursing school at Bethesda, so Shirley was on duty.) I was absolutley mortified when she showed me a diaper strung up by a rubberband! I was supposed to be cured by this contraption?! Needless to say I finally got the picture and survived.

The birth of Marnee

These weren’t the best days for me, but I still remember. Shirley and I were birth coaches. We were called early in the morning and went to see what was up. Martha was actually working and exercising in early stages of labor. Shirley, Ricky, and I went to the hospital and everything went very quickly. Never having kids, I was just amazed. Martha was sort of OK and then came “transition”…literally! I saw Martha’s face turn shades of purple I’d never seen before. Then at the last part of the birth process, there was a turd that plopped on the doctor’s shoes, then Marnee was born. It sounds weird, but it really was beautiful. Ricky took Shirley and me to his house, but stopped on the way and bought each of us a rose. I don’t know how Martha felt, but I was exhausted.

How Martha and I loved each other as kids!

I came home from school just in the first grade to discover that Martha had chicken pox…10 days later so did I.

My first experience with “pot” and Martha, As kids do instead of playing w/toys, we were playing w/a big soup pot. I promised Martha I’d give her a turn when I was finished, running and sitting in the pot. I took a longer turn than Martha wanted, so she hurls a rock at me which landed sort of between my eyes. I have a hint of the scar today, fifty years now.

Well into my teen years, I was afraid of the dark. Even as late as the Cornstalk Rd house I remember leaving my bed and getting into bed w/Martha. She hated that and but always gave in (even after I layed in the floor for a bit).

Given the fact that I was once afraid of the dark, it is hard to believe I now live totally alone and go outside in the dark without a thought…what was I thinking?! There usually aren’t any boogie men in the dark. I’ve discovered most of the bad men in the clear blue daylight!

Grandma and Grandpa – Amon and Nora Cantrell

Mom's Parents, Amon and Nora — Mom's Parents - Amon and Nora

Wonder what year. How old were they. They didn’t have grey hair and I doubt they dyed their hair.

It is funny, but this is the way I always remember them.

Grandpa, Goldie, Roger, Martha, Grandma, Vickie, Myrtle - 1966

I am pretty sure this was Grandma, Grandpa and Roger on a visit to Ohio when I was home from the Army. Don’t know which house. Hope Vickie or Martha can remember where we lived when you were this age.

Grandma and Grandpa - Nora and Amon Cantrell

Here is another picture of Grandma and Grandpa standing at the back of their house. I know the well is back there too. They don’t look much different – just a little older. I do hope I can go back through some of my original pictures and match up some dates.

Vickie and Anita Drawing Water at Grandpa's Well in KY

I know we can find the date for this and I think I have a picture of Grandpa helping Vickie and Anita at the well.

Carl visiting Grandma and Grandpa. Not sure when this was either. Obviously, a little older.

Shirley and Vickie – Birth, Christening & Wedding of Marnee Bittner

Shirley and Vickie were at Marnee's Birth and Christening 1986 — Shirley and Vickie were at Marnee's Christening and at her Birthing!

Can you believe Marnee Mae Bittner, Martha and Ricky’s daughter, is getting married June 27, 2009. She will be 23 years old on June 11, 2009.

Can you believe these were her mother’s birthing partners or coaches or ….? Whatever they were called, they were there at Marnee’s birth. Cute! Nice dress Marnee – Christian Dior Silk and Chantilly Lace.

Some Old Pictures

Three Little Cox Brothers, Bobby, Larry, Gary

Have no idea where this was, but it was so cute!

: Three Little Cox Brothers, Bobby, Larry, Gary

1958 - Bobby, Gary, Goldie, Larry, Tommy, Martha, Thelma, Myrtle, Vickie

1958, I think this was in the house that burned. I have on a dress that Mom had taken me to Dayton to get for the school year. That also is when we got my coat with the pom-pom ties. I was too neat and hung it in my closet. Everything was burned on one side as they hung in the closet. The closet was near the chimney that caught fire.

In 1961, this looks like a bunch of little geniuses at work. Not sure at what! It must have been on a Sunday after church. Vickie and Martha look all dressed up.

Bobby, Vickie, Martha, Gary at the Linkhart House 1961