Terry was three months old when this photo was taken in June
of 1942. Mom wrote in her diary “Terry gets cuter every day.” He’s being held
by his paternal grandparents, Lewis and Anna Pattillo. When mom and dad were
courting and first married, they spent a lot of time with both sets of parents
seeing them essentially every week. They had dinners together, Dad went over to
help his parents with all kinds of tasks, and he seemed to prefer to work on
his car at his folks’ home.
I was surprised to read how early and how frequently mom left
Terry with Gramma Thornally to babysit, and sometimes dad took him to his parents
to watch him. Once when Mom and Dad wanted to go out with friends, they asked
Gramma T to watch Terry. Gramma and Grandpa were planning to spend the weekend
at Brookdale, so they took Terry with them.
They also spent every major holiday with one or both sets of
parents and with Dad’s brother Bert. Sometimes they’d have dinner at one
household and then go visit the other. At other times the combined family
gathered for holiday dinners and other celebrations. Sometimes these events
also included the Anglemyers – Marge’s parents.
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