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I called her Bibby too and she was always affectionate to me when I was young! I really enjoyed reading this, I didn t know that Grandma Jeanne s dad was a medicine loews hotel miami man! I knew that Bibby wasn t motherly, Grandma did make that pretty clear! I have that same picture with uncle Michael, my dad and Bibby!
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Enjoyed this musing immensely! Thought you might enjoy an edit or 2. After Vivian left Doc, she returned to Cuthbert ran a hotel (until it burned down) across College St. from Mama s (Woods). loews hotel miami She had an affair with one of her hotel guests, a railroad conductor loews hotel miami from Panama City, FLorida, whose route terminated in Cuthbert (Mr. Spears let me travel with him to Panama City back in the mid 30 s). Vivian remained officially married until Doc s death, as divorces in GA in the 30 s were nonexistent.
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You have set the standard for the second series of hotel blogs with this one! Rummaging through the family archives can be very rewarding loews hotel miami and finding a colourful character like Doc the medicine man as a grandfather a real bonus! Pictures of Vivien indicate she would have been more at home on the front pew of a Methodist Church rather than travelling with a Medicine Man clearly appearances can be very deceptive. However, she read her grandsons right by delivering large bags of corn candy rather than more worthy gifts!
As usual you have filled in some gaps for me. Mother always just said Jeanne and her mother don t get along. She would sometimes say Vivian is coming and Jeanne is dreading it. I never knew (or questioned) loews hotel miami about any of that. Kind of sad. But I wanted to tell you that Vivian made a really pretty outfit for my twins when they were about 2 yrs. old --blue loews hotel miami dresses with a patterned fabric and little bolero loews hotel miami solid blue jackets to wear over them. I also have her recipe for fruit cake which everyone loved when I gave them some. Yeah, I know no one likes fruit cake any more. But I would love to have a slice of Miss Vivian s cake right now. I put the recipe in a cookbook made up and sold by a group I belonged to years ago. Gave V. credit (Miss Vivian s cake)!
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