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| Clifton Mill no. 2 built in 1889 |
After
four weeks, we found a mill house to rent. Gene worked in the mill in Clifton for many years after we married. We didn’t have much but we were so
happy to have a place of our own. In the summer of 1952, we bought us a
Frigidaire. Boy, were we thrilled! We had been using block ice to keep things
cold.
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| 1947 Frigidaire |
Then mama (Ethel Allen) bought us a beautiful dinette suite. The color was gold and we
loved it! I want to add what a good cook Gene’s mom (Mattie Bell) was while we lived with her . She would cook a
good meal and then make a cobbler or a fried pie. She really did spoil me.
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| Mattie Bell with Martha and Deborah - 1953 |
I joined Central Baptist Church where Gene had been going for a long time. He
led the singing and after a while they needed a pianist so I began playing. I was glad to do what I could for the Lord. Gene was also a deacon,
Sunday school teacher, Supt, R.A. Director and for some time cleaned the
church, and he got some pay for this.
I taught Sunday school and had the G.A.’s. When we were first married I was shy
and stayed that way for a long time. But I learned from the Linder’s, Robin’s,
Coleman’s, Mosses, Reynolds’ and others through the years.
