In 1954, Gene fell in the Clifton mill and hurt his back, He was in the
hospital for several days but never did have surgery.
(Note: This would cause many back issues throughout the rest of his life -Tim )
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| CENTRAL BAPTIST IN COWPENS, OLD AUD (R) |
At Central Baptist Church, where we attended, I had been playing the
piano for a long time. So after Deborah came along two of the teenage girls,
Sandra Vess and Patsy Green took care of her so I could play. Mrs. Shepherd
tended to her part of the time. Sometimes Gene would hold her while we sang.
When she was two and a half, I went to work at Burton Mfg. at Spartanburg and
I paid Mrs. Franklin 2.00 a day to tend to her. But I did not get to work too long.
I became pregnant. In the meantime we moved to Cowpens on the mill hill. We
had a house by ourselves.
