Dora <I>Kirby</I> Corbin

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Dora Kirby Corbin

Birth
Emanuel County, Georgia, USA
Death
4 Jun 1951 (aged 69)
Emanuel County, Georgia, USA
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I called her "Mama", probably because my mother called her that. We lived with her for a few years when I was a small child, and I loved living there more than anywhere else in my whole life. I followed Mama around, watching her feed her chickens, milk the cow, attend to sick livestock, work in her garden and flowers, cook, mend and quilt. She had no heat in her house other than from the fireplaces, no running water, no indoor plumbing; she had no conveniences to make her life easier, and she did all her cooking on a wood stove. She drew water from the well and heated it in an iron washpot, using a scrub board to do her laundry. Although quite plump in her later years, she was active and was always busy doing something. She had been raised poor, and because of this, she was frugal to the extreme, especially compared to today's standards. Mama's only recreation was her daily soap operas she listened to on her radio, such as "Stella Dallas" and "Pepper Young's Family." I enjoyed sitting on the side of the bed with her and listening to them, too. I also slept many cold nights with her in that big old feather bed, with the light from the fireplace flickering on the ceiling.
...Olivia, granddaughter
I called her "Mama", probably because my mother called her that. We lived with her for a few years when I was a small child, and I loved living there more than anywhere else in my whole life. I followed Mama around, watching her feed her chickens, milk the cow, attend to sick livestock, work in her garden and flowers, cook, mend and quilt. She had no heat in her house other than from the fireplaces, no running water, no indoor plumbing; she had no conveniences to make her life easier, and she did all her cooking on a wood stove. She drew water from the well and heated it in an iron washpot, using a scrub board to do her laundry. Although quite plump in her later years, she was active and was always busy doing something. She had been raised poor, and because of this, she was frugal to the extreme, especially compared to today's standards. Mama's only recreation was her daily soap operas she listened to on her radio, such as "Stella Dallas" and "Pepper Young's Family." I enjoyed sitting on the side of the bed with her and listening to them, too. I also slept many cold nights with her in that big old feather bed, with the light from the fireplace flickering on the ceiling.
...Olivia, granddaughter

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