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Today I celebrate the life of my maternal grandmother, Mattie Mae (Springer) Holt. She would have been 92 years old on May 17 this year. Although my family has had to do without her physical presence for 13 years now, her influence and spirit lives on in us all. My grandmother was the only one of […]
This is my great-grandmother, Effie Blanche Fendricks, who was born in Hardin County, TN, ca. 1891. She was one of 13 children (8 who survived). Effie married Walter Springer and birthed 9 children, 7 of whom survived to adulthood. When I interviewed my grandmother Mattie, she shared many fond memories of her mother. Effie’s husband […]
Cluster research again leads to a research breakthrough. Shown at left is my grandmother, the ever-wonderful Mattie Mae Springer. She was born in Hardin County, TN in 1921. Both of her parents’ roots have been brick walls. Her parents, Walter Springer and Effie Fendricks, were both also born in Tennessee. It is the search for […]
