Edgecombe County, NC - Mary Wiggins to Fred & Catherine Wiggins, 1937

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[Grandmother to Fred & Catherine, 1937]

Monday Morning.
     Before Breakfast

My dear Fred Jr & Catherine,

     Well I have at last gotten some paper, so here goes.  The first 
thing I want to say, Daddy and Gladys rode up to the farm yesterday 
morning with bro. said the crop had come out just lots.  He said he had 
five pretty barns in, and they were curing up pretty.  I am just so 
happy for bro as one time he was so blue over his crop.  Let me tell 
you something.  I am the mother of eleven little pigs.  The mother 
died, and I am feeding them on the bottle, they are so cute.  They are 
doing fine so far.  I will be so happy if I have good luck with them.  
Daddy had another milk hog found eleven yesterday so he told Johnnie to 
shift two of my pigs to her but they like one from their mother better 
so he had to bring them back.  Ha. Ha. wasn’t that bad.  Gladys came 
home last Wednesday.  Mary Earle stayed and was to come home today but 
Elizabeth Fountain is down there so they have decided to stay until 
Wednesday.  I miss them so very badly when they are gone its so lonely.  
It was certainly nice of Julian and Jack to look after my children.  
Tell them I do appreciate it to because they were doing something for 
me also.  I appreciate anyboddy doing any thing for my children.  Am so 
glad you are so pleased with your new home.  And hope you will make 
some money.  My prayers are with you.
     Sister and Bro Marshel spent last Sunday with us.  You had a 
package from Harry & Margaret, Zeb & Bernice from Ashville come in last 
week.  You better write them we have received it as it will be so long 
before you will be home.  Well I will have to stop and go feed my 
babies as they are calling me and I am getting so nervous can’t write. 
You can see for yourself.  Write {will} write again soon when I have 
more time.  Am ancious to hear from you both again.
      Daddy and Gladys join me in love to you both.
            Love
                Mother 

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Letter written by Mary Louise Rives Wiggins, postmarked Aug 9, 1937, to 
her son and daughter-in-law, Frederick Lawrence Wiggins, Jr., and 
Catherine Newton Wiggins who had been recently married and were living 
in Moultrie, Ga. "Gladys" and "Mary Earle" refer to her daughters. 
"Bro" refers to her son, John Lawrence.

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This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by
Mary Earle Nettles Stallings - mstallin@cox.net (May 11, 2006)
(Granddaughter of Mary Louise Rives Wiggins and daughter of Mary 
Earle Wiggins Nettles)
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