Julia Brumfield Diaries

A hot dry day. Ben fired on his tobacco all day. Jim and Henry suckered tobacco until dinner.

Josie staid at the barn while Ben carried Jim to Gretna. Ben brought Elsie East & Effie Brumfield home from Gretna. Oscar Brumfield carried his mother and Hugh and Aubra Brumfield and Ralph East to White Falls. We caught several fish. Jim Thomson was there with his car. He brought us part the way home and I was glad that he did.

A cloudy day. Rain tonight. Josie died this morning 20 minutes after three oclock. Denia and Mollie and Kate Mrs. Booker Mrs Edmonds & Mrs. Kent was here. They all done what they could to help about what was to be done. Jim Johnson went to Gretna and got a casket a very nice one. There has bin several here today. Two preachers Mr. Hogan and Mr. Jenings(?) ??? and Otho and Sallie and Mrs. Thomson are here tonight. Oscar Eade and Hellen and Doris Brumfield come tonight and brought flowers. Mrs. Car ? has been upstairs most of the day. Heard tonight that Olas boy is better. Hope he may get well. Carrie and Reese and the baby come 15 until 8 oclock.

Cloudy most of the day. Jim smoked the meat. John went from here this evening. Ben went to Lee Brumfields. Helped strip tobacco. Oscar Brumfield went to Gretna with tobacco. Ben come by Kates. She was not so well. I hope that she may get well yet. John Brumfield went to see Denia Blair. She is very much complaining. Henry and Edna went to school. Terable walking they say. Nellie has done the most that has been done today. She milked two cows this morning while I milked one. I churned and fixed the butter. Have mended a few things today.

Some rain this morning. Clear this evening. I went to Lee Brumfield today. Oscar come for me. Grace had a nice dinner. Edna went with me. Nellie staid at home and got dinner and cared for Mabel.

There was trouble at mill and Mayhews. The officers found a still near his house. Lawson Emerson come home with Henry. Then they went some where. We don't know where.

A good day. Jim and I staid home last night. Ben and the children was at Jim Powers. They went to Role Hubband's and spent the day today. Come home late this evening. Irvin Harvey come to see us a while this evening. I went with him to Johnson Reynols'. No one was at home. Then we went to Lee Brumfield's. No one was at home but Oscar. Then we come to Norman Booker. Lee and Grace Otho and Sallie Odie and Lottie Jim Booker and Julia was all at Normans. I spent the evening very pleasantly at Norman's. Jim wants (deleted) Henry went to Strait Stone with Jo Edmons. He is at home now.