RI never went to school. My dad put me to work after freedcsn and then when schools got so numeroua, I got too big, Alu‘ t but one thing I want to learn this side ot the River, is to read the Bible. I wants to confirm Te~ia ‚ WOXd8~

	“The fus‘ place we went after we left the home place dunn‘ of the war ‚ we went to Wolf Creek0 And then they pressed ‚ eni so close we went to Red River. And they pressed ‘em so close again we went to Texas and that‘s where we was when freedom come.

	“That was In 3‘uly and they closed the crap ( crop ) and then s ix weeks ‘fore Christmas they loaded the wagons and started back to Arkansas. We come back to the ~Tohnson place and stayed there three years, then my father rented the Alexander place on the Tamo.

	“I stayed right there till I married. I married quite young, bait I had a good husband. I ain‘t sayin‘ this just ‘cause he‘s sleepin‘ but ever‘body will tell you he was good to me. Made a good livin‘ and I wore what I wanted to.

	“He coiae from South Carolina way before the war. Come from Abbeville. They was emigratin‘ the folks.

	nI tell you all I can, but I won‘t tell you xiothin‘ but the truth.~






Interviewer‘s Cœinent

	Owns her home and lives on the income from rental property,