RE CARRIE RIDDLE
MRS. RIDDLE WAS A WONDERFUL WOMAM OF GOD.I SHALL NEVER FORGET THE TIME TAHAT WE WOULD HAVE AT GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE ON HER BIRTHDAY.AS ALL OF HER CHILDREN'AND GRANDCHILDREN'GREAT GRANDCHILDREN'AND GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN WOULD ALL BE THERE ON HER BIRTHDAY.BOY WHAT A TIME WE WOULD HAVE.WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY I WILL NEVER FORGET WHAT GRANDMOTHER SAID TO ME WHEN SHE WAS 90 YEARS OF AGE.SHE SAID CHARLES GO GET THOSE APPLES AND BRING THEM TO ME AND I WILL MAKE AN APPLE PIE.BOY OH BOY SHE COULD REALLY COOK.THIS SEEMS ALMOST LIKE YESTERDAY'WHEN WE WERE ALL AT GRANDMOTHERS HOUSE'1007 PENDLETON STREET'GREENVILLE'SC.WE MOVED TO 1007 PENDLETON STREET'WHERE GRANDMOTHER LIVED AS SHE WAS GETTING OLDER AND NEEDED SOMEONE TO HELP TAKE CARE OF HER.IN THE YEAR OF 1958 GRANDMOTHER GOT VERY SICK.ABOUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE GRANDMOTHER GOT SICK'SHE WAS ON THE FRONT PORCH LOOKING UP TO HEAVEN NOT SAYING A WORD.MY DADDY SAID'MRS'WHY DO YOU KEEP LOOKING UP TO THE SKY'SHE SAID DENNY I'M LOOKING UP TO HEAVEN'SHE ALSO SAID IT WON;T BE LONG NOW.MY DADDY SAID'MRS' RIDDLE YOU WILL BE HERE A LONG TIME YET.SHE LOOKED AT MY DADDY AND NEVER SAID WORD SHE JUST GOT UP AND WENT TO HER ROOM.WHEN SHE WOULD COME TO THE TABLE TO EAT'SHE WOULD TAKE HER HANDS AND FEEL FOR HER FOOD.SHE NEVER HAD DONE THIS BEFORE.THEY SAID'MRS'RIDDLE CAN YOU SEE'OH'YES'I CAN SEE'BUT WHEN SHE GOT UP FROM THE TABLE THEY NOTICED FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT GRANDMOTHER WOULD PUT HER HANDS IN FRONT OF HER LIKE SHE WAS FELLING HER WAY.THEY KNEW THEN THAT SHE COULD NOT SEE.EVERYONE LOVED GRANDMOTHER AND EVERYONE WANTED TO HELP HER GET AROUND THE HOUSE.AS I HAVE ALREADY TOLD GRANDMOTHER GETS VERY SICK THIS WAS 1958.GRANDMOTHER WAS 94 YEARS OF AGE.I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS THE DOCTOR WAS CALLED TO THE HOUSE.UPON ARRIVAL'THE DOCTOR WENT TO HER ROOM HE DID NOT STAY LONG HE CAME OUT OF HER ROOM AN SHOOK HIS HEAD.SHE PASSED AWAY BUT SHE WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.GOD BLESS YOU IS MY PRAYER.