The Alexanders
This is Della Mae Alexander as a teenager. She is where my Alexander line begins. She married James Jaynes when she was young, and they celebrated 69 years together before he died. Together they raised a 4 children and ran his plumbing business. There was no one that had a bad word to say of her.
She loved to garden, crochet, birds, her church and most of all us. She was the sweetest person on earth. At one time she raised parakeets and canaries, and her thumb was truly green!
Her favorite poet was Jame Whitcomb Riley. She often read to me and certainly encouraged reading. She often said 'you can go anywhere and do anything if you can read'. She would read 'Little Orphan Annie' and 'The Raggedy Man' as they were written. I can still hear it!
- Meet the Folks! [Album of Faces]
