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Uncle Grady and Abbeville

Posted on October 22, 2006 By Tom No Comments on Uncle Grady and Abbeville
Miscellaneous, Photography

It’s one of those cases where so much has happened over the past week I find it hard to focus on any one thing about which to write.  Here’s the first in a series of happenings…

I got a phone call Wednesday evening.  My Uncle Grady Oliver had finally lost his battle with cancer.  I left work early Thursday to make it to the visitation since I wouldn’t be able to attend the funeral.  I made better time than I had thought, so I was able to stop a couple of places for photographs.  I stopped at the old Cokesbury College just north of Greenwood…

Masonic Female College at Cokesbury Mount Ariel Church at Cokesbury< Brick Store at Cokesbury

…took a couple of shots in Hodges…

Hodges Bank 

…then took some pictures in Abbeville itself.

Abbeville Church Steeple Abbeville Episcopal Church

Uncle Grady was my mother’s sister’s husband.  He was the town doctor in Abbeville, and as a kind, soft-spoken man, he was loved by all in the community.  That was evident at the family visitation.  At the funeral home, I waited in the line for just under an hour to pay my respects.  While it was good to see relatives, I always wonder why we wait until stress-filled times such as these to get together.

The drive back took me through the tiny towns of Due West, Donalds, Honea Path, and Belton.  Most of these were two-lane roads with slow traffic.  It was much later than I had planned when I finally got home. 

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