Saturday, July 31, 1999

Another Passing

I don't know the exact date, but it was after Jim and Carolyn married, that Aunt Nan, daughter of my great-grandfather Cornelius Browning, died. She was born on the 22nd of June, 1866 and was 103 years old when she died.
When she died, we picked Jim and Carolyn and Steve up in Waco, and we all went to the funeral I have a picture of Steve and Carolyn sitting on her porch at the hotel, eating lunch before the funeral.
We also have pictures of Steve on my father's tractor that day. My father and his wife and Nelda came to the funeral and we all went home with them for a visit before we left.
Incidentally, Aunt Nan’s hotel was later sold. And after a number of years, my second cousin, I think, Reuben's nephew, bought the hotel and moved it about six or seven miles away, set it on a hill, and renovated it.
I go by there every chance I have, for I loved Aunt Nan and her home, and it brings back good memories to me to see it.

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