MY SIDE OF THE STORY

This book takes you back through the memories of a child, a little girl, named Reba Rae Alsup. Memories of her families life in the 40's and 50's in Randolph County Arkansas for the Morgans.

Reba's family lived in the North East corner of Randolph County Arkansas, between the towns of Walnut Ridge and Pocahontas.


Her father, William Henry Morgan, was a farm worker.


Her mother, Mae Morgan, cared for the family along with any other chores that might help Henry with his work load.


Reba was the third child in the family of seven children. She was born two months premature. The Doctor, who arrived at the house a few hours after her birth, told Reba's father, if she could survive through the third day, she might have a chance to live.


Reba's life has always been like that, surviving through to the next day. This seems to be a commonly shared story amongst many people of Arkansas in the 40's and 50's. Reba wrote down what she saw and heard. Reba started keeping a diary at a very young age. She would write in the diary the stories shared amongst family members, whenever the family gathered on a Sunday or for a special occasion. This was her way of having a record of the family history. Reba would always ask questions.
“Tell me about our house burning to the ground before I was born?
Is it true that Uncle Tommy wife was doing the ironing when the gas iron she was using explored, causing her to burn to death?”
She remembered very well the death of her younger brother, Bennie, and her sister, Grace Lee.
How excited she was when, at the age of 16, they got electricity in their home. The thrill of meeting the man who would be the love of her life, James Warren Alsup.
Their marriage, and all the adventures that always follows the start of any new family life.
The thrill of the birth of her six children, the loss of one at the age of four. The pride of a mother in watching her children start their own families.
The loss of her one true love.


This book is excerpts from her diary, which she still continues to write in, at the age of 85. She has a fairly large web site, http://www.thealsupconnection.com, with the genealogical records of the Alsup and Morgan family history which, she still maintains.
Please enjoy this little trip back in history. Weather it awakens memories of your own childhood, or reminds you of stories from your loved ones.


Reba Rae Alsup

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