Thursday August 26,2010, took off from home to make my trip. Drove on I20 straight on through to Sweetwater where I stayed at the Country Hearth Inn. Had a room for the handicapped, king size bed, plasma TV, wireless internet, fridge and microwave, coffee pot, hair dryer, iron and ironing board. Large dresser and table with 2 chairs. The bathroom had bars all around the walls and no tub but a walk-in shower which was wonderful, also with a built in bench to sit on if needed.
Took me about 3 hours to drive there but got 30.9 miles to the gallon -which surprised me immensely. That afternoon drove on up to Snyder to see my old friend Wayne, we went to lunch, drove around Snyder (not a very big town), saw much of it then I drove back to Sweetwater. My cell phone wouldn't hold a charge so on Friday, Wayne came and picked me up and we went to Abilene.. first to Sam's so he could get new tires put on his old pickup..then on to the UPS store to use a notary public for an affidavit I needed notarizing,,an affidavite of heirship for some oil leases, and I signed and Wayne signed saying he knew the family. Then to the attorney's office in downtown Abilene to give it to him to have recorded in the County Clerk Office, then they will send a copy to the disbursing company for the royalty checks. The off to the the AT&T store to buy another cell phone...they transferred my phonebook to the new Sim Card,,,, Then we drove back to Sweetwater, Showed him pictures of my sons and their families and then he left to go back to Snyder.
Saturday I drove to Snyder about 2:30 PM and Wayne and I drove around in his new pickup for about 3 hours...Learned a lot about propane, butane, gas and oil, then back to his business, then I drove on back to Sweeetwater. Didn't go anywhere on Sunday, just stayed around the motel, walked around, watched some kids swimmng, watched TV, napped, got on the computer and onto facebook...Called my dog Max and left a message and song for him on the answering machine and my neighbor who was looking out for him, played my messages. I had sent two to him.
Monday I went by Snyder to say goodbye to Wayne and then drove Highway 180 to Graham. Oh, I did stop in Albany, took some photos of the town and courthouse and then stopped in a Shell station that had a small cafe and ate chicken tenders and drank a large glass of tea.. 3 little old, and I do mean old ladies sat down with me and questioned me about where I was from, did I have family in Albany (yes my daddy lived there a very long time ago), and then told me about themselves. They were a Hoot !!!. Then on to Breckinbridge and Graham. Stayed all night with my half-sister, Ella and her husband, James. We did go out to eat that night-Italian..and the next morning out for breakfast. Before leaving Graham I went to see the Young County Historical Chairman, Dorman Holbub (he's also the pastor at the East Side Church of Christ). We have corresponded by email and telephone for many years and I had told him that I would bring him something that he had never seen before but he could copy it as I sure wasn"t going to give him the original. He did copy as we were at his office at the church. We had a good conversation and he also told me that I could probably sell the Cozart Cemetery Plot to Morrisson Funeral Home and gave me the name to call and phone #. My plot is for 16 and only 3 buried there but also has a memorial stone for my brother who was killed in WWII and is buried in France. So there will be 12 spaces to sell. Anyway, this is a closed cemetery and no place to bury anyone else.
He said he had been researching families who had big plots (had never gotten to mine yet) and that they would use them to bury babies or men or women who had no plots and no where else in Graham to bury them. It was okay to keep the large marble Cozart in the middle--which divides the plots..8 on each side. Haven't called the funeral home yet..but will this coming week. Anyway...I'm going to start taking more trips now that I've made this one..with no problems. Enough of this. It's time for MAX to have his afternoon Pup-Peroni,,!!
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