J.O. and Grace Thompson: A Complementary Pair

Here's a little blurb that my sister Rachel sent me:

"Grandma was telling us about us about her daddy (J.O. Thompson). She told us that if he ever got in a fight with the devil, he would win. She told him that if he ever got in a fight with the devil... And he said I already have many times. And you know where he told him to go? To go to hell. Where he belongs. "Get the hell out of my house!"

"Grandma also told us about her mother (Grace Campbell). Her mother was a very humble, compassionate, quiet person. She was also an excellent seamstress. When she was in college she learned about furs and of those sorts. In her community, in the Charlotte area, she was asked to help alter and make clothing for businesses in southern Charlotte. One of the things that her mother did that she was most proud of was when she helped a black couple that lost their baby. They didn't have enough money for a coffin. Grandma's mother decided to help for no money. They brought her a box and she used some of the scraps of blue silk from a woman's slip she was making for the lining of the coffin. Grandma said you had to keep from crying because the couple was so humble and so thankful."

Thanks for those tidbits, Rachel! It's fun to learn more about the personalities of our grandparents.