The day I sat down and penned these words was the 2004 version of Forget-Me-Not Day (for real!). It was also the 53rd anniversary of the day when I was born on my great-grandma's (Berta Mary) 78th birthday.

My Mom spent most of her growing-up years with her paternal grandparents, Edgar and Berta Mary (Sharp) Henry. Berta Mary was about 5 years of age when her own mother, Nellie, died c. 1878.

Berta grew up to marry and raise a family of her own. One of her sons was Robert E. Henry, born in Milam County, Texas in 1905. He cowboyed in West Texas before joining the Navy and heading for the Boston Shipyards.

There Robert met and married a young Maine beauty named Elizabeth. They soon had a son, and shortly thereafter were expecting another youngun. That baby was my Mom. Elizabeth died at the young age of 19, and a mere three days after my Mom was born in 1932.

By the time Mom was ready for school, she was back in Texas living with her paternal grandparents. Her father had remarried while still in Lynn, and had another daughter, Carole. Two more girls would follow . . . Elaine and Susan. 

Mom graduated from high school in Rockdale where she was a popular cheerleader. She soon married one of the town's best looking young men, and one year and one month later to the day I came along.

I am Vickie, and I live in Dallas, Texas. This project I call BeNotForgot.com will forever & always be a "work in progress" but until I get more info organized and posted here, you are welcome to click on the pointing hand and have a look at some of my other hangouts on the WorldWideWeb. 

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