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Life Story of My Grandma Bertha Alice Lowe Before I went to sc h o ol mother taught me to play the organ "Jesus lover of my soul" with o n e f inger. She played the guitar and organ sang with her sisters you se e . M y sister sang this song in her sleep the tune lingered. I told my d a d dy she was "my pretty Mama" Daddy said "no" she was" his pretty Mama " I t m ade them laugh to see me fuss over her. Daddy and Mother loved ea ch o t her happy they were. They lived in a two room house with a spring b eh i nd. Mother and Aunt Della were two close sisters. Mother had pne u m onia was sick at times. Aunt Della came to help her and be with her. M o t her had one brother and seven sisters, nine in all. Her father had as t h ma, she had a hard working mother. Her brother worked hard plowing in d r e ams the mule he called . All the children worked hard on the farm h e l ping each other. Her sister became invalid at eighteen. Couldn't walk n o m o re, she helped me with my homework. When I passed her house off the b u s h er mind was keen. Mother visited her often seeing her helpless made h e r h urt. Mother and daddy married at eighteen and twenty-one. They move d o u t in their little house on the farm. In just three months her daddy d i e d, was gone in one month more her mother passed away with no warning. T h e ir passing gave her sadness so soon. When she should have been ha p p y and gay. She bravely worked out her problem at home. She and daddy m a d e their home happy anyway. I grew up with love and peace from dad and m o t her. Had many good times, she taught morals true. She taught us to lo v e o ne another and help others. She babysat for all my kids when I work e d t oo. Helped them off to school with a good meal. Taught them obedien c e - to keep yard clean.Had pretty shrubbery around house, grass mow e d n eat. On mother's day we went to church with a rose. On saturday we w e n t to town down the street we'd go. We'd go to High Point to visit her s i s ter in spring. They would play precious memories and sing. Aunt Della s t a rted a reunion on her shady lawn, of their beautiful rock house she h o p ed all would come. Uncle Willie built the house from rocks from the c r e ek. Mother and Aunt Della visited a lot was neat. My daddy died i n ' 5 2, mother was shocked so, was hard for her to go on. and to let him g o . I h elped her with her problems on the farm She had broken leg, sickn e ss o f different forms. She had pneumonia I stayed fifteen days with he r i n t he hospital several times so she have no fear. She helped reuben m a ny t imes when in need. She loved him so much gave advice to heed. She s o l d land to neighbors nearby. She rented her land for tobacco and rye. W h e n we looked at TV she would patiently wait. Said she rather read and t a l k of scriptures today. when daddy read the book of mormon at night.Ma m a w as lonely - he said "you should read alright. She did read doctrine a n d c ovenants one day. She knew it was the true church, the right away. M o t her got old and sick many times. It hurt me to see her not feeling fi n e . One time when 87 she fell and broke her rib. We knew We carried to t h e h ospital, all we knew to do to see if they could help her miore than w e c o uld. She took pueumonia, their help was no good. She got weaker and w e a ker and passed away. My dear loving mother left us that day. To trave l i n a l and with my daddy to see. Whom we loved so dearly and wanted to s e e. I t hurts so much to not see her anymore. But we know we will see he r o n t hat lovely shore. She will be young, happy, beautiful when we mee t a n d so happy to see us again on the gold street. To see her daddy a n d m other and two sisters and husband, when Jesus comes back to earth a g a in. She is nearby us in the spirit world there. With all her loved on e s v ery busy there. We have had our family sealed in the temple for all t i m e. All our family and coralie my adopted sister. When we all get toge t h er that will be fine. Coralie has been gone a long time, I miss her. O u r f amilies can be forever, what greater heaven could we have at all If w e c o uld only prepare for heaven, and we can be ready when he calls. I a m s o t hankful for my dear daddy and mother, the good they taught me, al so t h e gospel true. We can meet all our kin sisters and brothers, with n o m o re sickness or trouble, the earth will be new. Written by Conni e C l ark -- MERGED NOTE ------------ Life Story of My Grandma Bertha Alice Lowe Before I went to sc h o ol mother taught me to play the organ "Jesus lover of my soul" with o n e f inger. She played the guitar and organ sang with her sisters you se e . M y sister sang this song in her sleep the tune lingered. I told my d a d dy she was "my pretty Mama" Daddy said "no" she was" his pretty Mama " I t m ade them laugh to see me fuss over her. Daddy and Mother loved ea ch o t her happy they were. They lived in a two room house with a spring b eh i nd. Mother and Aunt Della were two close sisters. Mother had pne u m onia was sick at times. Aunt Della came to help her and be with her. M o t her had one brother and seven sisters, nine in all. Her father had as t h ma, she had a hard working mother. Her brother worked hard plowing in d r e ams the mule he called . All the children worked hard on the farm h e l ping each other. Her sister became invalid at eighteen. Couldn't walk n o m o re, she helped me with my homework. When I passed her house off the b u s h er mind was keen. Mother visited her often seeing her helpless made h e r h urt. Mother and daddy married at eighteen and twenty-one. They move d o u t in their little house on the farm. In just three months her daddy d i e d, was gone in one month more her mother passed away with no warning. T h e ir passing gave her sadness so soon. When she should have been ha p p y and gay. She bravely worked out her problem at home. She and daddy m a d e their home happy anyway. I grew up with love and peace from dad and m o t her. Had many good times, she taught morals true. She taught us to lo v e o ne another and help others. She babysat for all my kids when I work e d t oo. Helped them off to school with a good meal. Taught them obedien c e - to keep yard clean.Had pretty shrubbery around house, grass mow e d n eat. On mother's day we went to church with a rose. On saturday we w e n t to town down the street we'd go. We'd go to High Point to visit her s i s ter in spring. They would play precious memories and sing. Aunt Della s t a rted a reunion on her shady lawn, of their beautiful rock house she h o p ed all would come. Uncle Willie built the house from rocks from the c r e ek. Mother and Aunt Della visited a lot was neat. My daddy died i n ' 5 2, mother was shocked so, was hard for her to go on. and to let him g o . I h elped her with her problems on the farm She had broken leg, sickn e ss o f different forms. She had pneumonia I stayed fifteen days with he r i n t he hospital several times so she have no fear. She helped reuben m a ny t imes when in need. She loved him so much gave advice to heed. She s o l d land to neighbors nearby. She rented her land for tobacco and rye. W h e n we looked at TV she would patiently wait. Said she rather read and t a l k of scriptures today. when daddy read the book of mormon at night.Ma m a w as lonely - he said "you should read alright. She did read doctrine a n d c ovenants one day. She knew it was the true church, the right away. M o t her got old and sick many times. It hurt me to see her not feeling fi n e . One time when 87 she fell and broke her rib. We knew We carried to t h e h ospital, all we knew to do to see if they could help her miore than w e c o uld. She took pueumonia, their help was no good. She got weaker and w e a ker and passed away. My dear loving mother left us that day. To trave l i n a l and with my daddy to see. Whom we loved so dearly and wanted to s e e. I t hurts so much to not see her anymore. But we know we will see he r o n t hat lovely shore. She will be young, happy, beautiful when we mee t a n d so happy to see us again on the gold street. To see her daddy a n d m other and two sisters and husband, when Jesus comes back to earth a g a in. She is nearby us in the spirit world there. With all her loved on e s v ery busy there. We have had our family sealed in the temple for all t i m e. All our family and coralie my adopted sister. When we all get toge t h er that will be fine. Coralie has been gone a long time, I miss her. O u r f amilies can be forever, what greater heaven could we have at all If w e c o uld only prepare for heaven, and we can be ready when he calls. I a m s o t hankful for my dear daddy and mother, the good they taught me, al so t h e gospel true. We can meet all our kin sisters and brothers, with n o m o re sickness or trouble, the earth will be new. Written by Conni e C l ark

Birth	4 Apr 1890	Mount Airy, Surry, North Carolina, United States
Marriage	11 Dec 1910	Surry, North Carolina, United States - Ephraim Arister Hiatt
Death	14 Oct 1977	Mount Airy, Surry, North Carolina, United States
Burial	16 Oct 1977	The West C. Hiatt Cemetery, Surry, North Carolina, United States

Spouse	Ephraim Arister Hiatt (1887 - 1952)
Child	Connie Inez Hiatt (1913 - 2006)
Child	Coralie Hiatt (1914 - 1945)
Child	Margie Evelyn Hiatt (1926 - 1982)