Lora Bell McClure Dodd, born January 17, 1912, died April 12, 2010.
She was the youngest of 13 children. She leaves behind one sister, three children, four grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and countless nieces and nephews.
My grandmother is in a much better place now, reunited with her family and in the presence of God.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
These Hands
They worked hard on the farm.
They picked cotton.
They sewed in a garment factory.
They embraced a husband on his way to war and embraced him again when he returned.
They held three children, four grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.
They churned butter.
They made biscuits without measuring any ingredients.
They canned tomatoes, corn, and homemade chow-chow.
They made muscadine jelly and fig preserves.
They made breakfast for her husband every morning.
They sewed beautiful quilts one stitch at a time.
They held bibles and hymnals in countless church services.
They folded in prayer.
They loved.
They belong to my grandmother, Lora Dodd, age 98.
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