Life Since the War

"I have been in Arkansas a long time. I have been here ever since I left

Mississippi. My first marriage was in Mississippi. The second and last

ones was in Arkansas--Forrest City. My second husband had been dead

since 1921. I don't know that I count Reese. We married in June and

separated in September. He's dead now, and I don't hold nothin' against

him.

"I am not able to work now. I do a little 'round the house and dig a

little in the garden. I haven't worked in the field since way before

1921. I don't get no help at all from the Welfare. My daughter does what

she can for me. I always have lived before I ever heard about the old

age pension and I suppose God will take care of me yet somehow.

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