Lacy, Annie Pearl 1977-11-26
Annie Pearl Lacy reminisces on her family history. She talks briefly about her childhood years including education. She addresses her marriage to Mr. Lacy. Finally she talks about her daughter Janice.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name:Annie Pearl Lacy
Additional Parties Recorded:n/a
Date: November 26, 1977
Location: Jacksonville, Texas
Interviewer:Susan Harwell
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Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1: Mrs. Lacy was born in Jacksonville Texas in 1905. Her father was WC Morrill, a native of Georgia, and her mother was Georgia Anne Priestly, a native of Cherokee County. Her father came to Texas before the turn of the century to come with his immediate family. He was a farmer. Her parents were married in 1900. They had six children: Daisy Hester Morrill (1901), William Pope Morrill (1903-1970), Annie Pearl Morrill (1905), Katharine Lolita Morrill (1911-1926), Boris Bashca Morrill (1916) [sixth not listed]. The six children attended a high-rated rural high school. All graduated from Galeton high sChool which was a ten grade high school. The wooden building in which they started school burnt, so the building was rebuilt into a modern two story building. Their father was one of the trustees at the school. He provided them good means to get to school. Beore they got the car, they would generally walk, but would occasionally ride in amule drawn buggy. As the children started to graduate from school, they would marry off. Her oldest sister married a man who was in the army during WWI, and they had several children. Annie finished school in 1924. Afterwards she worked as a sales clerk at department stores in Jackson. Mrs. Lacy and her sister went to singing school studying music. They took a course from the Columbia Conservatroy of Music. They greatly enjoyed this. Her brother then married and moved off. Mrs. Lacy married in 1928. The Morrill family raised different vegetables, made syrup, and grew cotton. The family would rent out to individuals. One group of individuals had a brother wh ohad come to visit, who would later turn out to be Mrs. Lacy's husband. The couple had a home wedding in which her father gave her away and one of her first cousins performed the ceremony. After the ceremony they went back to Mr. Lacy's home where they lived for four or five years, then later moved to Cherokee County. During the years they were away, they had their first child. Mrs. Lacy knew how to do the housework from her mother's teachings.
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Access Information
Original Recording Format: cassette
Recording Format Notes: digitized October 2017, Audio CD available in Reading Room
Transcript: no
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