Tuesday, March 04, 2008

My aunts and uncles

Here is a list of my Mother Clay's sisters and what we called them:
  • Ida Charlie ("aunt Ida")
  • Lector Leon ("aunt Leon")
  • Parmellia Zell ("aunt Zell")
  • Augusta Aaron ("aunt 'Gusty'")
  • Essie Elizabeth ("aunt Essie")
  • Eutha Lee ("aunt Euthy")

and her brothers:
  • Curtis McCurry ("uncle Mac")
  • Ransom Lawrence ("uncle Lawrence")
  • John Robert ("JR")
  • Dunaway (died at a young age).

I'm sitting beside her bed at St. Michael's hospital. When I asked her to tell me her sister's names, she refused at first. I have always found their names interesting.
Mother has always been very sensitive about her name. She's insulted when someone assumes that "Clay" is a man's name. (I haven't put her other name here, though she probably wouldn't know unless I told her.)
Do you have any interesting names in your family?