Saturday, February 11, 2023
I AM JO ANN REYNOLDS. OH, WHERE TO BEGIN TO CHOOSE A MEMORY OF MARY DAN. I WORKED WITH HER FOR OVER 25 YEARS AND EVERY DAY WAS A MEMORY. ONE DAY SHE SAID SHE WAS PICKING UP MY TWO OLDEST SONS TO GO WORK IN THE TOBACCO FIELDS. SHE TAUGHT THEM A GREAT LESSON. THEY SAID WE WILL GO TO COLLEGE. WE WOULD LOVE TO GO TO HER HOUSE AND FISH IN HER POND. SHE EVEN LET LANNON FISH WITH US (IF HE SOLD HIS PRODUCE FIRST.) ONE DAY HER HORSE ATE THE SEAT OF MY CAR. SHE LAUGHED AND LAUGHED. MARY DAN WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKING PERSON I'VE EVER KNOWN. SHE WOULD GET UP AT SUNRISE, COOK BREAKFAST FOR THE FARMHANDS AND GET TO WORK AND THEN BACK HOME TO FIX ANOTHER MEAL AND WORK IN THE GARDEN (AND SELLING SHAKLEE IN HER FREE TIME) I AM SO SORRY NOT BEING ABLE TO COME TO HER MEMORIAL, WE WILL BE OUT OF STATE, ONE THING I WANT TO SAY IS SHE WAS SO PROUD OF HER FAMILY. BUT SARAH, SHE WAS SO VERYPROUD OF YOU. I WILL CLOSE WITH A FAVORITE DAY WITH MARY DAN, MY COWORKERS AND I WOULD DELIGHT TO HEAR HER PHONE CONVERSATIONS/ ONE DAY SHE CALLED JC PENNEY TO PLACE AN ORDER, IT WENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS: " I WANT TO ORDER SOME T SHIRTS, NO, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER. NO I DON'T HAVE A CATALOG. YOU CAN LOOK IT UP. IT'S ON THE PAGE WITH THE WORK PANTS AND GREEN T SHIRTS. HOW MANY DO I WANT TO ORDER? AT THAT PRICE I DON'T WANT ANY BUT MY HUSBAND ALBERT NEEDS 6 THAT WAS MARY DAN. I WAS BLESSED TO HAVE HER IN MY LIFE.
