11-8-26 my step grandfather LeRoy Mitchell.. LeRoy Farrell Mitchell.
probably born in Oakland, California where his dad lived. His mother was Teresa/Theresa. His mother and father had divorced due to the meanness of his dad from what people said.
Theresa then married a man named Bud. They lived in Kansas City, Missouri.
Roy Mitchell, LeRoy's father, married another woman named Etta..
Roy was a jeweler and had his own shop/business. Grandpa loved coins and jewelry, Picked up the hobby/interest from his dad.
LeRoy taught school for 57 years. He taught me how to read. He introduced me to spooky horror movies...Frankenstein, Dracula, vampires, werewolves.
The first desk I sat at was his at the school he worked at in California.
I was only 5 or 6. I felt right at home, comfy at that desk as I still feel today. Writing, reading, On the computer. Today is cell phones, tablets, laptops, desktops..all kinds of electronic information devices/gadgets we did not have in 1966.
I love writing because of my mother. She wrote letters all the time. I love books thanks to my mom and grandpa and dad...all avid readers. Grandma would read magazines, too. Prevention mag, reader's digest, religious christian stuff, inspirational quotes. And, of course they all read the Holy Bible except Grandpa. He finally started going to church willingly after grandma died in 2008 because she had asked him to go. He went to church with her for many years but didn't really get anything good out of it.
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