My Great Aunt Hess, Hester Brooks my grandma's sister was a sweet woman of the kindest sort. Whenever family from up north came visiting she would cook, this led to a local family gathering. My Aunt Hess like many women from my Gran Ma's family was a good cook so everyone looked forward to company from up north.
I was a yungin when I first went down there,bout Ten years old but it was a time that I would most remember. I can still feel the heat coming off the plate of biscuits covered with butter and strap molasses. I was sitting in the kitchen by the stove. the women of my family were cooking and talking of times pasts......The time Annie May married that man from Chicago, " Lord knows, that child was a wild one" they spoke of the many things rumored that happen with Annie May.......her wild and wanton ways as a young hellion. As my Grand Ma would say " Goin to hell in a hand basket". "Good thing that Man married her", one of my older cousins said
My Cousin Aisha came into the room and the women came quiet....My aunt Hess said " Hey Annie May you do still eat me don't you", she replied " Yes of course Aunt Hess, I am a Muslim not Vegetarian"
I did not know my cousin Aisha was this Annie May they were talking about this wild woman. My cousin Aisha was a soft spoken and kind modest Muslim woman, she was married to Uncle Robert a follower of Elijah Muhammad, a Black Muslim, he was stern and strict. Uncle seldom smiled and never joked always talking about the struggle and stuff beyond the mind of a Ten year old boy....But my cousin Aisha was alway nice to me
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