Daddy Frank was born in 1903 and raised in Midland City, Alabama. He and Maw had seven children to survive to adults. They were all girls except for my father. Daddy Frank was a strong man with an even stronger personality. If ever he caught you doing something he thought you shouldn't he would put those eyes on you and the fear would freeze you up. I never knew of him physically disciplining anyone, but we all had respect for him. Arthritis ate him up later in life, but as a young man, he was a force to be reckoned with. One night after a few drinks, he and Maw were walking home on the dirt road. The power company had made him mad someway. Each power pole that he passed, he would bow up against it and push it over. The next day, the power company employees were busy putting the poles back into the ground.
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