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Delta jewels

Alysia Burton Steele

in search of my grandmother's wisdom

Family Tree -- Map of Mississippi Delta Region -- The Inspiration -- Tennie (Tennessee) S. Self, Clarksdale -- Albertine T Reid, Sherard -- Florida B. Smith, Charleston -- Katie M. Richardson, Tunica -- Lillian B. Matthews, Indianola -- Lillie B. Jackson, Tutwiler -- Deloris M. Gresham, Drew -- Joyce Dixon Myers, Ruleville -- Ruby Hooper-White, Ruleville -- Jean C. Woodley, Dundee -- Velma T. Moore, Grapeland -- Myrlie Evers, Jackson -- Gram's Story: Hat. Coat. Purse -- Curtistene Short Davis, Leland -- Rosie H. Bynum, Leland -- Easter W. Summerville, Leland -- Rachel J. Scurlock, Charleston -- Maude W. Coleman, Greenville -- Gram's Story: My Mississippi Burning -- Annyce P. Campbell, Mound Bayou -- Leola W. Overton, Clarksdale -- Gram's Story: I Felt Like an Orphan -- Juanita W. Turney, Greenville -- Gram's Story: Gram, Me and Rick James -- Rena Butler, Clarksdale -- Ivey B. Anderson, Mound Bayou -- Gram's Story: Gram Married at 17 -- Mildred W. Lee, Marks -- Gram's Story: "Say Goodnight, Lisa" -- Rebecca "Ma Beck" Hawkins, Indianola -- Ora D. Jackson, Merigold -- Viola J. Sisson, Greenwood -- Ceola L. Causey, Drew -- Ollie L. Mack, Yazoo City -- Bettie L. Clark, Yazoo City -- Leola B. Dillard, Yazoo City -- Alma B. Tucker, Webb -- Bessie M. Thompson, Charleston -- Gram's Story: Gram Wasn't Sure I Learned Anything -- Margie T. Johnson, Hollandale -- Mary L. Chatman, Cleveland -- Gram's Story: Pop Didn't Have to Say a Word -- Delcia R. Davis, Indianola -- Easter Lee Sharp, Shaw -- Gram's Story: Decently and in Order -- Daisy Idleburg, Mound Bayou -- Gram's Story: I Never Skipped School Again -- Ruby Perry Patton, Shelby -- Annie McFarland Mister, Grenada -- Emma Eudora McGee Horton, Charleston -- Lillie V. Thompson Davis, Marks -- Gram's Story: Funny, I'm Just Like Gram -- Magolia M. Fox, Grenada -- Margaret Henry, Mound Bayou -- Gram's Story: Gram-Sweat Pants, a Blazer and High Heels -- Dorothy A. Kee, Coffeeville -- Lela J. Bearden, Sumner -- Gram's Story: A Gram Legacy -- Lillie M. Roberts, Coffeeville -- Beatrice P. Smith, Charleston -- Herma S. Mims Floyd, Sumner -- Larvarah Jones, Ruleville -- Corine Thomas, Lambert -- Irene Thornton, Lambert -- Mary Ella Young, Ruleville -- Glennie Mae Houston, Tillatoba -- Virginia Hower, Clarksdale