The Treachery of Memory
J.B.T and E.I.T Feb. 7th, 1907 (Photo by Deaver)
The post last week (Ma Ma’s Wedding Band) raised questions and answers and exposed once again that memories can be less factual even than opinions. They are images that we store in our minds, and the more often they are accessed the less faithful to truth they may be - they might be edited with use. That, I believe, is an opinion. According to Daniel Patrick Moynihan “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts”. That is a fact.
“Biggy” found the long lost ring
Wrong! According to Sister Su (and Shot) as follows:
.. he did not find the ring - Shot did. She was walking to her mailbox which was down where the grain bins are now, on the road curve, when she saw the ring gleaming in the white sand of the road, right by the chicken house. I just called her to verify that story. I believe I was in the house when she walked in and handed the ring to Thomas. I remember the chicken house fondly - that was one of my favorite activities as a child - gathering eggs with Shot.
- See more at: http://www.oldonesdream.com/my-blog/2014/05/ma-mas-wedding-band.html#comments
The circumstances that are described by Sister Su and Shot indicate to me that Shot probably found the ring between August 1963 and April 1964 when Su was about 10 years old and all of the boys were away at school.
Libba put the wedding band to good use
Right! Old Nol asked “.well, where is the ring now? Libba did what with it?”
Also according to Shot via Sister Su, Libba gave the ring to her middle son, Brother J. D., who gave it to his bride L’il Cile in the summer of 1970. Libba’s grandson Deaver had it in safekeeping with his late mother’s jewelry but he was unaware of the story behind that ring.
Ma Ma’s wedding band is intact, in family, and available for a player to be named later.
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