2004
Gainesville

Thurs. June 3, 2004
 
Left Gainesville at 5:20 AM heading for Ft. Tatham
Cloudy - 70° Lots of traffic on I-75
Andrew moved into our house. He’s going to work for Contrex Furniture.  David, Brenda & Tom are getting ready to go to Israel & the Holy Land June 13.
  Gas 177.7 gal in Ga.
                10.2 gal = $18.25
                1.869 – Clayton Ga
                  8.5 gal $16.00
  Temp 83°
  Time arrived 2:00 PM
  Milage 450
 
Read Gloub Peaches
                9.00 basket

The Red Hat Ladies at Fort Tatham
Aunt Dixie, Mom, woman, woman
In front of Aunt Dixie's cabin, June 2004

Aug. 14, 2004
Left Ft. Tatham at 4:30 AM.
53° out. Got to Commerce Ga
at 6:15 ate at the Cracker Barrel.
  Gas at Commerce 1.689
  Gas at Douglas 1.749     16.00
Cloudy all day – cool 78° in G’ville
Hurricane Charlie missed us
but hit Orlando & Dayton Beach.
Got home at 2pm
Came 441 all the way to Lake City
(no traffic to speak of) then I75 to home.  9 ½ hrs.
 
Billy Yawn died Tuesday Day after Morris’s B’Day.  Aug. 24, 2004
Funeral Westside Baptist Church
                                Fri. 27, 2004
Buried at Shilo Cemetery

Sunday – Aug 29, 2004
Left G’ville at 5 min to 6
to go to Ft. Tatham, N.C.
Gass in Ga 1.699
Arrived (raining - 80°) at
stopped at veg. stand near Dillard got corn, tomatoes, cukes, squash
Stopped at Ingles for groceries, Big, big rain when we got to Ft Tatham dropped to 69°
 
1st milage fill up 183.2
26.3 miles per gal on new car – Toyota Avalon
Total: 449.8 millage
Peaches – Autumn Gold $8.00

*Notes:

- Andrew had started going to college in Gainesville and was staying at Mom and Dad's. Contrex Furniture was new name for The Office Mart, the company Grandpa Junior started and then Uncle Gary ran before selling it. Uncle Cork still worked there.

- Billy and Betty Yawn were Mom and Dad's closest friends. Dad had known Billy since childhood. Billy died from Alzheimer’s. I remember one of the last time I saw Billy was when I visited Mom and Dad at Fort Tatham where Betty and Billy also had a cabin. Each night the residents of Fort Tatham would gather at the club house and play the card game 31. Every time it came Billy’s turn he didn’t know it was his turn and had difficulty figuring out what card to play.