Think you know all there is to know about your family? Does anyone? Secrets, scandal and the true origin of family lore? It took me practically 36 years to get around to asking about how my Grandma Lee and my grandfather met.
Flopped out on the grass in my parents backyard, their new puppy - Rocket pulling on the rope to take control of the Kong...I asked my mom this question as she flipped through a travel book. Somehow, the Solomon Islands were mentioned and mom commented that that's where Grandpa Bill had been during WWII. I asked if he had married Grandma Lee before, or after the war.
After.
So, how did they meet?
"Well your Grandpa Bill was playing in a honky tonk band and Grandma Lee's brother Jay introduced them. Jay played steel string guitar and he also played with Lefty Frizzell. So after 5 days, your Grandpa Bill said "I think enough of you to change your name' to which Grandma Lee replied 'So change it!".
Well that solves that. 5 days. 3 kids and over 3 decades of marriage before Grandpa Bill died in 1984.
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