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Virginia Marie Lines
December 18, 2023
She was my father's elder sister - Aunt Evelyn to my sister and myself. We lived with her and Uncle Al for a short time when we were small children, and I remember her daily routine had us out mid-mornings in a little enclosed, grassy garden eating home-made grape popcicles.
Aunt Evelyn cooked like art. Her touch brought out the best in every vegetable, in every food. She and Uncle Al took care of my sister for more than a year when my sister was a teen.
Boy was my sister in church during that time: Sunday morning, Sunday night, Wed night prayer meeting and choir. Lol.
We certainly never but never slipped up in our language around Aunt Evelyn. Even the mildest common name for a body part or function would be so scandalous that we knew better.
Aunt Evely and Uncle Al had a life-long love story.
It began when Uncle Al, accompanied Aunt Evelyn's brother - my Uncle Stiles, to his home one day. He spied Aunt Evelyn on the front porch and told Uncle Stiles, "I want to marry that girl." Theirs was a love that expressed itself continually. They were ultra-conservative people, and I didn't agree with them on some of that, but even though they believed firmly in traditional family roles, Uncle Al had complete respect for Aunt Evelyn's role at a home-maker.
As for things learned from her: Well, she taught me to tie my shoe. In her later years, when Uncle Al had already gone, she stood on the swinging bridge at Grandfather Mountain and said to my sister, "This will be my last time on the swinging bridge." My sister said, Aunt, Evely, the world is so much changing. "Yes, she said, and it will keep on changing." My sister says if even a conservative like Aunt Evelyn could accept that, we must at least acknowledge it too.
Rest in peace Aunt Evelyn. I hope there is reunion, somehow, with ones you love, and you may be reunited with the love of your life. You are remembered with love and gratitude.
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