JUDY PAYNE LIFE

WHEN I WAS 6 MONTH YOUNG I WAS POPPING MY FINGERS TO  BOBBY DARREN MUSIC AND YET I WAS CLAPPING MY HANDS TO MUSIC  AT AME ZTION MEDTHODIST CHURCH IN HICKORY GROVE SOUTH CAROLINA  I WAS 6 MONTHS YOUNG REMEMBER GOING DOWN TO AME ZION AT  LEAST 101 TIMES GROWING UP.  AND THAT WAS THE TRUTH? I REMEMBER  GOING TO LOT OF FUNERALS.   THE ENTIRE CHURCH WAS KIN TO YOU. I REMEMBER  OLETHA FEEMSTER WAS A GOOD 2ND COUSIN.    HER HUSBAND WAS CLINZO FEEMSTER AND THEY HAD TWO SONS  CHARLIE AND GRADY  FEEMSTER. FACT  MY SISTER FLORA  AND ALL  4 OF US SHOWED UP FOR EVERY  FUNERAL.   THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE AT THE CHURCH UNTIL  THE KIDS HAD TO LINE UPON THE WALL CAME TIME TO VIEWING THE BODY AND EATING?  I REMEMBER THE BIGGEST FUNERAL I ATTENDED WAS MY MOTHERS, THERE WERE 4 CHURHES FULL AND THE LINE WENT ALL THE WAY OUT THE DOOR 5 TIMES OVER.  MOTHER LOOKED WHITE AND  MY FAMILY DIDNT CARE THE MORE THE MERRIER  NO MATTER  WHAT COLOR YOU WERE  ALL OF OUR FAMILY BACKED  YOU UP, WHITE OR NOT  I WISH  I  HAD A WIFE LIKE YOU  JUDY  SUCH REMARKS CAME FROM MY OLDEST BROTHER ROY LEE.  HE WAS REALLY EASY GOING OF COURSE HE HANDLED THE MALE ROLE VERY WELL. WHEN HE WAS YOUNG HE STAYED IN TROUBLE YEARS LATER HE REALIZED HE WAS GETTING OLDER SO HE SLOWED DOWN AND STOPPED FIGHTING .  BACK TO MY POINT ROY LEE LIVED IN NEW JERSEY  AN ATTENDED EVERY FUNERAL  HE  ATTENDED ALL THE  FUNERALS NO MATTER HOW FAR IT WAS TO TRAVEL?     AND ANOTHER PERSON  ATTENDED EVERY PERSON’S FUNERAL WAS  COUSIN MILDRED AND  OLETHA  FEEMSTER. I MEAN THEY CAME TO ALL OF THE FUNERALS NO MATTER HOW FAR THE TRAVELING WAS T HEY  SHOWED  UP  HEALTHY AND BLESSSED . THEY   REALLY WATCHED THEIR WAIST LINE AND STAYED HEALTHY & VERY SMALL       ALLIENNE ALSO FACT MOST THE FEMALES IN MY FAMILY  WATCHED THIER   SHAPE NO MATTER WHAT.   WHICH  WAS A VERY CARING AND RESPONSIBLE GIFT TO ONE SELF  WHAT A COOL WAY TO PAMPER YOURSELF.  OF COURSE GOING TO CHURCH SERVICE A LOT WAS BETTER TO GO TO A  FUNERAL IT WAS A   ADRENALINE RUSH   YOU BECAME  NERVOUS AND EXCITED WHEN YOU WENT TO CHURCH  AND AFTER YOU GET THERE YOU  FELT  LIKE YOU DIDNT WANTA  LEAVE!      I   ALWAYS FELT COMFORTABLE IN CHURCH .  I ONCE ATTENDED CHURCH 4 TIMES A WEEK.  AT  MOUNT PISGAH BAPTIST IN GASTONIA NORTH CAROLINA  MY MOTHER  STARTED GOING TO A CHURCH IN BRADFORD HEIGHTS  NEAR ASHBROOK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.  ONE DAY MY HOME ROOM TEACHER KEPT ME AFTER  SCHOOL TO FINISH MY HOME WORK. I FINISHED. AND I STARTED WALKING WITH AT  LEAST 13 BOOKS. ANY HOW I MEET A BROTHER OF A  CLASSMATE IN THE 10TH  GRADE.   THAT WAS A   GOOD THING GETTING A RIDE FROM ASHBROOK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. MR. LETT MUST  OF HAD NO IDEA I DIDNT DRIVE. FROM ASHBROOK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL IT WAS AT LEAST   8  MILES?  WALKING FROM SCHOOL WAS A TRIP, IT REALLY WAS AND THANK GOD IT WAS IN THE EVENING AND THE SUN WAS GOING DOWN?