In this picture Estelle Gibson is on the left with a couple of her friends. She looks a lot like Mamaw[ Vennie]. When Mamaw lived in the little house close to Lewis Creek, the creek overflowed and ruined many of her pictures. These are the only pictures I have been able to find of Hattie and Estelle. Hattie and Estelle were born before John and Gene. I'm not sure how much they remembered of their sisters since their sisters both died so young. It must have been very hard on Papaw and Mamaw losing both their daughters at such a young age. I remember Daddy [Gene] telling about when one of the girls died, that Joe Curry [Curry Funeral Home] extended him credit to bury her and that made Wash and Joe Curry lifetime friends. The one thing that Daddy always said about his daddy [Wash] was that he was honest, paid his debts and had "good credit standing". That was always an important characteristic of the Gibsons........all of them.
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