Table of Contents
Foreword Frances B. Vick vii
Family Tree x
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Rural East Texas 16
Chapter 2 The Hill 24
Chapter 3 Lilbert 34
Chapter 4 Church Establishments 44
Chapter 5 The Church Minutes: Home Missionary Society 60
Chapter 6 Holiness Church 66
Chapter 7 Louisiana, Alabama; Church Roots 72
Chapter 8 Cousin Gillis, Pete, and Cooking 78
Chapter 9 The Local Landscape 84
Chapter 10 Injuries 106
Chapter 11 Born and Raised: Big Heads, Big Feet 122
Chapter 12 The Sassafras Expedition 128
Chapter 13 Mama and Her Green Thumb 136
Chapter 14 Sister Girl and the Snake 148
Chapter 15 Aunt Annie Bell 154
Chapter 16 Uncle Hadie's Houses 164
Chapter 17 Chee-Chee and Charlie 174
Chapter 18 Faye, Byrd, and Sister Girl's Skirt 178
Chapter l9 The Beautification of the Young and Foolish 184
Chapter 20 Toys, Play-Pretties, and Other Amusements 194
Chapter 21 Jokes, Tales, and Other Lies 200
Chapter 22 Dr. Maye and the Innocent Frog 206
Chapter 23 James Brown 214
Chapter 24 Wash Day 218
Chapter 25 Adult Basic Education 224
Chapter 26 The More Things Change 230
Epilogue 234
Appendix: Glossary 236
Acknowledgments 243
Index 244
