VIOLA WAS THE DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM MARION AND SARAH BENNET COTHRON. SHE WAS MY MATERNAL GRANDMOTHR. SHE WAS A VERY FIESTY SMALL WOMAN, A VERY HARD WORKER. SHE WORKED FOR MANY YEARS AT THE KAY'S RESTAURANT IN DAYTONA BEACH. ALWAYS LIVING WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE TO THE BEACH AND BOARDWALK AS CHILDREN AND TEENS MY SISTERS AND I SPENT MANY SUMMERS WITH HER. WHEN SHE WAS YOUNGER SHE LOVED TRAVELING AND WAS ALWAYS OFF TO SOMEWHERE. MY GRANDFATHER THOMAS JEFFERSON RAGIN WAS HER FIRST HUSBAND AND THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN. JOHN[BUSTER] AND MAUDE VIOLA {MY MOTHER}. I DON'T REMEMBER MY GRANDMOTHER EVER SAYING A BAD WORD, NEVER SAW HER TAKE A DRINK, SMOKE A CIGARETTE OR DO A MEAN DEED. SHE WAS ALWAYS SMILING.
VIOLA WAS THE DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM MARION AND SARAH BENNET COTHRON. SHE WAS MY MATERNAL GRANDMOTHR. SHE WAS A VERY FIESTY SMALL WOMAN, A VERY HARD WORKER. SHE WORKED FOR MANY YEARS AT THE KAY'S RESTAURANT IN DAYTONA BEACH. ALWAYS LIVING WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE TO THE BEACH AND BOARDWALK AS CHILDREN AND TEENS MY SISTERS AND I SPENT MANY SUMMERS WITH HER. WHEN SHE WAS YOUNGER SHE LOVED TRAVELING AND WAS ALWAYS OFF TO SOMEWHERE. MY GRANDFATHER THOMAS JEFFERSON RAGIN WAS HER FIRST HUSBAND AND THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN. JOHN[BUSTER] AND MAUDE VIOLA {MY MOTHER}. I DON'T REMEMBER MY GRANDMOTHER EVER SAYING A BAD WORD, NEVER SAW HER TAKE A DRINK, SMOKE A CIGARETTE OR DO A MEAN DEED. SHE WAS ALWAYS SMILING.
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