My sister "Tiny" was the third child, second daughter of Bob and Goldie Stanley, born Eleanor Irene Stanley on 26 Aug 1938 in McDowell County, West Virginia. She was named after Eleanor Roosevelt and our grandma, Irene Trinville Ward. Tiny was always different from the rest of the family; she had a sophistication unusual for where we grew up in a coal camp in McDowell County. She had beautiful Hershey Chocolate brown hair and the greenest eyes I've ever seen. She listened to "Jukebox Time" and had a sense of style even in hand-me-down clothing given to us by neighbors. Her "nightclub" singing voice was low and sultry and she loved the song Star Dust. She had an artistic flair for sketching women in beautiful fashion clothing. She loved Christmas and decorating her house inside and out. She loved to swim and was a strong swimmer.
We moved to SE Washington State when Tiny was fifteen. She worked for one of the local newspapers, The Columbia Basin News, while she was in high school.
Tiny had the most beautiful hands, and hand writing, but she believed digging in the earth was good for both body and Soul. She loved working in her yard, and even after her heart attack, which left her with only 11% of her heart, she spent a lot of time moving her dirt "like some women move furniture", she used to laugh.
We moved to SE Washington State when Tiny was fifteen. She worked for one of the local newspapers, The Columbia Basin News, while she was in high school.
Tiny had the most beautiful hands, and hand writing, but she believed digging in the earth was good for both body and Soul. She loved working in her yard, and even after her heart attack, which left her with only 11% of her heart, she spent a lot of time moving her dirt "like some women move furniture", she used to laugh.
My sister "Tiny" was the third child, second daughter of Bob and Goldie Stanley, born Eleanor Irene Stanley on 26 Aug 1938 in McDowell County, West Virginia. She was named after Eleanor Roosevelt and our grandma, Irene Trinville Ward. Tiny was always different from the rest of the family; she had a sophistication unusual for where we grew up in a coal camp in McDowell County. She had beautiful Hershey Chocolate brown hair and the greenest eyes I've ever seen. She listened to "Jukebox Time" and had a sense of style even in hand-me-down clothing given to us by neighbors. Her "nightclub" singing voice was low and sultry and she loved the song Star Dust. She had an artistic flair for sketching women in beautiful fashion clothing. She loved Christmas and decorating her house inside and out. She loved to swim and was a strong swimmer.
We moved to SE Washington State when Tiny was fifteen. She worked for one of the local newspapers, The Columbia Basin News, while she was in high school.
Tiny had the most beautiful hands, and hand writing, but she believed digging in the earth was good for both body and Soul. She loved working in her yard, and even after her heart attack, which left her with only 11% of her heart, she spent a lot of time moving her dirt "like some women move furniture", she used to laugh.
We moved to SE Washington State when Tiny was fifteen. She worked for one of the local newspapers, The Columbia Basin News, while she was in high school.
Tiny had the most beautiful hands, and hand writing, but she believed digging in the earth was good for both body and Soul. She loved working in her yard, and even after her heart attack, which left her with only 11% of her heart, she spent a lot of time moving her dirt "like some women move furniture", she used to laugh.
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