Marie Savoy's mother
My Mother, 4 May 1925 - 27 August 2015 by Marie Savoy My mother was born Edna Marie Wright in Charlotte, NC on 4 May 1925. She was the 5 th of eight children born to her parents. She was quiet and shy until you got to know her. She grew up around family and so family was very important to her. My mother learned the value of work from her mother. While my grandmother raised children, she also worked long shifts in one of the cotton mills in Charlotte; maintained a huge garden of vegetables and flowers; and took her children to the Methodist church on Sundays. My grandmother taught my mother to cook and sew. In high school, my mother said she would stitch a skirt at night after her studies and then wear the new skirt to school the next day. Mother said her older sister always liked to borrow her clothes (this aunt was too busy with boys). This aunt said she even liked supper best when it was my mother’s turn to cook…hummm, boys. My mother went to school and loved to learn. Her favorite s...