Back in Time!

Many people including kids would not want to die without their technology devices.Not relying on a farm to keep food in their stomach, or having to work every day.Born and brave, my Great Grandma Margaret came into this world. Mary Margaret Johnson married into the Lemon's family.She was born on December 15,1924. She was born and raised in a little city called Prairie City and then moved to Mt. Vernon at age 25 to get married to Dennis Farrell Lemons. She was married for 53 years,but became a widow on April 9,2001. Dennis Farrell Lemons died of  cancer, leaving a ranch called Ingle Butte Ranch,and two brands that are VF and EL, to their two daughters named Susan and Sandra and their son named Kim Lemons.

   The VF brand was Dennis's, his Uncle Vernnie and Uncle Vonnie which they passed down to Dennis.The El ranch is over 100 years old. The EL stands for Edison Lemons.

        When I was talking to her she brought up the Great Depression, I asked her “how she made it through that and what were her strategies?” She said, “Everybody had a job the must do, we worked hard everyday.” On the ranch there was 4000 head of cattle, a couple chickens, and a head of sheep and some other animals. When she got older she became a foster parent for Mike Woodward, and during the summer Indians boys would come and work from Salem,then when summer ended the boys would go back to Salem.

Now at age 88, I asked her what were her accomplishments in life and she said, “I have many but there are some that were more amazing to me.” She said that she remembers playing the piano for churches,and weddings and she took music lessons.( If you wanna hear an angel play music on the piano go to her). She was also a record keeper for the ranch. When she got older she became a 4-H leader and she loves working with kids.While I was interviewing her, she interrupted me and said Bayley, " I'm so honored to be in your interview because when I pass away I know I completed everything in life that  I wanted to. I also know that years from now, when I'm gone, my ranch will be kept alive!