Little Mae didn't linger on this earth for very long but the memory of her is still with us. The following was told to me by Elizabeth Dunagan who was the youngest of Papa Joe and Tinie's children.
Papa made her a swing under the mulberry tree. Papa said she liked to play there and eat mulberries. She became ill around the time Jeter was born because Papa said he had to take her to the doctor himself. Papa put little Mae in the wagon on the seat beside him and drove her to the doctor. He said she was so cute sitting there. We don't know what caused her to die but we think she might have eaten something that poisoned her. Elizabeth said Mama had knitted her a pair of mittens and that she still has those in her possession. She also has a little wooden Bible that was a favorite play toy of Little Mae.
It is the memories of the living that keeps those that are no longer with us real. For me it is the stories that make the people more than just names and dates. So I hope that this memory of little Mae helps you to know that she was real and that she was loved and hopefully she will never be forgotten.
(Mae was born 14 May 1900 and died when she was around 18 months old)
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