Phoebe Mitchell Day Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

Phoebe Mitchell Day 14
A. And how they loved me and all.
Q. Now did you experience-I take it, then, working there, that you
didn't experience any prejudice or . . .
A. Oh, land, no. No, everybody loved me so. You know, as you go
through life, if you treat everybody nice, more than generally theytll
always treat you nice, see. No, I never really . . . . Oh, you don't
always go along with people, wlth what they say and do, you how; you just
judge for yourself, don't you know. No, we got along all right.
Q. ThZs mst have been a glorious experience for you.
A. It was, it was. And the @ls, they all called me up, they dLd, you
know. Well, I had hoped to get back over there. Mr. Tom Owens, the
county chairman. , . . But they-things was. . . . Well, politics
and one thhg and another. And then since Mr. LL&nsf health is
failkg him so fast, well, he needs all my attention now. So I've
@ven up the idea of going back over there because Itve got to look
after Mr. Liggins,
Q. How long have you been looking after Mr, Liggins?
A, Well, Sister died August the kh, 1966, and then I took over. So
I worked over there, you know, but. . . . He come over here, and he
and Mr.+my husbard, they j,ust got along so well together. They'd kid
each other, you know, and everything, you know. So, of course, now
slnce my husband passed, llggiins just missed him terrible, and, of
course, you know I: do, I grieve about him, He had asth so bad!