Newhobby78 on Family Tree Circles

I am 35 years old. I never really put to much thought in finding my heritage, until I sat and talked to my mawmaw. Things changed. I feel compelled to tell her story rather than mine, in hopes of getting answers to the questions she has carried for over 40 years. I am not trying to bore anyone but this story brought tears to my eyes. My grandmother (maw-maw)just turned 81 years young she is about 4 foot 8 and 100 pounds soaking wet. She sat me down about 4 months ago and ask me to make her a family tree. I never knew it was so addicting. She was born in 1933 in a small place called Tarrytown Georgia. She is the oldest of six children and the only one living. So getting information is not easy. She teary eyed and began the story that broke my heart. She was the daughter of Clyde Davis and Reba Haggard. She remembers being around the age of 3 when Clyde's father Robert "Bob" Davis and Viola Price took her from her parents. She remembers being very sick and Mr. Robert taking her to the doctor. This is when tears began to flow. The doctor told Robert "this baby wont make it through the night." She said as they were leaving a older black female stopped Robert and told him "you get that baby home take burnt hoecake and mashed them in her mouth, make sure it gets down in her throat." My maw-maw says to me don't cy baby I am here, I made it. She continued with how when she was growing up she made it to the 11th grade. She loved her mother and father no doubt, she just didn't understand why? She never met her mother Reba parents John and Sallie Haggard. I have found all of Sallie Fletcher's side. However I have contacted the LDS and they cant figure where John Mitchell Haggard came from. I cant find Robert's parents or Viola Price. I have found census records and death records for everyone but John. I am coming to the conclusion Viola's name has to be something else.Once I started doing the best research I know how I began reading census records. That's when the reality of a hard life hit me. Seeing that most kids who are 5 would be in school now days, that was not the case then farm laborer. There is so much more I would love to share. I am blessed beyond measure when it comes to my grandparents. Thanks so much for letting me share my story.