Fred & Bettie's letter to Hubert

Dear Hubert and Lucille,

I enjoyed talking to both of you last Thursday. Was delighted to hear that
Hubert was still improving and had successfully gone through the operation and
was on the road to recovery. I know you have both been through some very trying
times. Maybe things will be a little easier for you now as you further travel
down the road of recovery. I hope so anyhow.
I did two or three hours of work yesterday and about the same today. Yesterday
was trimming limbs from cedar trees with a chain saw and today the same. The
last thing I did today was repair Bettie’s clothesline. It had fallen to the
ground with her on Tuesday the first pretty day to hang out clothes around here.
Had to put in one new post and 3 new cross pieces that the line attaches to. So
I am a little bit sore tonight but not as tired as I was last night. Hope a
little work doesn’t get me down. I did some good sleeping last night. Maybe I
need to be tired by bedtime.

Laeuna’s brother about her age died yesterday. He had a leg taken off about 2
weeks ago due to diabetes. One of the ladies that was taking aquatic exercise
with us died Thursday suddenly with heart trouble. I noticed the last two times
it seemed hard for her to get out of the pool. Wednesday she got out a little
early and set in a chair on the side for the rest of the time. I guess one
can’t tell what is going to happen to him or her. Last week a friend that
goes to the AARP died. I generally always talked to him. That I will do no
more.

Our Aunt Verla fell about 3 weeks ago while going to the mail box and skinned
up her face I heard. They are having someone stay with her 5 days a week now.
We visited her about 2 months ago and she seemed OK at that time. I am going to
see her again tomorrow if I can find out if she is going to be home.

We are going to the Box reunion at the Winfield Community Center tomorrow and
probably on to see Verla. Maybe I will see some of the Box kin and there was a
couple of others that wanted me to be there. Be someone there to talk to
anyway.

Best wishes to you two as you travel the road to full recovery. Sorry I
couldn’t be there to visit, but I am sure you had too many visitors.

Hubert died about a week after I sent him this letter. Out daughter was at my
house and she took me to the funeral and brother in law Ardell reach brought me
back. I saw most of my McCaleb kinsmen at funeral, but it was a sad seeing. They
buried him in Dalton, Ga., where his wife’s folks resided. That was the last
time I will ever see him in this world. We stopped at Jasper, Al. on the way
back at a restaurant that gives you all you can eat and I nearly busted my
stomach eating. I don’t want to stop at that kind of restaurant any more.

Love from Fred and Bettie McCaleb