Mary Kay, around and about.
I’ve found quite a few pictures of Mary Kay, who was the Dandy’s grandaughter and daughter of William F. Smith. Of course, she was also the daughter of Annie Laurie Jones Smith.
Being the only daughter has its advantages, and one of them is having your picture taken more often.
Mary Kay Smith
This is taken from the front left yard of the house.
Mary Kay on the side porch.
Here is Mary Kay on the side porch, my guess is the late 50′s or early 60′s and truly a low point in my Grandfathers life and the state of the family. The window to the left is the present kitchen. The photo is interesting because the banister woodwork to the left of the image matches the missing second story front porch in previous posts, and the straight pickets to the right of the porch clearly do not match. It’s my belief that when the second floor front porch was removed they relocated the millwork to this porch, and simply ran short and used the pickets to finish the job. The columns shown here have long since been replaced but one of them is still stored under the shed, and will serve as a pattern for both the side porch and the front porch. The millwork is still in place as pictured here and will be used as the pattern for the front porch restoration.
All my life I’ve wondered why that beam comes out from above the door. GrandDad had the porch roof rebuilt in the 70′s and the beam is still there.
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