Granny’s world did not always border on the miraculous. She was born August 3, 1915, three years after the sinking of the Titanic and one year after electricity came to Winnsboro, Louisiana. However, it’s unlikely Granny or her parents heard of the Titanic’s marvelous wonders. It was eight years before running water and sewer services came to the area, but even then, electricity and in-door plumbing were far beyond the means of Abslon Welch, his wife and ten children. "Abs" was part Cherokee and a share-cropper on the Cherry Place in Franklin Parish.
Abslon Colon and Laura Mae Welch (c.1900)
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