Parents Emma Victoria Tracy & Clarence William Metcalf
Married Lester Floyd Bishop Nov 27 1908 McMaster Twp, OK
==How I remember my folks by Tracy Dee==
Mom's family came to OK around 1902 & settled in Lawton area. My folks were married in 1908. They farmed like most people did. There is a lot I don't know what happened in the early years, but I can remember when we left MO for OK. Gramma Bishop sent a lot of fried chicken to eat on the train.
Dad built a small house on Granddad Metcalf's place near Medicine Park. We moved in 1924 when Dad built a house near Ike Carter store. We lived there till the army bought our place in 1937. Dad moved us to our last house in 1938. Mother loved flowers but between the Bermuda grass and a shortage of water they didn't always do good.
I remember Milton got run over by a car & all my mother could do was hold him, because we didn't have any one to take us to the doctor. Mother's love was enough to heal his hurts. There is nothing like a Mother's love.
Mother contracted leukemia, she was in & out of the hospital for the rest of her life.
We were blessed to have parents like ours.
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