My paternal grandmother was a Fritz, of German ancestry. I could literally write a book about her. Granny, as we called her, was a very strong and outspoken woman. People still talk about her today, and she has been gone since 1985. We lived in a big farmhouse with my grandparents, and she was in many ways just as much of a mother to me than was my mother. She was a storyteller supreme, and I still have some of the stories she wrote down at my request. I still miss her even today.
My maternal grandmother was part Cherokee Indian, and looked it.I wasn't around her very much, and when I was there were always a dozen other grand kids wanting attention. She was a good person and a very good cook.
