Hattie Virginia Grinstead

1912 - 2003  (90 years)

• Name	Hattie Virginia Grinstead
  Birth	25 Aug 1912	Marion, Smyth County, Virginia
  Gender	Female
  Death	29 Jul 2003	Sykesville, Carroll County, Maryland
  Notes	The following was written by John David Grinstead (1929-2019) in a letter to the author/site administrator in 1999. HATTIE VIRGINIA GRINSTEAD was born 8/25/1912. She married Fred Pipes 9/3/1930 in Bristol, Virginia-Tennessee. They had three children: Buddy Rogers who later received his Ph.D. in the Ministry, Betty Sue and Harold Lee. Hattie was a great cook and Nita got some of her great cooking talent and recipes from being around Hattie. They still live on the same large farm outside of Baltimore in Sykesville, Maryland that they had when I was there in 1947/8. They built a new house to live in but the old white 14 room farm house they had in the 1940's is still there and rented out. Hattie like Pauline had her root cellar for storing canned goods, etc. The cellar also served as a place to hide when tornadoes were near. The life of a dairy farmer and his family does not provide them with much free time. When I stayed there off and on in 1947/8 we did a lot of haying plus milking a lot of cows and cleaning out the barn, etc, etc and that is when I decided that a farmers life was not for me. Hattie would cook a full meal for lunch for all the crew during the haying on their own 160 acres plus another 100 acres they rented. Being from the north I was surprised when the colored people had to eat in the kitchen while we ate in the dining room. The haying crew was rather large and kept Hattie at the kitchen stove for many hours during the haying season. Hattie really likes jokes and enjoys telling them. Fred and her have bowled once a week for many, many years until Fred's stroke last year. I think she enjoyed going to the bowling alley for the jokes and stories as much as she did the bowling. Hattie has had a number of " little " strokes over the past few years. Hattie is one real sweet person and one of the two of Dad's sibling still alive. We like to visit her and Fred
  Person ID	I01073	McKenzie Genealogy
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Charles Meek Grinstead,   b. 7 Nov 1874, Chilhowie, Smyth County, Virginia d. 30 Oct 1940, Marion, Smyth County, Virginia (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Minnie Tarter Williams,   b. 12 Feb 1881, Chilhowie, Smyth County, Virginia d. 1 Jan 1953, Marion, Smyth County, Virginia (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	11 Jan 1898	Riverside, VA
  Family ID	F00042	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Fred Pipes,   b. 1 Aug 1909, Bristol, Washington County, Virginia d. 30 Oct 2000, Sykesville, Carroll County, Maryland (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	Private
  Children	1. Buddy Rogers Pipes,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]   2. Betty Sue Pipes,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]   3. Harold Lee Pipes,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]
  Family ID	F00651	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021