Grandma:  Launie Mae was a mama’s baby.

Me:  Aunt Launie Mae was a mama’s baby?

Grandma:  Yes, Lord.  [I laugh.]  With all her soul.

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My mother:  I thought Aunt Launie Mae looked more like Grandma Carrie than anybody. She looked the most like of her all the sisters.

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Remembering my great-aunt LAUNIE MAE COLVERT JONES (1910-1997) on her birthday.