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turned out to be a black runner. Both of us did a very speedy
departure from the area. When I reached the frontyard, U. Sol asked
why I was excited and out of breath, I told him what happened. His
reply you shouldn’t be afraid of an ole black runner. He said "you
grab his tail sling him around your head several times real fast like
a cow whip and pop his head off.” I didn't have time, I was trying
too hard to get up and away from there. Naturally the snake had the
same idea about getting away from me as fast as he could.

Uncle Sol and Aunt Nita were the proud parents of eight children
Dwight, Solene, Harold (Buddy) Deborah, Jonathan, David, Mary
Elizabeth and Aliltha who died shortly after birth. Aunt Nita died in
1963 of compilations from breast cancer. She didn't get to see her
children grow up, she would have been proud of them. Uncle Sol who
died in 1996 was an excellent painter as well as a good country
preacher. He lived to see all his children grown and out on their
own, and he saw his grandchildren. Most of his children live there in
Lake City, but the two older daughters made their homes near
Asheville, North Carolina.

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