Background on my Granny
Telling someone you grew up in West Dallas is like saying it was a slum. It was a slum on the outskirts of Dallas. People were living in tents, and it was a time when gangsters hid there for cover.
I had two family members who were gangsters, they were my Granny’s brothers. One only robbed banks and spent many years in a Texas Federal Prison. The other brother was hanging around Bonnie & Clyde, the Hamilton brothers, and who knows who else. I don’t have all the stories about that time but know the second uncle was killed by cyanide in Granny’s house in my old bedroom.
One trick the gangsters used was to buy nice suits and all the trimmings. This made fitting in with the people in Dallas easier. They would learn about businesses by watching for a few days and then make their approach.
This is something about my life
I was born on January 19, 1921. They named me Ruth Bernice. I was born in West Dallas on County Avenue. I had three brothers and one sister.
We had a really good life until my Daddy died in 1930. After that, we had a really hard life. We had nothing and barely survived.
I got married at 17 years old and separated when her son was 1 year old. After the divorce, I moved back to West Dallas with her mother.
Why she wrote this I have no idea, maybe to make sure I knew the information or maybe just bored. My Granny didn’t share much, but I already knew her background.
It’s a treasure to me now.
I loved that period and admired one of her gangster brothers. I have one of his guns. There are so many questions I would like to ask.
Melinda
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