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James Kerby Ward

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but some of it we did not vote for. I don't think nuthin about the
political parties, I just know that I am a old-fashioned Democrat, and
don't fly the coop to vote for somebody else just to suit another feller.

"I better get ready to go now. You can rifde back with us. The
car will be kinda crowded but there 's always more room if you try to
find it. Anyway it 'll save you that walk even if it is crowded."

Mr.s Ward emerged from her room looking stouter than ever in her
homemade royal-blue silk dress. She was heavily powdered and no trace
of color was on her face or lips.

"We 'd better get started, the funeral starts at 3:30. I do hope
they open the coffin. I sure would like to see him. The preacher said
that he use to come to the church once in a while and I 'd like to see
if I remember him."

"Don't you all lock up the doors when you leave like this?" asked
one of her friends.

Mrs. Ward laughed, "No, we just push the front door to, and don't
bother locking up nothin. There 's nothin in my house nobody would
want anyway, unless its something to eat, that one thing we do have and
plenty of."

I complimented Mrs. Ward on her driving, and she turned immediately
to her husband, "There now, see, you said I couldn't drive good. I
never heard anyone compliment you on the way you drive."

"O, well, I 'm a good bus driver anyway. My record is the best, or
about the best, of any of the drivers. I got a good run now: Brent-
wood and Main, and that sure is a lot better 'n that congested section

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