A few years ago my mom brought over a painting that her Cousin Patsy gave her of one of the homes that her parents owned and lived in many years ago. My Great Aunt Vi and Great Uncle JD Landers owned this house in the late 50's or early 60's. I love this painting. I remember driving past this house when I was a kid and mom would tell stories about this house. Her aunt used to pay her to clean the house. My Uncle Terry married his wife Phyliss in this house. Mom said it was just as beautiful on the inside as it was on the outside. I wish they still owned it when I was older. I would have loved to have seen the inside of the house. It was rumored that this house had a slave tunnel that ran under it to the nearby river where they would hide the slaves who were escaping from slavery.
Sometime in the early 2000's the people who owned the house tore it down. The lot now is so ugly when you drive by. I'm so glad that I have this painting to remind me of what it once looked like there. This is a real family heirloom to me.
Angela
