My mother ,grandmother and Great Grandmother (she never knew her real birthday) worked this land where I now live PICKING COTTON !The fact that people fought in many ways so that I can sit here in this house that my aunts and mother were born in is not only extraordinary but a privilege.GOD bless all who walked the hard road before me and the ones who carried me so that I may now ride on that same road.(Christl N Babcock)Tribute to the Matriarchs in My family from Hassell NC (posted again from my earlier post) edited