James Pleasant MC CABE, SR.

                   MARY FRANCES MC CABE WAS MY SPECIAL GRANDMOTHER.  SHE ALWAYS WAS HAPPY TO SEE ME AND TO TALK ABOUT THE FAMILY WHICH WAS HER FIRST LOVE IN LIVE.  SHE KEPT MUCH IN THE WAY OF RECORDS, NOT ONLY FORM HER TIME BUT THAT OF HER MOTHER WHO LIVED TO 96 YEARS OLD.  SHE TOLD ME THAT WHEN MY GRANDFATHER, LUTHER JAMES SCOTT ASKED HER TO MARRY HIM HE ASKED FOR A PIECE OF PAPER AND PENCIL.  HE WROTE, "WILL YOU MARRY ME?" AND SHE TOOK THE SAME AND WROTE, "YES". SHE INDICATED HER PARENTS WERE IN ACCORD WITH THE MARRIAGE.  AFTER THEY WERE MARRIED IN BEDFORD CITY, VA., AT THE HOME OF REV. ROYALL, THEY LEFT IMMEDIATELY FOR COLORADO TO SEE MY GRANDFATHERS GRANDMOTHER AND HER SECOND HUSBAND, MR. ELLENBERGER.  THEY STAYED SIX MONTHS THEN RETURNED TO VIRGINIA, BOTH WAYS BY TRAIN.  SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER AND WARM, CARING, AND AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE, REALLY DEDICATED TO THE FAMILY AND OF COURSE FRIENDS.  SHE CARED FOR HER AGING MOTHER TILL HER DEATH. SHE PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLL IN MY LIFE AS DID MY GRANDFATHER, IN SHAPING MY VIEWS AND WAYS TO LIVE IN LIFE.  SHE DIED AT 93 IN THE BEDFORD CITY HOSPITAL, AFTER SHE BROKE HER HIP AT HOME.  SHE REALLY NEVER RECOVERED. SEEMS STRANGE BUT MY GRANDFATHER ALSO DIED HER.  SHE IS BURIED AT THE MORGAN BAPTIST CHURCH, MONETA, VIRGINIA, SCOTT LOT.  SHE ASSISTED MY GRANDFATHER IN THE RUNNING OF HIS STORE AT DAVIS MILL.