Herbert D ATKINSON

                   EXTRACT FROM HATTIE SCHRAM
Elizabeth married Herb Atkison and they were married and lived in Phoenix, Arizona until Herb's death in 1967.   A few years later Elizabeth moved by to Missouri and bought a house in Mound City, MO. which her brother George Field worked on to add some cabinets and in general make more livable.
Notes by Owen McIntyre
Elizabeth's sister Ethel lived in Tempe, just a few miles from Elizabeth and their mother Annie E. Field spent the winter months in Arizona at their homes and during the summer came back to Missouri to stay with Ida McIntyre and other daughters and sons during the summer.  On occasion some one would drive to Arizona taking Annie for the winter, but most of the time she would take the El Capitan or Santi Fe Chieftain to Phoenix and her daughters would pick her up there.
Grandmother was always ready to go if the car was headed to town or we were on our way to visit.   Annie broke her hip when she was in her 80's (?) and was told she might not walk again but she walked until she died at 101 years of age.
One of the great memories of grandmother was the stories she would tell of her life.  An example would be when they had butchered and were ready to cure the meat, to keep it from spoiling.  They would add salt to water in a barrel until they could float an egg.  Then meat would be lowered on twine and left for a week or two.  Then the meat could be hung in the smoke house and used as needed without spoiling.