Dean-Hey Heritage

Aunt Lillie Mae Dean

(Same Photo Shoot. Different Photo.)

Dr. Charles Williams' Letter to Aunt Lillie

Grandpa dean had two sisters, too. "Aunt Lillie married once, but divorced, and never remarried. She would come out and go with us girls, who all loved to fish, to a tank and fished for crawdads. We'd have a gallon, come to the house, clean and eat them."

And "Aunt Madge was a sophisticated lady. She didn't mind us young girls going through her luggage and being fascinated at her Dallas, Texas, wardrobe. A big-city girl, but she loved us so much and allowed us much." (recollections by Maureen Dean Jaynes)

Madge's Letter to Lillie, 1916
Page 2, Envelope

Aunt Madge Dean

Aunt Madge

Elbert Dean & Aunt Lillie, 1944

Aunt Lillie Mae, 1948

Uncle Ben & Aunt Madge, 1966
August 1, Madge's 65th Birthday

When Aunt Lillie ate breakfast with us, she would say, "Can't make my biscuits and jelly come out even. Jelly left over. Hand me another biscuit." Some time later. "Please pass the jelly. Half biscuit left." And the routine continued. (recollection by Elbert Dean, Jr.)

Aunt Lillie remarked, "Elbert's boy laughs because I say, 'Et' (as in "I et a biscuit.") But I said, 'Et,' all my life, and I am going to keep saying, 'Et.' "

Aunt Lillie Mae, March, 1959