The Love of Family History part 3 Aunt Lillian

     To start this chapter of my story, and it is a story of the things I remember, I have to back track a little bit to Aunt Lillian. She was the oldest child of Guy and Imogean, born in August, 1899. She had married Thomas Watson Adcock and moved to Atlanta in a community called Almond Park. A lot of people referred to it as Carey Park because that was the name of the baptist church on the hill. Aunt Lillian and Uncle Tom had 4 children-Rosemary, Houston, Fay, and Tommy. Fay died when she was 2 years old and is buried at Concord Cemetery near her parents. Rosemary was born in 1919 the same year as my dad so they were very close. More like brother and sister instead of uncle and niece. Uncle Tom was running a store and in 1938, 4 black men came in the store to rob him. He gave them the money but it wasn't enough so they shot him and ran. Eventually they were caught and sentenced to die. The family was devastated. My dad told me this story and said he was supposed to be helping uncle Tom that day but Aunt Vivian had some chores for him to do so he stayed home. He always said that the Lord saved his life that day by making him stay at home.
    My dad later told me that his funeral procession was the longest one that he had ever seen. Their were over 50 cars in the line. When you think about it, most people in Atlanta didn't have cars back them. Everyone rode the trolleys. So I am sure it was very impressive. He is buried at Concord Church also. This is a family church in the community where he grew up and still had family living there.
     The family had a rough time after this. No one to make a living and the rock of the family was missing. Aunt Lillian had to go to work to provide for the family and Rosemary had to take care of the home and Tommy. But in 1941, she married Warren Candler Hawkins and lived in the same community of Almond Park. Then along came WW II and we started a whole new chapter. Dad enlisted in the Army and so did uncle Lowell. My cousin, Houston, joined the Navy along with Warren. continued