Throw Back Thursday. . . I used to tell my children some of the things that I did as a child. Things are different today, and they didnt believe everything I told them. Thus, I decided to write down some of the more interesting things of my life so that they can have a glimmer of what a baby boomer experienced. Here is one of my entries: The Brinson Twins Our family moved to Lyons, Georgia on July 2, 1961. Two months later, I would start school at Lyons Elementary School. I would soon discover that the neighborhood was jam full of boys and girls near my age. Baby boomers were everywhere. It was a great place to grow up. Daddy had been a bank examiner for a few years before we moved from his home town of Dublin, and he had caught the eye of Bill Holloway, the owner and president of The Peoples Bank. Daddy would start his career working in the bank as its cashier. We moved into a house at 801 North Lanier Street which was previously owned by its builder, Wilson Collins. Cattycornered across the street was the Holloway’s home, a stately two-story home with gigantic white columns on the front porch. Their yard was immaculate and tiered. No doubt about it, it was the prettiest yard in town. Our first meal in town on this day was at the invitation of Mrs. Betty Holloway. Our family, Mamma and Daddy, three kids and a baby, joined the Holloways for lunch. Staying with the Holloways were their grandchildren, the Brinson kids, who were their only child’s children. They had three granddaughters and a grandson. Holly and Kathy were blond-haired twins my age. Caroline was three years younger and Bill, named after his grandfather, was four years younger than I was. As the years went by, the Brinson children would visit their grandparents for two weeks every summer. We interacted with Holly and Kathy when they visited, and their cousin, Teresa Odom, who lived down the street. Puberty eventually hit all of the baby boomer gang and as expected, interest in girls blossomed and vice versa. One Christmas our parents bought us a trampoline which was placed near the driveway, clearly visible from the Holloway house. Holly and Kathy liked to jump on the trampoline. All the boys liked Holly and Kathy. Thus, all the boys liked to jump on our trampoline for two weeks during the summer. It just happened to be when the twins were in town. As far as I know, none of the guys ever took either twin out on a date. The sisters quit visiting every summer by the time they were dating age. The Holloways passed away a few years later. Therefore, the Brinson grandchildren had no reason to visit Lyons any more. Holly, the older of the twins, died from cancer at the age of 46. The whereabouts of Kathy and Caroline is a mystery. I googled Bill’s name and found him in Tennessee. However, two weeks out of the summer of my childhood years were memorable due to the lovely Brinson twins.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 11:42:41 +0000
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