Reliving Memories, My Life Story

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BORN JOYCE ANN HAZEL LOUISE SMITH ON JULY 26TH 1948 IN APISON TN HAMILTON CO BORN AT HOME THE ELEVENTH CHILD BORN TO JOSEPH JOE JOHN SMITH AND STELLA R SARAH CHASTAIN SMITH OF HAMILTON CO TN MY FATHER WAS BORN IN ALABAMA, THE SON OF JOHN HENRY SMITH AND SARAH TENNESSEE BALL MY MOTHER WAS BORN IN PICKENS CO GA IN TALKING ROCK, AT LUDVILE THE DAUGHTER OF DAVID [DAVE] CHASTAIN AND ETTA JANE MCDANIEL CHASTAIN MY PARENTS MET AND MARRIED AFTER THEY BOTH MOVED TO TN, I MARRIED MY HUSBAND JOHNNY W TEETERS, WE MET ON THE CURB MARKET IN CHATTANOOGA, TN, I WAS THE DAUGHTER OF A FARMER, HIS PARENTS HAD A STALL ON THE CURB MARKET THEY SOLD PRODUCE I WAS INTERESTED IN POETRY AS A CHILD I WAS ALWAYS JOTTING DOWN MY THOUGHTS, BUT IT WAS IN 2000 WHEN I REALLY GOT INTO IT, I HAVE RECEIVED SOME AWARDS, MEDALS, TROPHIES FOR SOME OF MY WORK IN POETRY AND WAS ASK TO COME TO NEVADA RECEIVE A TROPHY AND MEDAL A NOMINATED IN THE 2007 POET OF THE YEAR, AND READ MY POEMS BEFORE A GROUP OF POETS AND DIGNITARIES, THIS WAS MY THIRD YEAR BEING ASK.