Monday, January 26, 2015
I am so sorry to hear of Ada Mae's passing. I have sweet memories of her that go way back to the Everly Brothers and "Wake Up Little Susie." Ada Mae worked for my dad in Oakland for many years but was a good friend to my mother and the entire family for generations now. There was never an unkind word, that I can recall, from or about her. I had lost touch with her after living here in SC for so many years, but I remember one of the last times I spent time with her and Bill was after landing at the Morgantown airport atop a mountain with a very short runway and a terrified pregnant wife. Ada Mae and Bill picked us up and drove us over the mountains to Oakland. I know there were others times we saw each other briefly, but none as memorable. But mostly I remember her from the early years. The fun years in the flower shop with brother Billy and earlier at the office when her face would light up when one of the Mance kids would drop in. She was a great big sister to us all. I miss her.
