A Visit from Aunt Alice

Whenever folks came to visit Aunt Gladys or my grandparents, they would all congregate in Aunt Gladys' room. One time Aunt Alice (granddaddy's sister) came to visit us from NC. She was very thin, tall (6'5"- I always thought she was an 8 ft giant), had short, curly, gray hair and had a big,deep voice. One afternoon during one of her visits, she was taking her daily nap on Aunt Gladys' bed in the front room. Now a nap for her meant getting on her nightgown and laying across the bed. She slept so soundly that if she hadn't been snoring you might have thought she was dead or in a coma. Midway through her nap there was a knock at the door. It seems the preacher had come to visit Aunt Gladys. Panic ensued. Grandmother asked the preacher to have a seat on the porch for just a minute. She hurried into Aunt Gladys' room and shook Aunt Alice saying,"Alice, Alice, get up and go dress, the preacher is here to see Gladys." Aunt Alice opened one eye and replied in her deep southern accent," Aw, tell him to come on in, he don't bother me none." So, grandmother threw a blanket over Aunt Alice, ushered in the preacher and he visited with Aunt Gladys in spite of the snores that came from under the blanket.