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ALLEN TULLOS:

Did she ever have anyone to come in to cook or keep house?

EVELYN GOSNELL HARVELL:

Yes, we had a colored woman to cook.

ALLEN TULLOS:

Was there one or two particular ones that stayed with you a long time?

EVELYN GOSNELL HARVELL:

Oh, yes, we kept one a good while.

ALLEN TULLOS:

What was her name?

EVELYN GOSNELL HARVELL:

I don't remember now. I think her name was Zena( ), it seemed like.

ALLEN TULLOS:

And she was from here in Greenville?

EVELYN GOSNELL HARVELL:

Yes.

ALLEN TULLOS:

Whereabouts did she live?

EVELYN GOSNELL HARVELL:

I believe she lived back over close to town somewhere. I think she lived in the city limit.

ALLEN TULLOS:

Did she have a family of her own?

EVELYN GOSNELL HARVELL:

She had a family of her own.

ALLEN TULLOS:

Husband and children?

EVELYN GOSNELL HARVELL:

No, her husband was dead.

ALLEN TULLOS:

Would she come in the daytime and go home at night?

EVELYN GOSNELL HARVELL:

Yes.

ALLEN TULLOS:

What would she do?

EVELYN GOSNELL HARVELL:

Oh, she did housework.

ALLEN TULLOS:

Would she wash the clothes?

EVELYN GOSNELL HARVELL:

Yes.

ALLEN TULLOS:

Would she cook?

EVELYN GOSNELL HARVELL:

Yes, she was a good cook.

ALLEN TULLOS:

Would your mother be working some in the mill during this period?

EVELYN GOSNELL HARVELL:

Yes, she would be working. But they didn't have washing machines back then; they had to rub them out with their hands.

ALLEN TULLOS:

In a big washpot?

EVELYN GOSNELL HARVELL:

A big washpot and a rub-board.