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Date Posted: 21:47:40 05/12/08 Mon
Author: BullGator
Subject: Re: Cora Beth and 'Mr Godsey'
In reply to: kelvin (& kay) 's message, "Re: Cora Beth and 'Mr Godsey'" on 10:28:34 05/12/08 Mon

It was not uncommon for folks of the upland South culture (my heritage) to refer to neighbors and even relatives with the formal titles of Mr., Mrs., Dr., Rev., and Miss. Many older women were referred to as Miss, whether they were married or not - Grandma Walton would have been addressed as Miss Ester, especially after Mr. Zeb's death (as an elder the younger folk who knew him reasonably well would have used the title "Mr." when referring to him or speaking to him); it they didn't know him very well it would have been Mr. Walton(or Mrs. Walton for Grandma), but only close friends and relatives of similar age would have called him Zeb. It is highly unusual that children (including teenages) would have referred to an elder by their given name. The Walton children calling Mr. Godsey "Ike" would not have been acceptable in most families or communities. In my family we were even taught to call first cousins who were considerably older than us (15-20 years older) "aunt" or "uncle." It wasn't until I was in my 20s that I called some of my cousins by their first name. But there were other first cousins who were my parent's age that I always called "aunt" or "uncle." Although I never heard a wife call her husband "Mr." to his face, I have heard women refer to their husbands as "Mr." when speaking to others.

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