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Grandma’s Hands

Grandmother Daisy Pearl Brown

~ My Mother’s Mother ~

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
Proverbs 31:10 (KJV)

She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
Proverbs 31:20 (KJV)

She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
Proverbs 31:26 (KJV)

Daisy Pearl Brown, my maternal grandmother, was a dignified, sophisticated, and stately woman who was born in Congaree, South

Carolina. She smoked a pipe from her Cherokee traditions. In fact, she had a pipe for every day of the week, including a very special

mahogany pipe for Sunday.

Matriarch Brown was a bulwark in the Sanford Community and a true role model. She was always lending her helping hands, which
earned her a “Mother of the Year Award” from the Negro/Colored community during the segregation years. Grandma’s hands were

always as busy as a bee. She was President of the Busy Hands Club, President of the Deaconess Board, Member of the Senior

Missionary Society, and served for many years as sponsor of the Father’s Day Programs. My grandmother always incorporated the