A devoted wife, mother, grandmother, friend to so many, a fighter right to the end. Alethia was more commonly known as Leila, she and her husband Earl raised there family in Akina, and are still in the same house. . My dad use to visit the house, and if he went fishing, Aunty Leila would make a huge box of sandwiches for the fisherman. I also remember they had a grapevine, dad would come home with a crate full of grapes, yum. I had lost contact with her years ago, it was only in the last few years I was re-introduced to my dads family. Aunty Leila's later years saw her fighting Alzeimers, her family never gave up. The Awesome foursome are together again. Leila, Henry, Jack and Bubbles.(brothers and sister) |