top of page

Two Sisters Reunited after Being Separated for Many Years 2-5-25

Betty A. Burnett

Updated: 3 days ago



Alice McCain Patrick, passed 5-16-1963, Hattie Thomas Caldwell, passed 3-2-1967. The reason you don’t see birth dates is, when the calculation was done, it was accurate.






I really did a lot of digging into my research about my Grandma Alice and her sister, Aunt Hattie. This took me another county that was somewhat further away, depending on which route one takes.


The ironic thing about this is, I ended up attending a rural church thirty miles from Greensboro, with no car. My step- father played the piano for the church; I met the pastor who was like a dad and became his personal driver the five years that I was at that church.


I want to pause and say that in Bible study on yesterday, how God ordains things to be. Listen, I do not like rural areas; the Lord definitely took me out of my comfort zone. Plus, I had had just move back to Greensboro from Camden and any city whether regardless of how small it may be is better than the country as far as I am concerned.



Grandma Alice





Little did I know that the Lord had a plan for me to find out who Grandma Alice and Aunt Hattie’s relatives were. I would tell my mother these peoples' names and she said Grandma said they were related. Some of the people that had a church connection, but lived in another state told me that I resembled some of them. When I looked at Aunt Hattie’s photo, there was no doubt there was a family connection.





Aunt Hattie

Falling back- these two sisters Hattie Thomas Caldwell (married name) and Alice McCain Patrick (married name) were separated. I never found our why; whether it was through slavery or not. would tell my mother these peoples’ names and sha said Grandma said they were related. Some of the people that had a church connection, but lived in another state told me that I resembled some of them. When I looked at Aunt Hattie’s photo, there was no doubt there was a family connection.


Falling back- these two sisters Hattie Thomas Caldwell (married name) and Alice McCain Patrick (married name) were separated. I never found our why; whether it was through slavery or not. They had the same mother but different fathers. However, years later they met in Greensboro, where they married their spouses and their bond was so strong that they were inseparable.  Grandpap and Grandma moved to Gibsonville, and back to Greensboro where they both passes years later.


These sisters had something in common – they both were winemakers. Aunt Hattie made grape wine, whereas Grandma made dandelion wine where she, Grandpap and two other families live in a log house. She would gather dandelions (yellow field flowers) to make the wine, oh was it ever good!


After moving  to Greensboro, my Grandpap John passed away several years later, and Grandma Alice moved in with us. I loved her so much that when it was time to iron clothes, the ironing board was set up in her room, and we listened to music while I ironed clothes.


The most outstanding thing I remember about my Grandma was, she was a praying woman, she was an intercessor indeed! We could hear across the hall praying early in the morning. I am overjoyed to have had a role model and an example like my grandma, Alice McCain Patrick. I have not seen anyone whose light illuminated like Grandma Alice. Praise the Lord for following her as she followed Jesus. Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ. (1 Corinthians 11:1). Although Grandma Alice suffered through hard trials and tribulations, she trusted in the Lord.


The pinnacle of this story for the readers is, these sisters had to put their trust in God and believed by faith that they would see each other again. Divine providence, orchestrated and determined by the Lord God Almighty!


Tomorrow, Lord willing “Betty’s Birthplace”


His handmaiden, Betty A. Burnett ~ burnettministries.org

 

5 views0 comments

Recent Posts

See All

Comentarios


bottom of page