OD & THERESA HAWKINS
What town did OD & Theresa grow up? Grandma DJ also.
1) New York
2) Louisville
3) Vine Grove
4) Paducah
Vine Grove
While at Elizabethtown High School, LeRoy set a regional record in what?
1) swimming2) perfect attendance
3) track
4) tennis
track -- 100yd dash in 10.2 seconds holding the regional record for many years
When Diana grew up, occupations for women were limited to nursing, secretary, teacher, & homemaker. What profession did Diana truly want to pursue?
1) Doctor
2) Architect
3) Writer
4) Gift shop owner
Writer
Roy's occupations
1) L&N Railroad, Kentucky Utilities, & Elizabethtown Community College
2) Farmer, L&N Railroad
3) L&N Railroad & BellSouth Phone
4) L&N Railroad, Kentucky Utilities, & Fort Knox
L&N Railroad - worked on the rail to maintain it (retired from there)
Lineman for Kentucky Utilities (retired from there)
Maintenance at Elizabethtown Community College
True or False...
Theresa sought to build O.D.'s real estate business, but was unable to obtain a real estate license because she was a woman.
False
Theresa was the first female real estate agent in Hardin County.
LeRoy's grandpa Duke Cruse (Myrtle's dad) was known to be a mean dude. What was LeRoy's memory of him?
1) Their puppies got into their garden and Duke shot them.
2) Shot at a man for "looking at him the wrong way."
3) Stabbed a horse in the rump with a pitch fork.
4) Tied a dead chicken around his dog's neck to teach it not to kill chickens.
Stabbed a horse in the rump with a pitch fork.
Diana was a softball coach for a girls' team. After her vigorous practices, in what activity did she have the girls participate?
1) pot luck dinners
2) stretching exercises
3) pick up garbage around the fields
4) visit the elderly
Pot Luck Dinners
The reason Roy's picture was placed in the local newspaper.
1) He had robbed a bank.
2) He grew a 15' tall tomato plant.
3) Won first prize for the biggest tomato at the county fair.
4) He saved a man's life while working on the railroad.
Grew a 15 foot tall tomato plant.
What town in Kentucky has a street named Jaggers Rd.?
1) Paducah
2) Glendale
3) Upton
4) Vine Grove
Glendale
What do OD's initials stand for?
1) Ollie David
2) Otis Duvall
3) Odress Duvall
4) Oliver Duvall
Odress Duvall
What was LeRoy's favorite thing to say when parting ways?
1) Don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya.
2) Make good choices.
3) Be good.
4) Call me when you get home.
Be good.
In which of the following hobbies did Diana NOT participate?
1) square dancing
2) hiking
3) volunteering at Jeffersontown High School
4) "throwing" pizza dough
hiking
Roy's middle name.
1) Josiah
2) David
3) Edward
4) Leon
5) Frank
Leon
Who was Fran, LeRoy's sister, named after?
1) Francis Scott Key
2) Grandma DJ, Diana, Brownie
3) Frank Sinatra
4) Frankenstein
Diana Francis Hawkins Jaggers
Grandma DJ, Diana, Brownie
Which of the following is not true about O.D.?
1) He took fried egg sandwiches for his work lunch until he learned about bologna from a co-worker.
2) He was a twin.
3) One of his son's is named after him.
4) His favorite passtime was playing cards until he lost $200 and Theresa found out. No more cards for O.D.
FALSE -- His favorite passtime was playing cards until he lost $200 and Theresa found out. No more cards for O.D.
TRUE - traded in the fried egg for bologna sandwiches! Yum!
TRUE - O.D. is a twin but his twin died at birth. Twins are on both the Hawkins and O'Donohue sides of the family.
TRUE - Ray's full name is Odress Ray Hawkins
Where was DJ (Grandma DJ) born?
1) St. Joseph Hospital in Louisville
2) In a car.
3) At home.
4) Elizabethtown Hospital
In a car on the way to St. Joseph Hospital, right by a statue on the UofL campus. She was "hooded", part of the placenta covers the baby's face -- considered to indicate a particularly blessed baby.
Which of the following menu item was not a part of Jaggers Dinner on Sundays on Shanna Drive?
1) DJ's Easy Supper
2) Mashed potatoes
3) Yeast rolls
4) SaladSalad
Occupation that Myrtle would have pursued had she not had to care for her mother.
1) Stenographer
2) Nurse
3) Bank Teller
4) Seamstress
5) Writer
Nurse
How did Mark chip his front tooth off resulting in needing a crown on that tooth?
1) playing football with Kevin in the house
2) while swimming -- swam into the side of the pool
3) Kevin jabbed a broom stick into Mark's face
4) fight during a basketball game
playing football with Kevin in the house
Where did OD work?
1) UPS
2) Ft. Knox
3) General Store in Radcliff
4) Kentucky Utilities
Security at the Ft. Knox Gold Vault
How did Diana & LeRoy meet?
1) Newspaper ad for lonely folks.
2) Local honky tonk.
3) High school
4) Blind date.
Blind Date
Which of the following phrases would Diana have NOT said?
1) "I'm just gonna step outside and check the weather."
2) "Is there anything going on that I need to know about?"
3) "My hair is ruined, I'm ruined!!!!"
4) "Meredith, you're my favorite granddaughter."
5) "I think I'll go to the gym and work out."
"I think I'll go to the gym."
Mark & Kevin used to try to beat their Grandpa Roy in what activity?
1) Leg wrestling
2) Arm wrestling
3) Staring contest
4) Hand shake grip
Hand shake grip -- Roy had an extraordinarily strong hand grip. The boys could never beat him.