In 1906, Edna Lilly, our sweet grandmother, was born in a small town in rural West Virginia. Daughter to a coal miner, life was harsh In those days. Her mother passed away during childbirth, so everything our grandmother Edna came to know, she learned from the woman that raised her, including how to sew. Sewing was practically essential for survival in those days and not having much, meant being resourceful with the materials you had available.
To escape the hardships of her childhood and for the sake of young love, at the early age of 15, Edna married our grandfather Frank, a young and handsome hard working coal miner from Logan, West Virginia.
