Image:James Lawson Rasberry.jpg

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Date
20 Nov 1931
Place
Chickasha, Grady, Oklahoma, United States
People
James Lawson Rasberry1851 - 1951
Copyright holder
Azalia McGranahan Thomas

On the 14th day of February 1996 Azalia McGranahan Thomas sent this photo along with information to Pat Hogue, along with the following description written by her. "This is a picture of my Grandpa Lawson (as he was called) taken on his 80th birthday atop his beloved mare, Daisy Bill. He continued to ride Daisy Bill for a couple of years, but while riding one day turned her directly in front of a car (going slowly, thankfully) -- he was quite deaf and not always aware of the necessity to check things visually since he couldn't hear. The horse got a cut, but was not seriously hurt. Grandpa got a couple of broken ribs and my mother caught him a day or two later having our housekeeper hold the reins while he climbed on top of our cement-topped storm celler and prepared to mount Daisy Bill from that perch. My mother had a fit and forbade him to ride anymore. As I remember, I was quite small and wasn't there for the actual clash of wills, there was a very spirited arguement. I wouldn't put it past my mother to employing a little emotional blackmail since my grandmother was already confined to bed from the illness that took her life several months later. At any rate, my mother prevailed and Grandpa very reluctantly sold Daisy Bill. She had one colt after I was old enough to remember but he had already sold Rounder, her colt. I feel for him now, he did love horses so -- I haven't been around horses that much, but I have loved dogs and one special cat so much that I can be empathetic at what he must have felt at having give up riding and having his mare."

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