LAURA TURNER DREW
1905 |
FATHER: John Steven Drew Born: January 25, 1874 Married: Henry Bradham Croft Died: December 23, 1961 |
Her Children Frances Seay Croft Clemmie Madelyn Croft Drew Henry Croft Wade Hampton Croft |
Born 13 Jul 1896 26 Sep 1898 2 Aug 1906 24 Nov 1914 |
Died 4 Jan 1979 26 Apr 1982 17 Oct 1992 31 May 1992 |
Laura grew up with the hardships of living on a farm in the pioneer days of Florida and was very independent. She was a good mother, an excellent cook and seamstress. She was also a nurse, which provided her keep after the early death of her husband, Henry Croft. She was a devout Christian lady, a regular member of the First Baptist Church of Dade City. She loved to go fishing, but never on Sunday. She gave up the farm after Henry's death and bought a house in town where she took in boarders to add to the family income. When she reached the age when it was no longer possible to work, her son, Drew Croft, built a small house for her next door to his on his farm southeast of Dade City. Her front porch faced a nice lake with a dock from which she could fish conveniently. She regularly brought in a mess of largemouth bass, which she called "trout."
Laura died at her home on 23 December 1961 at the age of 87. She is buried next to her husband in the Dade City Cemetery in Pasco County, Florida.