Lela Mae Cheated
My grandpa was probably born on December 3, 1926. No one knows for sure because he changed his birthdate to enlist in the army. There's no official record. Sometimes his birthday is in November and once it was in February. In his lifetime he's been a logger, farmer, and bootlegger. Alcohol was illegal in Walker County Texas until 1971. And even after, it was more profitable to bootleg instead of paying taxes on his business. My town also had the first prison in the State of Texas. Death Row inmates are executed a couple of blocks away from where I went to junior high. There are seven prisons in my town that over 5,000 inmates call home. Growing up, I'd always see the trustees playing baseball in a field. It looked fun and the games would start early in the morning and go until sunset. My grandpa said that he was the owner of a minor league baseball team and he paid the inmates to play for his team. Here's a conversation: Grandpa: You know Lela Mae (my grandmo