Mary Jean Clarke Wilmore, tells the story of her family as they grew up together. Life is not easy, Life is short, Life is a story waiting to be written for the next generation to read about. So they will know how it was in our times. Mary Jean worked as Offi ce Manager for Levi Strauss & Co., in Warsaw, Virginia for 38 years. She has a son, a daughter, and a son in law. After forty-six years of marriage, she became a widow in 2008. Her family is number one on her list. She likes to quilt, read, work outside in her garden, and loves to can and freeze her vegetables. She was a farmer’s wife and still lives on the farm in Lancaster, Virginia.