Allie Locklear Research Paper

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On the 20th day of August, 1920, in Back Swamp, North Carolina, Miss Mary Bell Locklear gave birth to a healthy baby girl. She named her daughter Allie Mae Locklear. Allie was the first of three children. Danny Oxendine delivered Allie at home. It was uncommon for a Lumbee Indian to deliver a baby at the white only hospital in Lumberton, North Carolina. The delivery had no complications. Allie had a loving mother and grandmother to take care of her at home. Her father was absent from her life. Allie’s mother decided to leave her mother’s home and remarry Angues Locklear. Allie’s grandmother (Darry Locklear) refused to allow Mary Bell take Allie; therefore, Darry reared Allie as one of her own. Allie learned many things from her grandmother.…show more content…
His name was Charlie Oxendine, but his friends called him “Brick Bat Charlie”. Allie enquired on the name, and her friends warned her away from him but Allie found him most intriguing. It was the risk taking and the fearlessness that she admired the most along with his good looks. Allie noticed that over the months that Charlie conveniently showed up as school was getting out. He walked her home, and this made her feel secure. Over the years, she found herself falling in love with him. In the spring of 1939, Allie had the courage to tell her grandmother. Darry was terribly upset because she knew of Charlie and his reputation. She begged Allie not to marry him, but Allie’s heart determined her destiny to marry Charlie. She married Charlie a few months later and left her grandmother’s home for the last time. Allie had no idea that was the last time that she would see her beloved grandmother alive. Darry passed away a month after Allie left her home. Allie has always thought that she broke her grandmother's…show more content…
Allie remembers her grandmother telling her that one day we will be able to see the people talk on the radio. It was not until many years later that Allie bought a television set of her own. She decided that it was time for her to get a public job, and she started to think of people that might hire her. She went to Mr. Brewinton, the principle at Piney Grove School. She talked with him for a short period before realizing a blood relationship. Allie got the job on the spot. Allie was on top of the world. The year was 1971 and she began a new adventure of serving the public as a maid at Piney Grove School. After four years of employment, Allie’s sister Luizer told her of land for sale near her home. Allie made an appoint to meet the owner that was selling the land. It was on a clear Saturday morning, and she had a fresh 100.00 bill in her pocketbook. She met Mr. John Davis that Saturday, and he told her that another man had bought the land just that morning. Allie decided to find the person and ask for a resale for the property. The new owner was Mr. Johnson of Rex, North Carolina. He told Allie that he had no intentions of building on the property and would let her buy the land from him. Allie took that 100.00 dollars out of her purse and made the first purchase of property in her life. This was the momentum that she needed to start the process of buying a new home for her large family.

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