I enjoyed Kevin McKinley's column on Grubbs cafe. Grubbs cafe was owned by the woman I knew in my childhood as Aunt Hattie. She was not related to us. My mother had worked for her from her teen years and remained close throughout Mrs. Grubbs' life.
Momma grew up in the Oak Grove community of Monroe County, Alabama. In her late teens she was in NYA camp in the Atmore area. A group of the girls were walking through Atmore when Mamma spotted a sign in the window of a cafe saying “Help Wanted.” She told her friends, “I'm going to go in and ask for a job.” She went in. “We saw that sign that said,...