Dad was a sharecropper, and naturally, this was our family of four’s income. We did not have running water, bathrooms or even electric lights. Book Antone of Zebulon operated an appliance store. He told my dad he would wire the house for electrical if my dad would buy my mom an electric stove from him. Of course my mom was overjoyed to be able to bake biscuits (so good) in an electric stove. As my brother became a teenager, he got a bicycle with baskets on it. He worked after school for Ronald Phillips’ grocery store, delivering groceries to help with our income.

My dad died in 1994 and mom in 1990. My brother and I now share many of our memories as we age together.

Twinkle Cole, Zebulon, a member of Wake Electric