I'mhFrame 6:06 you can see Nettie's husand helping her down the steps of her porch. Nettie, also known as "Mama" was Gwen's grandmother. She was also a highly gifted mystic. She told Gwen that "daughter will fall backwards off of a horse and  will break one arm. a long time will pass and she will be in an accident on railroad tracks. She will forget everything for a long spell but will come back ok."

These predictions were made about 1955 and all came to pass as described. Joey said he would see Mama in a field of lilies with her hands clasped and eyes closed. When he tried to walk out there Rosy, Mama's hired hand, would stop him, pick him up in her arms and say: "Brad, don't disturb Mrs. Pierce when she is out there." One day Mama took Brad to the fence and told him she would teach him how to call birds. Brad saw Mama call birds to the fence by "thinking about it."  At the time, as a small child, he thought is was fun magic. He tried to do it but failed. Mama told him to keep workin on it and to remember what he had seen. Discussions about Mama and her uncanny predictions and abilities with his mother on December 25th 2012 reinforced his belief about the significance of what he had seen in late 1950's.  Gwen told Joey that Mama did not go into a trance or anything of the sort: she would just tell her these things in casual conversations on the porch swing when they were drinking ice tea and eating friend cornbread. Gwen had strong reservations and misgivings about these conversations but as years passed and these events began to unfold she could see their significance. Gwen told Joey that she would pass before Phil and explained Mama's prediction to him and told him he "would inherit" these abilities at a much older age.. Gwen did not discuss this with anyone else. Mama was a very humble, sweet and loving woman. Everyone loved her gentle ways. mGo a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. I’m a great place for you to tell a story and let your users know a little more about you.