This 98-year-old matriarch finally got to meet her first great-great-great-grandchild in her expansive Kentucky family.
MaeDell Taylor Hawkins held seven-month-old Zhavia Whitaker this past February for the first time. Granddaughter Gracie Snow Howell posted a photo of the moment that has since gone viral. MaeDell has more than 620 grandchildren today between the children of her own daughters and their children’s children.
“We thought this was special because it’s all girls,” Gracie, who appeared alongside MaeDellIn the photo is MaeDell’s daughter Frances Snow, granddaughters Gracie Snow Howell, great-granddaughter Jacqueline Ledford and great-great-granddaughter Jaisline Wilson. Sheryl Blessing, Hawkins’ granddaughter, took the photo.
Bill Taylor, her husband, was often away for work. The two still had 13 children together, according to Gracie, and they all lived without most modern conveniences. The family did not have a washer and a dryer, nor did they have running water.
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