My cousin Eddie's 60th Birthday (February 5, 1966)
My cousin Eddie turns 60 years old today. This blog post is my way of sending birthday greetings. I'll start with a few things that I remember about him when we were growing up. Most of the time that we spent together was at our grandparents' (Atlas and Veda Freeman) house on Burton Street in High Point, NC. Eddie is my first cousin. My mother, Loretta, was Eddie's mother's, Norine, younger sister. I am around a year and a half older than Eddie. I am the youngest Freeman granddaughter, and he is the youngest grandson. Eddie was a huge NASCAR fan growing up. As far as I am aware, he still is now. The driver I heard the most about from him was Bobby Allison. He had a collection of NSACAR Matchbox cars. He was also a Miami Dolphins fanatic. His favorite cookie was vanilla (Nilla) wafers. He loved a song called "Joy to the World". He loved WWII history, even taking German in high school because of his historical interest. At least that's what he told me. ...