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"Wheelin' And Dealin' With Grandma Mart"
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It was a chilly day in December with a hint of drizzle as we made the short drive from Clemson, South Carolina, to my mother's nearby home in Pendleton.
We had made the trip north from Florida, first to see our new great nephew, Grayson. We spent two days spoiling him!
It was then our plan to visit my mother, Grandma Mart, to help her purchase a newer car. She lives in the family home alone since the death of my father in April of 1995.
Her 1994 Lincoln Marx VIII, though only acquiring 37,000 miles in its sixteen years, had been giving a great deal of trouble and would no longer crank properly. Mechanics were certain it was an electrical problem but had been unable to find the issue, though they had tried many times. At the age of eighty, with the loss of her car, my mother had also lost her independence. She had called me several weeks before upset about her car. At that time, I promised to drive up and help.
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