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07.06.2025 10:41
Mama would wander around at nights and she was happy to see them in bed, fanning themselves to sleep. The tempers subsided, and even the guards at their posts were fanning themselves, even though they had electric fans, it was just blowing hot air!
The Warden’s Pastor and his wife stopped in for a brief visit, with the unexpected surprise of Mama being there. He learned that this was the very woman that saved the Warden’s life and the same woman that the Hospital called for. He then said “do not take her to the bus tomorrow, let me see what we can do and she would be off to a far better start”.
The Warden was fine, he had a bloody nose but Mama told him “He was going to her office” (Yeah she has a Nurse office.) And he refused, and immediately she threw Oil/Oilman to the ground (so he learned she has a very powerful hand grip on ears) which she told him he was gonna stand there and not move a muscle! He obeyed her!
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Then the town changed, experiencing explosive population boom. She decided to go south to Florida, since that’s where everyone she knew took off to. She had never been in Florida, always been in Mississippi, before heading off to Georgia.
Of course, he told me that Mama Boss gave his Manager a “ear-whoopin!” (As he said, when she speaks, the world listens)! He was present when Mama Boss chewed her out! He couldn’t help but laugh! His friends had told him “She” should be running his properties!
Mama didn’t waste no time, she came running, pushing everyone out of the way and was in the Warden’s Office in a flash. She was barking orders. Because of her quick actions, she actually saved his life (he had a brain bleed). They had a farmer (sheriff’s son - who had a 4 seat plane) to fly him to the other air park nearby the hospital, because they could get there faster and not lose any more time.
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Until the Warden and his wife were next, and the Warden’s wife called for full attention, she let Mama know how everyone was forever grateful for her. In spite of the circumstances she had to go through which was uncalled for. Her actions were justified but the court system was not! Today, you are a free woman, Mama!
She said to the inmate, how about if I had the girls (in church) bake the sheet cake and bring it over here and you decorate it? What kind of icing? Colors? (The prison population back then was 168 inmates, it wasn’t a very big prison. It was a high security.) The Inmate really wanted to make it all himself just for Mama, he agreed.
He went on to tell me, Mama cried! No one had ever seen Mama cry. One by one, every inmate had given Mama a hug, gave her a few words or so! A couple of them requested her to pray for them. Once all the inmates had given Mama a hug, the guards came, then it worked its way up to the top!
She went there, wound up being the Big Southern Baptist Church’s Pastor’s secretary. Well beloved by everyone, in the town and church. She married the Deacon’s son (who lost his first wife) and raised their 3 kids which he died shortly after their short marriage life (he wasn’t sure, he thinks they were married for 5 years or less) and once the kids were off on their own to College with scholarships. She retired.
When she arrived to the office, the guards brought the inmate, they used the conference room and the inmate requested for the other guy to be brought in. The other guy requested for powdered sugar and cornstarch so he could thicken the icing, a couple of bowls and a whisk. Request was accepted.
In the Warden’s Office, she (who has no medical training at all) examined him, the “white nurses” said he was going to have a shiner. Mama on the other hand, saw serious trouble! He needed to go to the Hospital as soon as possible, it was an emergency!
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She spent 22 years of the 45 year sentence for “assaulting a minor”! Really? That was seriously backwards, she should had literally maimed that perv! The “White People Court” would not accept her “Witness or testimony” because “Black people were liars”!
Since she really didn’t own much stuff, decided to sell it all and kept 5 big suitcases of what she needed and wanted to keep, plus her late husband’s brief case which she kept her important papers. She decided to drive down to Florida and take her own good time.
The ONLY reason why she did not serve the full prison term (which was in the norm for all Black People back then (you’re talking about the late 50s’ to early 60s’), was she was transferred to the Male Prison as the “Washer Woman” who took care of the Guards and Warden’s clothing plus anything else they gave her. She had her own little cell, meals were delivered to her. When a male inmate was very sick or injured, who was black, she was assigned to take care and oversee the inmate in the Ward Cell for “Blacks”.
The very next morning, since the beautiful thunderstorm rolled in and the winds were very nice, everyone literally overslept were rudely awaken by the 5 alarm fire bells. They all rushed out to the field. And Mama, who’s cell was in the very back often was the last to arrive, she never rushed, she took her own good time, so as usual, everyone knew she would always arrive last.
MAMA BOSS: “Iffin you be’a’let’n dat SOB rent, Imma gawran’teeing his’a’gonna be back in orange jump’in suit be’fawr ya know it! He’be’a lyin’ SOB thief! He’be’a’cleanin’ out ya cub-bawrds!” (In a Cajun/Southern Sway.) My friend say he was pretty sure that the entire 20 floors of the commercial building heard her. Her voice was so booming that when she speaks, the world hears her!
He said Mama just stood there and immediately said “Y’all, ain’t mah bawrthday!” When the boys got to the table they told Mama to turn around and she did. Then once the cake was sat down, one of them came to her guiding her backwards slowly. By this time the inmates began to create a circle for better viewing.
She informed him “Short term, 3 months”.
He went on to state, Mama, never knew, she still blows a fit to the fact they hid this behind her back! This was one thing that they actually got away with! Once the last call of the night, the Warden went out to announce a full 5 alarm fire, all bells will be ringing, instructions were given. Everyone on field, rank and file, it would be a timed event! Mama never liked those fire drills or storm drills. She just didn’t like loud noises. The boys were yelling ‘BREAK THE RECORD! BREAK THE RECORD!’
One of the inmates pestered the guard to find out when she was going to be released, because they wanted to throw a party for Mama. The guards said NO, so one was furious and demanded to see the Warden. When the Warden wanted to know why they were so persistent in throwing a party. He wanted to bake a cake, icing and all.
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Then the Head Guard came up with a brilliant idea, went in and talked and ordered the other guards to give a Mama alert because it was a private meeting. They could do an announcement on field before returning back for the night, that they would have an emergency 5 alarm with real alarm fires to time everyone out in the field and give head count. That these 2 guys would go get the folding table, and you 4 get the cake and stand there by the back doorway, until everyone’s on the field and the Warden would call for Mama to stand forward, and when he does, out comes cake! Then the Warden can then allow the last few hours for everyone to say goodbye and eat cake! Then she can receive an applause when she goes!
Then Segregation manifested (it did not apply to the prisoners at that time). The Warden was retiring, a new younger (and obnoxious) was coming in to take his place! As what Mama stated, “He was the meanest warden to live! He ruled with a rod of iron.”
Sure enough to Mama Boss, it wasn’t even 72 hours when this guy was arrested! They acquired a warrant to search his apartment. Mama Boss was right there in the midst of them, heck, even the COPS knows who Mama Boss and you better do what she says!
The goodbyes were very hard! Mama said that even the meanest of them all had tears streaming down their face! It took a solid three and some hours to say goodbye! Especially to an all male prison! Then the Sheriff deputy arrived to escort her out, but the Warden’s wife told him “She was coming home with me.”
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For 2 weeks, Mama wouldn’t leave his side, she bathed him, she fed, him, she got him moving, when he could smoke a cigarette and when he couldn’t! She was literally “babying him” until he began to get well, and then she started making him “take his own shower, shave, and do this, do that.” The Hospital personnel loved her!
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They also found the money stolen from around the corner (Small Specialty/Convenience store) that was just reported broken in sometime during the night on the same day that guy moved in) which that store reported the theft! They knew exactly who’s it was because of what was in the bank bag, checks made out to xxxx (store), receipts, in addition to wads of cash!
The entire 2nd bedroom was filled with stuff stolen from people’s apartments, cars, trucks that were living there (it was operating at 100%, all 231 rooms were rented out). His Manager recognized the stuff that was coming out of the room, and folks from the apartment would say “Oh that’s xxxx’s!” “this one’s xxxx’s” and “that one’s mine!”
For someone who never finished school, after that fellow was arrested and hauled off, one Teacher who lived there, encouraged her to “graduate”. She finally got her GED at the age of 83! Four days later, she passed away peacefully.
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Then on the day of discharge, Mama made it clear he be’a’goi’n home and rest’n for 2 weeks! Mama made it very clear if he showed up back on the grounds she will run him out of his office! By this time Oil/Oilman was relocated to another prison.
The guard and Mama with a Police and Sheriff Escorts back to the prison, she didn’t even need to be handcuffed. Heck they stopped at several places, and one Deputy noticed Mama needed new shoes, and they stopped at a shoe store so she could get a new pair of tennis shoes. The Deputy knew what Mama did, and she deserved a pair of new shoes!
She was barely back in her cell, the inmates noticed she was “pretty fuming mad” and kept saying “Dat boy need’n be’inna Haws’spittal” They could tell she was very concerned, so they began to protest “Hospital! Warden in Hospital! Hospital!”
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Because of this guy’s reputation, from what she told him “He towered over the warden who himself stood 6′3.” This guy had a very nasty reputation and the young Warden wasn’t going to have “any of this” on his watch!
The Hospital was alerted and they had their own ambulance crew waiting for their arrival, then they were all whisked to the hospital. Mama would not leave the Warden’s side, the Guard knew she wouldn’t be a threat to anyone and simply told the Hospital personnel that was the “Warden’s servant”!
He promised that he wouldn’t let Mama know of her release date. (Which was 4 days away.)
The next morning, the Baptist Pastor came and picked her up to take her to the Office for a meeting. He had several Pastors that were highly respected that were “her own kind of people” (Black) and he allowed her to speak with both of them to determine where she wanted to go and they would help her get back on her two feet.
She knew everyone, even if you were a hooker, she knew that too, if you were a hard working laborer, she knew that too, if you were a dope head, she knew that, and if you were an alcoholic, she knew this as well. She had the uncanny ability of knowing people, even upon first sight! She had the knack of “deciphering” people and being completely on target.
When I spoke with him, as Why HE didn’t hire her. He choked a bit, you see, she never finished school, was back out working on the farm when she turned 10, picking cotton, she went to prison for beating up a white boy because he was raping the girl (she was a witness, caught him in the act). Because she was 23 years old and black, and the boy who raped the 15 year old girl was white, and the girl he was raping was a migrant (farm) worker!
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Once back at the prison, he told me, the Warden showed up 5 days later and Mama wasn’t having any of it! She threw him out of his own office and made him go home and told all the personnel and guards that if this man shows up, tell him “GO HOME!”
Well, the Main Man didn’t even “hesitate”, and said “If he wants to be killed by Blacks, put him in there!” (He was writing that serial cold Big Gun a death sentence in doing so.) He filled out the paperwork that “inmate number xxxxx assumes all responsibility.” and it was signed. He was immediately transferred there.
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Then she went up to the Warden and chewed him out too! One of the long time guards told his boss (Warden) to let her treat him, and it’s Yes Ma’am or No Ma’am. The warden then said “In MY office.” Then almost immediately Mama barked the orders that everyone goes to their pad! (Cell) And for the boys (Guards) to take him to where he’s supposed to go and she finalized it with “Iffin I’be’a’hearin’ one wurd frawm ya’ mouth I be’a’smack’n in ya face! Ya be’a’liss’n to dem!”
By this time the Warden was out there, two inmates had the folding table set up. Mama walked to her place, while the other 2 guys ran to their spots at full attention.
He told me that the “Mama Boss” (You do what she says or else! You’re history! He loved this precious old soul! Her being American Black put the power in her ump!). After his manager had this person to rent a 2 bedroom apartment. Normally, his property manager does not rent off 2 bedrooms to a single man → It’s usually studio or 1 bedroom only. But that particular apartment (2 BR / 1 BA / Kitchenette).
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She and his Management got a long very well. She still ruled over that complex even though she wasn’t a person of authority anymore.
When all was said and done the Warden came in to see it after his wife pressured him. He was literally shocked! The next day would be Mama’s release (approximately 10 AM). So a couple of inmates were trying to come up with something to get everyone on the field and how to get a folding table set up and bringing out the cake. Yes, everyone in the prison population knew about the “party” except Mama, they kept their mouths zipped. Mama suspected something but they wouldn’t answer!
He said that Mama gave a speech of all of them to behave themselves, and if she finds out they’ve been misbehaving, she will be back here to give them a whooping! She made sure everyone understood, always respect everyone, even if the other person was wrong, doesn’t matter, the God Lord judges all.
The 2nd Pastor, especially his wife, those two hit it off right from the start, over the phone! It was very easy to see where she should go, to Georgia, the location was great for people of her color (Black) and the atmosphere itself was very fitting.
The Warden went down, and he was making it clear, laying down the rules. Mama noticed the “Big Guns” (inmates) were not very “happy” and she could smell “trouble brewing”. The warden ordered him “unshackled” and to stand in line.
Then the Warden collapsed, and it was one guard that said “Call Ambulance” (and the word spread like wildfire) [the problem here is, the Ambulance was like 30–40 miles away, in an old Rambler styled Ambulance] and it would take them at least half hour to 40 minutes to get here and a good two hour to get to the big city hospital.
A well known inmate that was well liked by everyone, was “ordered” to mop the floors upstairs for “inspection” tomorrow. This way he could tell the guys upstairs what the meeting was going to be about tonight before dismissal.
The Warden ordered everyone out in the field in rank and order. This means, Mama had to go out there and she would stand in the middle between the Whites and Blacks. (I did interrupt to ask him “how big and tall was Mama?” And he said “back then, she was eating very good, packed a lot of pounds so she was about 200 pound, but she stands 6 foot even.”) Well, the Transport Guards took this huge guy out, he was fully shackled!
They listened to her! She said some of the guards were involved in learning how to make a palmetto fan. It didn’t take long, all the inmates had their own fans and used it! Then the inmates requested for more palmettos, and some of them had as many as 3 or 4. There were palmetto fans everywhere. Some went so far to “engrave” with their name on it!
When the Doctors then said “He can go back tomorrow.” It was rumored that “She will say when HE gets released, he ain’t ready yet!” Mama ruled that hospital too as he said with a chuckle.
On a hot sweltering summer where temps were rising up to upper 90s with the sun beating down like hell-fire. No wind, No rain, No relief. Tempers were flaring, fights were breaking out. Mama was at her wit’s end! She was getting after them like they were her own children! Even sending them off for punishments! Because there were no fans, she knew the palmetto fronds there and knew how to make fans, she asked the Assistant Warden to assign (giving inmate slang names) and for 4 armed guards to go and gather palmetto fronds. Once they were all piled up, she had those inmates to remove the thorns off. She called for everyone the next morning, before the sun rose to the field. She showed everyone how to make your own fan, weaving.
She even stopped and instructed the others (inmates) if they moved a muscle, they were gonna be next!
They do not bake cakes there! The Warden’s wife was there, and she said “If I bring my baking pans and stuff you need, would my husband allow you to bake her a cake?” Her husband said “NO!” So his wife came up with this idea!
Mama wouldn’t leave the office was begging the guards and the Personnel below the Warden to PLEASE GET HIM TO THE HOSPITAL! NOW! They had delayed it for almost 3 hours! Until finally she was asked to leave and go to her place (she pretty much was “free-roamer” that didn’t have much ‘restrictions’). She wouldn’t! Then the Warden’s right hand man said “Mama, if he don’t wanna go, then he don’t go, not your fault! Please!”
He didn’t even argue with her, he went home and didn’t come back for another 2+ weeks, when Mama found out he had complications and was back in the hospital. She went flat out nuts! She demanded to be there in the hospital! This was one time she was stuck there in the prison and the Warden remained in the hospital until two weeks and some days passed, the doctors seemed to notice he did far better with Mama there than he was doing without her there. The Administrator asked for Mama’s return.
You must realize this folks, being a Black person back in those days was rough! If she were White, she would had been released immediately! In fact, the Warden had granted her full privileges, he no longer considered her an “inmate”, she was far more a “caretaker” than a “prisoner”.
That State Prison for men was literally owned and run by Mama! What she said GOES! She didn’t care if you were the Wah’dan (Warden), you listen to her and you listen to her good!
The other inmate then covered Mama’s eyes with his hands and she was turned around. On the count of three the hands were removed and everyone was cheering! There was a huge floral bouquet (made by xxx, an inmate) of flowers and leaves, and written on it was “MAMA IS FREE!” on the top and below said “YES INDEED! on a banner that was being carried by two sculpted blue birds!
The Warden listened! Once the Warden was given a 100% clean bill of health and return back to the prison, the Warden made a request for the “release of xxxxx” (Mama’s real name). The first time it got rejected. It really upset the Warden a lot where he had a meeting with the Governor and Judge!
He added, it was very difficult for her to leave, because she loved and protected them as if they were her own. Like a Chicken to her brood, she would lay her life down to save them!
Mama, she didn’t care what color you were, as she would say “Y’all bleed’n red.” She took care of him, and when the Blacks would taunt him, Mama would cook their rear-ends! She would go so far to make them “be’a’polo’giz’n!” and “mind’yo mann’rs!”
They listened to her, both the whites and blacks. She kept chewing that Oil/Oilman out. When the Guards tried to detain him, she told them all off “SHE AIN’T DONE YET! THEY CAN TAKE HIM WHEN SHE’S DONE WITH HIM!” They stood there, and she made it clear and she expected him to say “Yes ma’am, No ma’am!”
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The Warden’s wife got the girls in church to bake a two layered sheet cake, and moved the cake to a heavy cardboard to transport to the prison, they also made a big batch of white icing and placed it in a heavy plastic bag with ice cubes to keep it cool and fresh. She ‘smuggled in” the cake decorator items so he could “decorate” the cake. She put a small food coloring bottles, Red, Blue, Yellow and Green.
On the other line he had Mama Boss and she heard what the Manager said and then boomed out “Ya’be’missin’ the good Lawd’s wis’um (wisdom). Dat boy ain’t gunna be’a’lastin’ Seven’ta Taw (72) hours! He’be’a pickin’ da ‘hood clean!”
Mama said it was a “beautiful day, the temperatures were cool, the winds were refreshing”, it was well past 10:00 departure time, she was having a hard time ‘leaving’! The warden’s wife then said “she can stay with us overnight and be heading to the bus tomorrow.” They remained out in the field, chattering and talking, two guys went with her (both were white) personally to help pack her belongings into a box, only one guard was present.
Then the Warden, with his wife by his side, proceeded with the instructions for Mama to come forward. She walked forward, and immediately 4 guys were carrying a cake on a plywood board out the door while the 2 guards were holding the door.
Then she arrived to this Mom and Pop Motel, became very sick, and had been stuck there since! The owners took care of her and even moving her from Room 31 to Room 2 so she could be next door to them (They lived in room 1 which also connects to the Office). And when their maid quit, she just took over the maid’s duties. She had been the maid since. They did lease apartment rentals to the “old people” on the ground floor.
Then the Cake knife was handed to her, and she cut the first slice, handed it to the Warden and his wife, and an inmate stepped up to cut the next slice, a big one, and handed it to Mama, and said “Mama, you’ll always be my second Mama, I love you!” then proceeded to cut pieces so everyone would have a cake.
Then the Warden realized they had left something very important out, he had to call the Sheriff to get the DMV Officer at his residency. Mama had no valid ID, the original ID was destroyed, but what was left of the paperwork was just her Social Security Card. Back in those days, they were manually done. the DMV Clerk elected to give her a driver’s license rather than a State ID, because it “looked” better. Then a brand new Driver’s license was made and handed to her alongside with her SSN card, to make the matters worse, she had no wallet! So his wife gave her a wallet, and put some money on top of the $20 that the prisoners get when they are released. She had just less than $100 in cash, that was it.
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The Warden’s wife practically adored her, she respected this woman even though she was “black”. She had more confidence with Mama than the Doctors, she would say “What did Mama say?” If they wouldn’t answer she’d go to her and ask her!
Well, he got a phone call from Mama Boss, and he was literally yelled at! (If you’re yelled by her, you better listen, I don’t care if you owned the entire subdivision, Mama Boss has the upper-deck!)
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The decision to bring back Mama to the hospital was the best decision ever. The Warden’s health improved, and whatever Mama said, goes! After two more weeks in the hospital, Mama knew he would be fine and she barked the orders and instructed his wife to call her if he tries to do anything funny and tries to go back to work before its time!
No one liked him, not even the guards! Then one day, the Warden was down (along with the armed guards), there was a man there that went by the name of “Oil” or “Oilman”. He was transferred to that prison, because he was a problem in another prison. He was in for life (murder).
He found out this guy took the worst end of the property (it was a storage room, but folks who wanted to rent really cheap can rent that crap back there), and he was fully aware that the Manager was having problems getting that particular unit rented out until he came along.
And she gave Mama a hug followed by the Warden, who then handed her the papers! Everyone cheered and then blurted out “SPEECH SPEECH SPEECH!”
That was the biggest mistake right there, once he was unshackled, he went forward about 2 feet and made a sharp “U-Turn” and slugged the Warden in the face, and immediately Mama ran forward and grabbed Oil / Oilman by the ears and chewed him out! She had Oil/Oilman on his knees! All by herself!
He assured that he would talk to the Manager to find out what’s all going on and he would get back with her.
They agreed, and then a Mama alert came! Everyone was still cheering! When Mama came in and demanded to know what all the ruckus was about! One guy lied flat out that “xxxx” a guard had challenged Goobie a thumb war! Tomorrow, out in the field! And more cheers! Mama then scolded them all for being childish and left!
She went to the Warden’s wife to head to their home, and his wife decided to stop at this thrift store to see if she could find any clothes that would fit her, since she was very different than when she originally came in (she gained weight). She got lots of clothes, then they headed home, and she went to take a nice long hot soaking in the bathtub.
Then the big meeting was called, the Governor of (state) and the two Judges were at the meeting with the Warden present. Mama stated they were very “hesitant” in releasing her, but they signed her to freedom, the Judge had determined that her “sentence” was sufficient and did not find her to be a threat. However, the felony charge would forever remain on her head. However, he did not tell her when her release date was, that was “to be determined”.
The Warden’s right hand man permitted her to go with him, and one of the guard (who had military medical background) to go with them. The Sheriff’s took them in the back seat and drove at a high speed to the son’s property who was waiting for their arrival.
When the Big Gun (inmate boss - who was white) wound up in the White Ward Section (aka “Sick bay”) he didn’t like the nurses or the way they were treating him. He knew from the Blacks that Mama (as they called her) treated them well and didn’t put up with Bull-Crap! So the BIG GUN had an unusual request, to be put in the Black Ward under the care of Mama to the Prison Main Man (The Head Warden).
His property manager assured Mama Boss that they will be keeping a close-eye on him!
She insisted on eating the “last dinner” with everyone (which was chicken), and more hugs, more tears. As she would say “this was the day Mama cried and cried and cried.”
NOTE: The Black Inmates didn’t trust him, and they weren’t happy a bit that he was in “their ward”!