It's Not About Me

How Do We Accumulate So Much Stuff? Sadly, we inherit it from our families when they pass on. While we are happy to get these treasures, we obviously are not happy about the circumstances. My brother, Ken, and I are lucky in that we are like 7 th generation family members living in Hardeman County, so the “stuff” often gets handed down from one generation to the next. Here is how some of our major items got split up between Ken and I. We flipped a coin…he won the coin toss and got the Civil War pistol ; from there, we simply each took turns selecting the next item we wanted for ourselves and/or our families:

Disposition of Furnishings as agreed to by Woody and Ken Savage…

# Item # Ken Woody Description Initial Selection of Items 1 195 X Civil War Pistol 2 247 X

Mother’s Walnut Shell Carved Bed

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

214 126

X

Daddy’s Walnut Bed

X

Walnut Corner Cupboard

23

X

Glass Front Bookcase — Giles Monroe Mahogany Card Table in Dining Room Bookcase/Table in Living Room Sewing Cabinet in Living Room Blanket Chest in Mother’s room Pair Bedside Tables in Mother’s room

127

X

51 62

X

X

253 245

X

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41

X

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X

Living Room Rug

219 209

X

Cherry High Boy Chest in Dad’s room

X

Maple 3 Drawer chest in Hall

25 55 41 44

X

Upholstered Fiddle Back Chairs in Living Room Walnut Tear Drop Table in Living Room

X

X

Tall Swirl Vases from Dining Room Mirror over the Mantel in Living Room

X

244 122 114

X

Blue Ring Jar in Mother’s room

X

Oak Bookcase in the Den

X

Brass Samnovar

95

X

Tiffany style table lamp…stain glass Dressing Table … Mother’s Room D ressing Table … Guest room

260

X

5

X

104

X

Wing Chair--Den

91 96 60 61 92 50 59 89 88

X

Red Lamp — Living room Wardrobe in Guest room

X

X

Hanging Glass Painted Lamp…Front of living room Metal Base Hanging Lamp…back of living room

X

109

X

Sugar bucket

X

Cranberry Lusters (Living room mantel)

X

Mirror over sewing cabinet

X

Large Copper Tray (Coffee table top)

X

Ivory Elephant Letter opener

X

Pair Wooden elephants

145 112

X

Wooden churn

X

Stone Seal bookends

38

X

Fireset

111 226 146

X

Brass Temple Dog

X

Light wood dough tray

X

Two handle dough tray (light color)

35

X

Coal Hod from Living room

106