Arlin Hodge most likely my mom's best love, Arlin and my mom were together for many,many years they shared a lot of interest such as camping, fishing & traveling.
In this picture Mitch's wedding day shared with Arlin on the right .

Dorothy, Gene & Mom .
friends for their entire lives.
The three of them are once again together and watching over us all .
We love and miss you guys !

Mom had two grandaughters  first born April and then Holly she loved them both fiercely.
As she got older & April was not so close she and Holly developed the very special bond that they always had and continue to have .
There was nothing they would not do for each other .
When Holly was a baby and I could not calm her her grandmother always could,
Holly always wanted to be with gram .

 Mom,Jill & Dorothy

And last born was Tyler Nicholas Stevenson  09/13/2007,he spent a lot of his time in great grandmas room . He always said he was cleaning her room and he would charge her a dollar and when she said she did not have a dollar he would say thats o.k.
They had a very close and special relationship . Tyler talks to and about her everyday ! He loves and misses his great grandma very much .

Marlyn Joan Bryant had one child JoAnne Lee & two grandaughters April Billman & Holly Stevenson

Riley Johann Demas, moms fourth born great grandchild
Her first little princess,
Mom was so excited to have a beautiful little girl in the family :)

Sean Grayson Stevenson, Moms third born great grandchild ,
Mom was so happy for her third great grandson ,
She cared for him as a baby and grew very attached to him .

Dakota Dale Fochs, moms second born great grandchild,
She was so happy for another great grandson she loved him so ....
Mom & Dakota

Joseph Robert Fochs , moms first born great grandchild .
She was so excited by him and loved him dearly. Mom , Joseph & Auntie Holly .

Hilda M. Dears
Wife of PFC John Crawford
USA
March 9,1903 - August 11, 1952



John Crawford
Maryland
Private First Class
166 INF 42nd Division
                                               February 27, 1892 - August 30, 1944

Mom & Jill 
 Best friends they both had twin brothers and they had the same birthdate. Jill named her daughter Annette Marlyn after my mom Marlyn. My mom hated the name Marlyn she said her mom named her after a fish and her whole life people always misspelled and  mispronounced her name. 
Mom would always get angry when people called her Marilyn .

1963 Mom & me at the Museum of Science & Industry

 Aunt Ella's house Baltimore, Maryland 1955

In 1957 they had a child and named her JoAnnie Bryant ( nick name June Bug )
Joan for my mom and Annie for my dad's mom .

It was 1955 when my mom met my dad Dan Edward Bryant
She was only 18 he was 33 . They had a on again off again relationship for many years .

Mom & her brother Charles Crawford

Mom & her twin brother Donald J. Crawford

Mom, Her Brother George Crawford & sister- in-law Helen Crawford

Mom & her sister Clara Lamke

Hilda & John Crawford had six children :

Ella Evelyn Hughes = Passed January 16,1988

Clara M. Lamke = Passed September 17, 1989

George H. Crawford = Passed December 16, 1989

Donald J. Crawford ( Twin ) = Passed March 02,1991

Charles Crawford = Passed

Marlyn Joan Bryant = ( Twin ) =  Passed October 19 , 2011

Marlyn "Joan"Crawford  and her twin brother Donald Crawford.
Born on June 24, 1937 in Baltimore, Maryland to Hilda Dears 35 years old  & John Crawford 45 years old.