Jennie Louise Hawkins was a child of Plato Commodore and Nancy Leota McDaniel Hawkins. She was born on Oct. 12, 1907, and died at age 94 in 2002. She is buried in Cool Springs Cemetery in Rutherfordton.

Jennie married Charles Harold Metcalfe. In the introduction you'll learn more about Jennie and her method of writing about her life in Cliffside.

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