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    Gracefully Design: A Memoir
    Gracefully Design: A Memoir
    Gracefully Design: A Memoir
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    Gracefully Design: A Memoir

    By Jamie Gates

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    Gracefully Design is a book of hope. It outlines the lifes journey of a very shy, quiet girl who shows that God is always with her through good times and bad. The author shows that her main source of inspiration in life comes directly only from the Lord; this book would not be possible without the Lords divine grace, mercy, and favor which she is grateful and humbled to be gracefully designed.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTrafford Publishing
    Release dateFeb 28, 2014
    ISBN9781490724638
    Gracefully Design: A Memoir
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    Jamie Gates

    Jamie Gates loves reading romance novels and inspirational African-American books. She lives in Carthage, Texas and has a daugher named Raven. This is the first book she has ever written and she hopes you’ll find it an inspiration to your own lives.

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      Gracefully Design - Jamie Gates

      © Copyright 2014 Jamie Gates.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written prior permission of the author.

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      : 978-1-4907-2464-5 (sc)

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      : 978-1-4907-2463-8 (e)

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      H ow do you define gracefully design? Some people have their own definition of grace and of design. I will define the two terms by the dictionary. What I have found in Webster’s New World Dictionary including Student Handbook of the words gracefully and d esign?

      The defection of gracefully is based on the noun grace. Gracefully grace` ful-ly adverb—grace.ful (-f’ l) adjective having grace (sense1). The word grace means Grace, (gras) noun < Old French< Latin gratia, pleasing quality 1. beauty or charm of form, movement, or expression 2. an attractive quality, feature, manner, etc. 3. (a) A sense of what is right and proper; decency (b) thoughtfulness toward others. Design de.sign (dizin/) [

      My story begins I was a very shy quiet girl; basically, the middle (baby girl) child of three children of Jesse Bobby and Janquiet Jackie Ruth Fields Gates. My eldest sister’s name is Jan Carita Gates and my youngest brother’s name is Jason Phillip Gates.

      Within my family, my dear friends and my cousins call me, Jam Jam, Jamie Lou, Jamie Sue, Jamie Lynn, Jamie Frances, Jamie Re, Boo-Boo, Baby Girl, Sunshine, Cutie, Sweetie, Sweetheart, Pookie, and/or just plain old ‘J’.

      My parental grandparents are Herman Train and Jessie B. (Edmond) Gates. Herman’s parents were Jack and Pearlie King Gates. Jessie’s parents were John Edmond and Martha Mae Winn. I assumed searching at Ancestry.com. The U.S. Federal Census in 1940 placed my great-grandfather (my parental grandmother’s father) Jesse Edmond was a yardman, which in today’s society, we would called either a gardener or a landscaper. He worked fourty hours a week in a private home industry. He rented a house, the highest level of education: 6th Grade, Elementary School.

      Out of my parental grandparents’ union were blessed with four sons:

      (1) John Gates

      (2) Robert Gates

      (3) David Gates

      (4) Jesse Gates.

      My maternal grandparents are Belva and Frances Lenora (Hadley) Fields. Belva Fields’ parents are named Harry (Peg ram) and Lucie Wallace (Brooks) Fields. Belva Fields was the baby boy of this blessed union. Harry’s siblings were named Otis, Norman, Bonnie, Olun, Magnolia, and Melvin Fields.

      But, Lucie Wallace (Brooks) Fields was married first to either Ray or Ralph Brooks and yet, three children were born M.T. Brooks, Texana Brooks Wallace, and Katie Brooks Roquemore. Lucie had ten siblings named Elias Wallace, Fredrick (Fed) Wallace, William (Bill) Wallace, Johnson Wallace, Sam Wallace, Leona Wallace, Sarah Wallace Guinn, Elmita Wallace Walls, Catherine Wallace Walls, and Anne Wallace Fields. Lucie was the baby girl of the Wallace clan.

      Frances Lenora Hadley’s story was part of a truly awesome Hadley Family History

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