Lives Between the Dimensions

  For Pam, Dan, and Mike Foreword My Aunt Marie, sister to my mother Iva Delores (Dee) Wilson Ragan, was born July 11, 1916 to Clarence Madison Wilson and Bessie Edith Moore Wilson in the now ghost town of Ojibway in Wayne County, Missouri.  More correctly, she was born in what was known as the Moore Community.  Her formative years were not easy.  She was born with polio and endured a number of operations at Shriner's Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, a condition that left her with a slight limp in her adult years, but in no way detracted from her attractiveness as she reached adulthood.  She was a pretty woman, and her disease and pain did not define her. Her voice was deep and raspy, her demeanor always pleasant when I was around, in spite of trials and tribulations in her personal life.  She was warm, deeply religious and always proud of her children and extended family.  My mother used to drive frequently from our home in Paducah, Kentucky to visit her in Sikeston, Misso