JENNIE RITCHIE FARLEY GIBSON Written by MADELEINE MARRIOTT HARROP (Jennie's Niece) As a niece of Jennie, I, Madeleine Marriott Harrop, remember her as a very gracious and beautiful person always particular and neat about her wearing apparel. She was always hospitable to her relatives and friends. She was a avid reader of the scriptures and other books pertaining to the LDS religion. She was extremely well informed in various phases of the Gospel. She exemplified to me faith, courage, and determination plus a strong testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Jennie was quick to respond to the needs of her sisters and brother in their times of stress. There was a deep love and respect among these family members for each other. They were so refined in their talk and actions. Each of them benefited from a good sense of humor and they enjoyed the comical things that happened. They were truly beautiful examples to me. My sister Ida Marriott Kyle has recalled many times about a beautiful dress that Aunt Jennie had made for her that Ida planned to wear to her graduation from high school. She can still describe in detail the material, pattern and color. It had a beautiful light gray jacket to complete the ensemble. Ida said that she wished she had that dress to this day. (It always amazed me how these sisters, living and growing up on a farm in West Weber, became such excellent seamstresses and did beautiful hand work.) After Grandmother Farley died, Aunt Jennie and Dora lived with grandfather to care for him. One day she had invited me to Sunday dinner. As a child I was finicky about my eating. I never ate creamed carrots. At this meal Aunt Jennie served creamed carrots along with other items. I did not want to hurt her feelings, and so I ate the creamed carrots. Carrots soon became one of my favorite foods. When visiting Aunt Jennie in California, she introduced us to two treatstoast with avocado sliced on top with a little salt added, and watermelon with buttered toast. These have been favorites for me all my life. Aunt Jennie was very fond of bread and often would be found with a piece of bread in hand. She knew President David 0. McKay when they were active in the same stake, the Ogden Stake. At a later date, about 1949, I took Aunt Jennie to see President George Albert Smith. She wished to be re-sealed to her husband, George W. Gibson. At that time, she had not brought her Temple Recommend. Never-the-less he made all the arrangements that afternoon so the Temple work could be done, and I was a witness to the sealing. I think one of her outstanding accomplishments was the many, many years spent in doing genealogical research work on the Farley line. Her daughter, June, was also heavily involved in research. Together they did the Temple work for many of whose names they had researched.