Janet Thompson-Hovis
April 8, 1925 - November 9, 2021
Social, Intelligent, Explorer, European Guest
- Pop Culture in 1925 -
Jazz Age
- Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington made first recordings
- "innovative, fun, and carefree"
- "people could dance to it"
Flapper Fashion
- "looser and lighter"
- Skirts to knee length & waistlines down to hips
Movies
- Tales of youth and sexual freedom
- The Phantom of the Opera opened in movie theaters
- Ben-Hur grossed $10,738,000 worldwide
Radio
- A popular new device
- In 40% of homes by 1930
Other
- The Charleston
- The Great Gatsby
- "Dinah" & "Sweet Georgia Brown" hit songs
Janet was a socialite wherever she traveled. The better majority of her life, at least in my lifetime, was spent in Southern California and Kauai, Hawaii. She did travel mainly abroad. She was close to the iconic fashion designer, Hubert de Givenchy and was a welcomed guest in his French mansion. They held a lasting bond built with friendship love. They were meant to be in each other's lives.
Janet was meant to be in mine. Janet was my Grammy. She married into Hovis. I was born into Hovis. The Hovis family fractured frequently but at the end of the day there had to be some positive light that kept us together.
She passed away in her bed, in her home, surrounded by loved ones. For so long I was angry because my grandma passed away alone in a lonely nursing home. Yet, the privilege Grammy knew through the whole of her life was comforting when her heart beat one last time and she took in one last breath.
Of our many opinionated differences, I still love you Grammy. You loved. You cared. We talked. We laughed.
I will always be your love duck.
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