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The Peaches Feud on Keltertown Road By Phillip Coffey "Come on boys let's go get some peaches." What a profound statement Grandfather Cassius "Cash" Coffey had made to Danny Coffey and myself. We were first cousins at pre-school ages. Danny and I knew nothing of what might follow. The three of us loaded up Granddaddy Coffey's old Plymouth "Primmer" and off we took to pick some 'golf sized' white peaches. We proceeded to travel the mile or so of primarily dirt and some gravel road to pick the succulent fruit. The Peach Trees were located along the Keltnertown Road near Great-Uncle Benny B. Coffey's house. Uncle 'Ben' was a senior Brother to Cassius by about 17 months. Grandfather 'Cash' and we boys began picking the worm-filled peaches. Each Peach tree had its own family of worms. No doubt all the worms in the Peach tree were kin just like everybody else on the Ridge. Granddaddy Coffey had been crippled since young Adulthood. He had been wounded by a 'blow' from an ax to his left knee. He walked with a cane. Suddenly we were stopped from picking the fruit by Uncle Ben exclaiming, "Cash, you are stealing my peaches." The picking ceased. Two aging Brothers standing in a dirt/graveled road in a 'shoot 'em down stance' of the ole West. Thankfully neither had sidearms. Grandfather Coffey standing to the north of his Brother in a 'Mexican standoff'. Flashing across my pre-school mind was the thought, "These two old Brothers are going to tangle. My Grandfather steading himself with a cane and Uncle Ben doing well to stand erect himself. Granddaddy Coffey apologized profusely for 'stealing his peaches'. Everything was settled in a few minutes. 'Cash', Danny and I sped off to the north and then westward to Keltnertown. Confident we were exceeding 20 miles an hour turning over gravel in our pathway. We were not retreating, Grandma Coffey had been preparing the second meal of the day - dinner. By the end of the working day at Sundown the "The Peaches Feud" had been settled between the two aging Brothers. They had seen and experienced too much for mortal men in their lifetime. Both Cash and Ben had been hanging tough since their births in the early 1880s. Each had witnessed 'enough'. Uncle Ben had been the witness to his younger Brother 'Cash' wedding to Ina River Coomer. Uncle Ben was placed in his final resting place in August 1967, his brother Cassius followed his Brother to the same cemetery March 1972. Tragically Danny passed May 27, 1977. They were three good people. Only I remain to tell the story of "The Peaches Feud". This story was posted on 2022-07-14 08:24:18
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