The Girl With The Flaxen Hair
The story of a friend of mine now in retirement.
Twice widowed Delores Ward Napier Leslie after a long and successful career in television and radio now lives at PineGate Senior Home in Macon, Georgia.
Her professional name is Del Ward. Everyone in Central Georgia over 40 years of age knows her from her long public career.
If she goes out on the town, people often greet Del using her radio and television sign-off phrase “Trody Trow”, then tell their connection to her. She always responds graciously to them. But she will never tell what her sign-off phrase means.
During our recent lock-down during the Covid-19 crisis, Del, like every woman in PineGate, is affected because the Beauty Salon is closed down, so they must wash and set their own hair.
For those ladies who usually wear wigs over their natural hair have parked their carpets during this period. Dels’ hair is natural, not a wig, but it is Red.
Red hair was her natural color, but as she grew older, something perplexed her. Maybe her hair would turn White like her grandmothers did when she went from Red to Grey.
Del kept hers Red throughout her life until the lock-down came.
