Susan WoodallLondon Pettibone

About My Grandmother…

• Betsy “Susan” Woodall• My grandmother• Born on August 8th, 1939 in Weldon, North

Carolina

Courage

• Wanted to learn how to speak French, so she moved to France alone and went to college in France

• Learned to speak it so fluently her American accent wasn’t heard

Family Activities

• Liked to work with her family

• Went down to the beach every summer

• Ran a hotel every summer– One summer, they had to

renovate it together– It was the “best summer

ever”

Travel Experiences

• Went to Cancun, Mexico– Ate nothing but banana

and mayo sandwiches for a week

• Food and water were so dirty!

• Traveled to Europe with her mother and three children for the entire summer

Contests

• Got second place in the Miss North Carolina contest

• the girl who beat her went on to be Miss USA

• In 1961, she became Miss North Carolina

Grandma’s 3rd Grade

• Rural town which means it’s in the country

• Was in third grade before the end of segregation

• Went to a one room school house

• Before schools were centralized

My Thoughts…

• I had a lot of fun learning about her, she’s definitely a role model for me

• I was surprised to learn that she changed her name

• I was happy to learn that she had a lot of fun with her kids

• We both are going or have been to Paris!!