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hello my name is
Posted inEssays Archive

It’s my name, and I’m keepin’ it

by Jessie Cunningham August 21, 2012December 29, 2017

I was born Jessie Mary Ray, named for my father. I married and became Jessie Mary Hawkins. Went to work, and my new employer renamed me Jessie Ray Hawkins. I divorced and remarried, becoming Jessie Cunningham. After explaining that I was the mother of the Hawkins children at school one time too many, I became […]

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