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Favorite Things: A chair that rocked four generations

This old rocking chair was unearthed in the Eyre Family cottage in time to rock the fourth of Myrna Lee (Smith) Eyre’s daughters, along with her grands, great grands, and great great grands as they traveled around the country and finally settled in Raleigh for the last 27 years.
This old rocking chair was unearthed in the Eyre Family cottage in time to rock the fourth of Myrna Lee (Smith) Eyre’s daughters, along with her grands, great grands, and great great grands as they traveled around the country and finally settled in Raleigh for the last 27 years.

This old rocking chair was unearthed in the Eyre family cottage in Michigan in time to rock the fourth of our daughters, along with our grands, great-grands, and great-great-grands as we traveled around the country and finally settled in Raleigh the last 27 years.

Myrna Lee Smith Eyre, Raleigh

Tell us about something around your house that you can’t live without. Send a smartphone photo (JPEG format) and up to 100 words about why it is your favorite to aweigl@newsobserver.com.

This story was originally published October 21, 2015 at 12:54 PM with the headline "Favorite Things: A chair that rocked four generations."

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