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I love my Grandma. She’s quite a character. I was just talking with a friend this morning about names, and I thought I should share my Grandma’s name story here, just for posterity.

My Grandma was born Theba LaVida Stevens. She grew up being Theba. I am not certain how much she disliked the name as a child or as a teenager, but once she was married, and had already changed her last name, she decided she was unhappy with her full name. She no longer wanted to be Theba LaVida Campbell.

So, she filed to officially change her name. Went through all the official process, so that not only her friends, but the government and all official relationships with society would know her, and call her by her newly chosen, and preferred name.

She probably didn’t think too hard about her name change. It was probably an obvious choice. Perhaps she had thought about it for a while, but finally made the effort to make it official.

My grandma’s new, and current official, legal name is:

LaVida Theba Campbell.

🙂