Carving a Life in the Desert:
woodcarver Maisie Lee
By Carolyn Brown Zniewski
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St. Mary’s C atholic Mission, Marathon. Photo courtesy Danielle G allo
rt is a joy of life. We are cele-
brating our own Centigenerian
here in Big Bend, Wood Carver
Cenizo
Maisie Lee. She is small and quick with
a mop of curly white hair. Ranch wife,
mother, grandmother, great-grand-
Fourth Quarter 2017
mother and resilient West Texan,
Maisie learned to turn her hand at
whatever came her way. Born Violet
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