'Good Morning, Miss Devine': Cousins Remember Their Sunday School Teacher

Cousins Cherie Johnson and James Ransom recorded their StoryCorps conversation in Sarasota, Fla.

Cousins Cherie Johnson and James Ransom recorded their StoryCorps conversation in Sarasota, Fla. Photo by NPR - Courtesy of StoryCorps

Cousins James Ransom and Cherie Johnson spent much of their childhood at their grandparents' house in Bradenton, Fla.

At StoryCorps, they remember Lizzy Devine, the neighbor and Sunday school teacher who taught and took care of two generations of the family.

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Corrected :

In a previous version of this story, Lizzy Devine's last name was misspelled as Divine.