Chapter 9: In Which We Learn Granny's Revered Place in Cold Sassy and How Grandpa Got Rich by Selling Off Her Land

In chapter nine, Will share many important facts about Granny and her marriage with Grandpa, like: 1) how Grandpa got all his wife's daddy's land and sold it to build his store . . . but never would buy her running water or electricity; 2) they had all girls and five died, 3) Granny was beloved by the community and had loved to tell about people dying in bizarre ways, 4) Grandpa seemed so lost without her that Will did "woman's work" to clean up the mess at Grandpa's house, and 5) Will realizes Granny's death would be remembered because her husband ran off with Miss Love to get married three weeks after she died.