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Arminda Pamelia "Amelia" "Melia" Herron, photo courtesy of Katherine Abbott, contributor on Ancestry.com When most of us think of our grandmothers, we think of them with nostalgia.   Memories of my grandmother Moats are always bittersweet.  They usually include me singing her favorite song, "Country Roads," the smell of her pecan pies, dreaded trips to the outhouse, and her and my grandmother Davis shucking peas together on the front porch.   My grandmother Davis always conjures images of us walking together down the street, Peach snuff in the corners of her mouth, and the soap opera, "The Young and Restless," playing in the background as she sits rocking in her chair.  Grandmothers usually hold a sweet place in our hearts.  And although my memories surrounding my grandmothers are conflicted with other emotions, I still revert to them occasionally.   When I asked my stepson, Heath, what memory first came to mind when he thought of his grandm...