by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 29, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“My family was from Rembert’s Hill, close to Union Town. My grandfather farmed cotton and left us 57 acres when he died. My parents left the farm and came to Mobile to get jobs. We started in Orange Grove and moved to Trinity Gardens. We had cows, pigs and...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 23, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“My father-in-law Bill Buck passed away in October from COVID. He was 70 years old. He was a great man who taught me a lot in the 4 years that I knew him. I didn’t grow up with a father. I was in foster care and my adopted Mom didn’t have the best track...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 22, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“I contracted COVID around the 1st of April. My symptoms were a high fever for three days, then extreme fatigue that ended up lasting for months. The worst lasted for about two weeks. I have a chronic illness called Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome that often gets triggered...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 17, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“I met Eddie Irby through a mutual friend. We heard there were some Buffalo soldiers from World War 1 and World War 2 buried at Oaklawn Cemetery. So we decided we’d come look. A few families came out and clean their glaves, but it had grown up so bad you...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 16, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“At Notre Dame, I joined the Navy ROTC program. That was my first step towards service in the U.S. Marine Corps. In 1958, I went to Quantico for 32 weeks of officer training. During those days, few minorities were assigned infantry and I wanted to be an infantry...
