by Lynn Oldshue | Apr 24, 2022 | A Southern Soul
“I will be 94 years old on April 26. Isn’t that wonderful? My only problem is my eyes. It’s the reason I quit teaching when I was 85. I grew up in Drew, Mississippi. My mother was 43 and my daddy was 56 when I was born. I was their only child, and I am sure they...
by Lynn Oldshue | Apr 23, 2022 | A Southern Soul
Judy: This is the opening day for our store in Yazoo City. We are sisters. We grew up outside of Flora, Mississippi. We live a country mile from each other and have always done everything together. Sherry: We are both retired. Judy worked for General Motors, and I...
by Lynn Oldshue | Apr 22, 2022 | A Southern Soul
“I grew up in Yazoo City and lived here all of my life. I have cut a lot of grass around here. There were ten kids in our family-eight girls and two boys. I was named after the guy in the history books, Booker T. Washington. I’m a junior. I can’t pronounce...
by Lynn Oldshue | Apr 17, 2022 | A Southern Soul
“I was born in 1934. I’m the ninth child of 10 children. We grew up on a small farm in Jones County, Mississippi, between Laurel and Soso. In those days we heard about Newt Knight, a white man who lived in a mixed-race community in the swamps. They rebelled...
by Lynn Oldshue | Apr 10, 2022 | A Southern Soul
“I grew up in Soria City, a historic Black neighborhood in Gulfport. Some of the founders were my uncles and cousins. Around the corner was the all-white Broadmoor neighborhood. The Broadmoor grocery store was at the border of the two neighborhoods, and members of...
