by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 21, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“My teacher drove several of us from Bald Knob, AR, to Memphis to see Elvis play at the Cotton Carnival in May 1956. I was 14. We all wore poodle skirts. We got to Memphis early and drove to the little ranch house Elvis bought for his parents on Audubon Drive....
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 19, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I was born in 1935 in Walker County, one of the poorest counties in Alabama. My dad was a coal miner. He also worked at the sawmill. He built our house with the boards he carried home one at a time. That house is still standing. There wasn’t much fun in our...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 18, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I am 102 years old. I grew up in Yazoo County during the Depression. My dad was a farmer and carpenter. There weren’t any jobs or money. I went through seventh grade with only one pair of pants. They were black and white and cost $1.25. My mother ordered those...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 17, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I’ve always had a passion to tell people’s stories. I was seven when I started calling Mobile’s sports radio station, WNSP, to tell the stats and scores of my older brother’s football games. I took a little notepad to his games, and my dad helped...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 12, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“After President Johnson left the White House, I asked to be sent to Vietnam. Once a Marine, always a Marine. You have to lay it on the line sometimes. I was in charge of all of the Marine helicopters in Vietnam. If a helicopter was shot down, I knew it was mine....
