by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 11, 2021 | A Southern Soul
“We finally opened Jefe Paleta. My cousin, Caesar, and I grew up working in our family’s Mexican restaurants in Mobile. We dreamed for years of having our own restaurant selling paletas—Mexican popsicles filled with fruit and flavors. Paletas are street...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 6, 2021 | A Southern Soul
“I graduated from State in 1973. I was a Lambda Chi, and we were there for the beginning of Left Field Lounge. It was a few years before Coach Ron Polk arrived, and Dudy Noble looked like a high school ballpark. I parked my Volkswagen van with the other cars by...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 5, 2021 | A Southern Soul
“I’m the Candyman. I’ve been giving candy out at Mississippi State games for 22 years. Two years ago, the baseball team was getting stomped by Ole Miss, and we started the Power of the Fireball rally with Fireball candy. We came back and won. The Power of the...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 4, 2021 | A Southern Soul
“I waited almost 100 years for a National Championship, but I always knew it would happen. I was born the fifth of eight children in 1918 in Noxubee County. My mother died when I was almost five, and my dad raised us. To easily entertain all eight of us, he took...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 3, 2021 | A Southern Soul
“I’m just a ticket taker at the right-field gate at Dudy Noble. This is God’s gate, but he loaned it to me. Prayer changes things. We pray before we invite y’all in. We pray for the fans, players, and our visitors. Before people leave this...
