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...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 15, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“I was born in Lafayette, Louisiana. No maternity clinics or hospitals were delivering Black babies in Mobile, so my mama went back to her home and I was delivered by midwives. One was my great-grandmother Julie Mouton, a descendent of slaves and one of the...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 13, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“I wanted to place an American flag on my brother’s grave at Oaklawn Cemetery, but the weeds grew so high that I couldn’t get to it. I was also scared of snakes. It felt like I lost a part of him again. My brother was killed in Vietnam in a search and...
