by Lynn Oldshue | May 21, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“I had two days off so we drove here from Chattanooga. We Googled places in the South and we came down here to see art. We are theater majors and just graduated from college.” “She is going to New York to paint sets and I am going to Illinois to be a...
by Lynn Oldshue | May 19, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“I was a single mom for ten years and had three kids. I got pregnant when I was in high school and my life went down from there. I lived in public housing was on food stamps. I grew up in a two parent home with a father who had his own business and provided well for...
by Lynn Oldshue | May 17, 2019 | A Southern Soul
Nanette: Darlene Coleman grew up in Mobile, the people who got custody of her lived in Fairhope so she moved here. I don’t know what happened with her parents. She had six kids. Five boys and a girl. She was six months pregnant with another son and started...
by Lynn Oldshue | May 16, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“I started a new job yesterday. I graduated in December from the University of South Alabama. The real world has been tough so far. It took a while to find a job that I think can be right for me. I live in Vancleave, Mississippi, but I like the drive to Mobile....
by Lynn Oldshue | May 15, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“My dad wanted to name me after his grandmother, but her name was Zelda. My mom didn’t want to name me Zelda, so they named me November after the month she was born in. It used to bother me when I was younger, now it is an ice breaker. It relaxes people. I just...