by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 8, 2024 | A Southern Soul
“I grew up in Greater Ruth Chapel A.M.E. Church in Prichard and lived next door to the church–just six steps away. After the service, I would go under the big tree in my yard, reciting the sermon I had just heard. Serving God has been my first priority since...
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 7, 2024 | A Southern Soul
“My father lives just a few minutes from Tuskegee in Hardaway, Alabama. My mother’s family is from Tuskegee. Many of them worked at and attended Tuskegee University. My great-uncle was a Tuskegee Airman and had his certificate signed by Booker T. Washington. Despite...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 30, 2024 | A Southern Soul
“I grew up with my grandparents in the country. They were sharecroppers. I tried to help them pick cotton: more like picking at it and putting it in my grandmother’s sack. Half of the time, she was pulling me on the sack. Close to noon, I would get water at the...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 24, 2024 | A Southern Soul
“I was eight the first time I told my mom I wanted to be on TV. She said, ‘That sounds good. How are you going to make it happen?’ She believed in me and taught me to believe in myself. Mom put herself through law school when I was a baby and read her law books to me....
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 23, 2024 | A Southern Soul
“We use the sold-out sign almost every week at the Fried Pieper. It’s crazy. I didn’t grow up cooking or making pies. This happened because I went through postpartum depression with my son, Lincoln. I had a C-section, and he was in the NICU for the first twelve...
