by Lynn Oldshue | May 29, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“I am relieved and excited that we just got married. Very blessed and overwhelmed. I hadn’t planned on crying.” “Everything fell into place for us to get married in Mobile. I grew up here but we live in South Carolina. My mother’s doctor told...
by Lynn Oldshue | May 28, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“I was in Vietnam in ’63 and ’64 and that is where I grew up. We would say, ‘When I die I know I am going to heaven because I spent my time in hell.’ That was true. No one knows how bad it was. We didn’t know who was shooting at...
by Lynn Oldshue | May 27, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“My grandaddy opened this shoe store in 1938. I started shining shoes in 1967, I was ten. My grandparents handed it down to my father and he passed it down to me. I had to do whatever daddy said. 1967 was a beautiful time on Farish Street in Jackson,...
by Lynn Oldshue | May 26, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“I was a truck driver and got paid to see the country. I never knew where I was going until I got empty. The hardest part was staying awake when there wasn’t time to stop and sleep and make my destination. I did crack and crystal meth and stayed up four or...
by Lynn Oldshue | May 25, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“We were cheerleaders together at Vigor High School. I was the only boy cheerleader and I liked it like that. I would change at halftime and put on my band uniform.” “I was Miss Vigor in 1954 and part of the first graduating class. I was an Azalea...
