by Lynn Oldshue | Jun 27, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“‘Beer and Butts’ is named for the beer and cigarettes. I kept the name when I bought the store. It is well known around Yazoo City. We open about 8 in the morning but people start drinking a lot earlier than that. I grew up in Yazoo City and moved...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jun 26, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“I went to Disney World once when I was 9. We have been planning this trip for about a year. We are pretty excited. She came back from Germany to go with us.” “We will be gone for 12 days. In Disney for 7 and seeing all of the kingdoms. We just...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jun 25, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“9/11 is the reason I got involved in politics and public service. I was living in New York City and working for a public relations firm on the lower end of Manhattan. I was going to work on that beautiful morning, walked out of the Bowling Green Station and the...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jun 24, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“I was born and raised in Thornton. I am 51 years old. I was farming but the man went out of business. There is nothing left to do here. Thank God I bought my house before I was laid off and it is mine. I don’t have transportation to go to a job and there...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jun 22, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“We are competing in the boat race as SS John Mac in honor of my late husband John McCafferty. He passed away last August with gallbladder cancer. He was diagnosed at age 41, which is relatively rare. He fought it for 21 months with surgery, radiation, chemo and...
