by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 10, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I was born in 1925 and grew up in Cedartown, Georgia. I was one of four kids. We didn’t have electricity or running water. We walked to get water from the faucet up the street. My dad was a mule spinner in a cotton mill making $12 a week. Sometimes he let me ride the...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 7, 2023 | A Southern Soul
Send me your suggestions for the Weavers in South Alabama – the ones who care for others and make communities better from the ground up. News, politicians, and social media drive us to different sides, tearing apart our common ground. We are bombarded with...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 5, 2023 | A Southern Soul
Most of the pictures in this booth were taken over the last seven years while riding through Yazoo County and the Delta with my mama, Sara Henderson. She’s in the late stages of Alzheimer’s, and our drives are her adventures. The first years, we walked around churches...
by Lynn Oldshue | Oct 29, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I was born and raised in Moline, Illinois. Neither of my parents finished high school, but they both worked hard to climb out of poverty. My dad was a self-taught tool and die maker and supported our family of eight. I couldn’t wait to leave school each day and...
by Lynn Oldshue | Oct 28, 2023 | A Southern Soul
Dustin: When one more cockroach crept across my forehead I was done with crawling in sewers and working in wastewater treatment. Coffee is my destiny. Rhea: Life changes fast. Dustin and I bought a house in Guntersville last summer. He was working at the wastewater...
