by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 10, 2025 | A Southern Soul
“I was looking through my mom and dad’s room and found a photo that said ‘direct descendant of the Pelican Girls.’ I was like, ‘Hey mom, what’s this?” She told me the whole story of the Pelican Girl and how I was related to Gabrielle Savary. The Pelican Girls...
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 7, 2025 | A Southern Soul
“I grew up with both sets of my grandparents and heard stories of how family members helped each other. My mama always helped people and taught cooking, sewing, and life skills. All of that inspired me. After Hurricane Katrina hit our area, I told our Pastor at...
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 6, 2025 | A Southern Soul
“I lost everything in Hurricane Katrina: my house, my husband, everything. Before Katrina, we were doing great; we had a house and two businesses in Gautier, MS. The hurricane wiped us totally out. We didn’t have a car or anywhere to live; my husband didn’t...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 23, 2025 | A Southern Soul
“I grew up here in Theodore. These pastures were full of cows. My granddaddy and daddy had cows at our cousins’ land and down the road. There were so many woods. We rode four-wheelers and horses and did everything in these fields. We were outside sunup to sundown,...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 22, 2025 | A Southern Soul
“I’ve lived in California for 21 years, but I’m from Jackson, Mississippi. It’s like my accent—it’s always going to be with me. It’s part of who I am. I consider myself a clunky, blunt Southerner, with some of the genteel side that slipped in. My dad was a professor...
