by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 15, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“You need angels and the luck of the Irish to live in Yazoo City, but God is so good. I am 55 and learning life as I go. Life is a team effort.” Tim
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 9, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“My daddy passed away a month or two before I was born. Mama remarried, and they farmed in the Delta. My job was picking and chopping cotton. I started selling produce in Greenwood, MS, in 1952. I was 18 and didn’t give it much thought when I started. I kept...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 2, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I grew up with four sisters in a single-parent household in Starkville, MS. My grandmother passed away when my mom was 16 years old, leaving my mom to figure out the world on her own. Coping with loneliness and depression, she became addicted to drugs and had a hard...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 1, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I have lived in Nashville all of my life. My nanny lived in these apartments – she raised me. I started coming here during COVID and playing music from my truck to bring the residents some joy. I had to do something, and music brings people together. I...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jun 25, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I am the seventh generation of my family to live in Nitta Yuma, MS. The plantation started in the 1700s with my fourth great-grandfather, Major Burwell Vick, who moved to Mississippi from Virginia. He and his brother founded Vicksburg, and the city is named after...
