by Lynn Oldshue | Oct 5, 2026 | A Southern Soul
“I have a million memories of Elvis. We met at his show in the summer of 1955, and we clicked. I was 17. ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ came out a few months before he came to Biloxi. He was here all summer in 1956. It was a fun time, and I was young and foolish. I grew up...
by Lynn Oldshue | Sep 27, 2026 | A Southern Soul
“I come from a musical family that also enjoyed camping. My dad would bring his guitar, and my parents would sing by the campfire. It was magical. My parents gave me a little guitar for my sixth birthday. I learned to play from YouTube, learning songs by ear because...
by Lynn Oldshue | Sep 20, 2026 | A Southern Soul
Lorraine: We met at a bar. It was country western night, and he looked like a fun guy—always had a big smile in the middle of the crowd. My mom said, “There’s one for you.” I was like, “He’s not my type.” But then I asked him to dance. Bill: It’s all...
by Lynn Oldshue | Aug 16, 2026 | A Southern Soul
“I met with the staff that Sunday in June to tell them Heavenly Pies was closing. I had a storage space and was ready to pack everything up. I did a reel on June 15 thanking our customers, and saying this was the end because we couldn’t financially make...
by Lynn Oldshue | Aug 9, 2026 | A Southern Soul
“I’m 92. I was born in 1934 in Montrose aided by a midwife who came over before dawn to assist. When we first moved to our big house that was built around the 1860s, there was no running water, no indoor plumbing, no electricity, and no telephone. We...
by Lynn Oldshue | Aug 2, 2026 | A Southern Soul
Dr. Ann Pearson was born with peace into a middle-class family in Demopolis, Alabama. The youngest of two children, she was raised by a father who worked for Vanity Fair Mills and a mother who was a stay-at-home mom. It was an idyllic childhood in small-town Alabama....
