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....
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 26, 2026 | A Southern Soul
“I spent my time between Dauphin Island Parkway and downtown Mobile growing up. My parents sent me to Leinkauf Elementary School. I was in the minority and learned a lot from that. Going over to my friends’ houses, I saw the differences, but I discovered the...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 19, 2026 | A Southern Soul
“When I was a senior in high school, my Bell’s Palsy came on — facial paralysis. I was on the swim team at McGill. I popped up from my lap and sat on the side of the pool. My friend looked at me and said, ‘Your face isn’t moving.’ I didn’t know. My...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jun 28, 2026 | A Southern Soul
STACI: We’ve been here for 12 years. Clarksdale weirdly feels like home, but a different kind of home. It’s not my heritage or where my people are from. The Northwest will always be our roots. We miss the mountains and wish we could live with more family,...
