by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 6, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“Onesimus and I rode the same bus and smiled at each other in high school. He played football at Southern Miss. We were married in a double wedding while we were in college. We were married for almost 34 years and he was always the joy of my life. He was an...
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 5, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“I made a two on the ACT. I wanted to be a registered nurse, but I didn’t know what I had to make on the test. I didn’t know what was possible. I got the rejection letters and realized it was going to be harder for me to become a nurse. I...
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 4, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“My grandmother couldn’t read or write when she moved from Wilcox County to Mobile, but she made a living with rental properties. She started with two apartments in the back of her house on Dearborn Street, just off Davis Avenue. She also had houses in Trinity...
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 3, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“I sang blues and rock ‘n’ roll in some of the clubs on The Avenue. I got my start at the King Club talent shows in 1957 when he was 15. I sang at the Flame Club, the Jolly Spot, the Brown Dot, the Moonlight and the Kool Kat Club. The Moonlight and the Ponderosa...
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 2, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“My father-in-law bought this building in an auction from UAB. It was a good part of his liquidation business, but it was a big, ugly building with a huge sidewall on the railroad tracks in West End in Birmingham. I have a love of art and was deeply affected by...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 29, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“My family was from Rembert’s Hill, close to Union Town. My grandfather farmed cotton and left us 57 acres when he died. My parents left the farm and came to Mobile to get jobs. We started in Orange Grove and moved to Trinity Gardens. We had cows, pigs and...
