by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 22, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“We built the first Stokly Family Beach Hut in 2010 during the oil spill. We weren’t able to get our boats on the water so we built this to provide shade and give people a break from the heat or the rain. Some people were hesitant to come up so I put up...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 19, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“I played with Legos and painted a little bit when I was a kid. I majored in architecture at Auburn and fell in love with art. I got a second degree in building science and construction management. I work at the University of South Alabama. Construction is what I do...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 17, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“My husband Tom and I moved here six years ago. We had worked with homeless kids and literacy in Birmingham and wanted to do something like that in Baldwin County. We couldn’t find a location here, so we had the first Camp Creation in Prichard in 2016....
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 16, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“I am enjoying a week off. I recently moved to Corpus Christie, Texas for a job in the oil fields. I came back two days ago because my wife is still here. I moved to Mobile eight years ago and met her at a dance club. Her brother was playing in the band and we were...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 15, 2019 | A Southern Soul
Kimberly “I moved to Gulf Shores because of my grandbaby. I worked at Rouses when it opened in Gulf Shores. My oldest son and his family got a better job opportunity and moved away. It was beautiful living close to the beach and I could afford it, so I stayed. I...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 14, 2019 | A Southern Soul
The final story in “The Souls of World War 2.” “I am the son of immigrants from Sweden and Denmark who settled in Oakland, Nebraska. When they got married, my dad told my mother, Ella, that he needed some boys to help start his farm. They married in 1908, the...
