by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 8, 2018 | A Southern Soul
I design clothing for Mardi Gras courts in Mobile, Mississippi and New Orleans. Growing up I wanted to be a nun because my cousin was a monk. He was my idol and my heart and we started going to the monastery when I was a little girl. It was difficult for my family to...
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 6, 2018 | A Southern Soul
Anyone who watches a Mardi Gras parade on the corner of Dauphin and Royal Streets in Mobile knows officer Jeremy March. Before the floats roll by, he walks along the barricade talking with people in the crowd and playing patty cake with kids. There is no sitting still...
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 5, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“I was a police officer for 24 years and recently resigned. Now I do side jobs and working in this parking lot for the Alabama Contemporary Art Center is one of them. I have taken ownership of this lot and try to clean it up and make it look nicer for my customers. I...
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 4, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“I am an opera singer and give concerts around the world, but I didn’t start out like that. I hid in my room and sang to myself and my sister listened outside the door. My first solo was in church when I was 14 and I was so nervous. I was quiet and shy at...
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 3, 2018 | A Southern Soul
I took a job at Vigor High School this year as the head baseball coach. My dad coached baseball and my brother played football here. The baseball program was almost nonexistent when I came and the kids didn’t have gloves at tryouts. I previously coached at MGM...
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 2, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“I went to prison for decades for being a fool. When I got out of prison I didn’t have anywhere to go but was bound and determined never to go back. I knew I was going to do something with my life, I just didn’t know what. I was homeless and saw all...
