by Lynn Oldshue | Jan 9, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“I baked cakes for Hostess and Wonder Bread and had an amazing life. Married twice, divorced, no kids. I have lived from Canada to Florida. I wouldn’t trade Mississippi for anywhere I have been. I just paid the rent for the month and I am going to get a...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jan 9, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“I am from Toronto and our plan was to just visit New Orleans but my friend found this part of the Delta and we decided to spend New Year’s here. I didn’t realize how poor the South is. There are two worlds here, one during the day when everything is...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jan 8, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“Clarksdale is still a work in progress. I am the mayor and the co-owner of Ground Zero, so I meet a lot of people who come to town. I give them the mayor ‘Get out of Jail Free’ card or the Ground Zero ‘Dance on the Bar’ free card. I just...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jan 7, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“I grew up on the Massey plantation on Highway 1. In 1965, I was six years old when they put the hoe in my hand and I started chopping cotton. I made a dollar a day. I still love the Massey family today. Hoeing cotton is tough in the heat and you have huck a...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jan 6, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“My family started out in Yazoo City, but some moved to Chicago in the ’60s for a better life. They went to college and became successful. Some came back to the South and went to Jackson State. Mississippi is still home and we try to come back. Family is...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jan 6, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“I have a 12-year-old daughter and the holidays are tough because we are always working. There is a lot of poverty in Clarksdale. The hardest part of the job is dealing with shootings and innocent kids, but crime is dropping here. I always wanted to be a...
