by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 19, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I was born in 1935 in Walker County, one of the poorest counties in Alabama. My dad was a coal miner. He also worked at the sawmill. He built our house with the boards he carried home one at a time. That house is still standing. There wasn’t much fun in our...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 18, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I am 102 years old. I grew up in Yazoo County during the Depression. My dad was a farmer and carpenter. There weren’t any jobs or money. I went through seventh grade with only one pair of pants. They were black and white and cost $1.25. My mother ordered those...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 17, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I’ve always had a passion to tell people’s stories. I was seven when I started calling Mobile’s sports radio station, WNSP, to tell the stats and scores of my older brother’s football games. I took a little notepad to his games, and my dad helped...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 12, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“After President Johnson left the White House, I asked to be sent to Vietnam. Once a Marine, always a Marine. You have to lay it on the line sometimes. I was in charge of all of the Marine helicopters in Vietnam. If a helicopter was shot down, I knew it was mine....
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 11, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I grew up in Memphis and played baseball at the University of Memphis. I realized that if I couldn’t hit a baseball off college pitchers, I wasn’t good enough to go pro. I entered the Marine Reserves after college, never dreaming I would become a fighter pilot or an...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 10, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I was born in 1925 and grew up in Cedartown, Georgia. I was one of four kids. We didn’t have electricity or running water. We walked to get water from the faucet up the street. My dad was a mule spinner in a cotton mill making $12 a week. Sometimes he let me ride the...
