by Lynn Oldshue | Oct 22, 2023 | A Southern Soul
Shay: “I loved Shawn’s family five years before I met him. I managed a restaurant in downtown Mobile when Shawn’s brother-in-law would come in. I hired both of his nieces to work for me. I also adored Shawn’s sister, Shannon. They were the best family, and I would ask...
by Lynn Oldshue | Oct 21, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I was born in 1933 in Sudetenland on the northern Czechoslovakia border with Germany. Most of us were German and spoke German. We could walk to Germany. Hitler came to Sudetenland in 1939 because he felt we belonged to him. No shots were fired when the Nazis took us...
by Lynn Oldshue | Oct 20, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I was born in 1925 and grew up in a small village in northern Germany. I was eight years old when we moved to Berlin. My father was a banker but he started at the bottom with a bank in Berlin because he didn’t want to join the Nazi party. After we moved, I...
by Lynn Oldshue | Oct 16, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I am 15 and have been a Taylor Swift fan all of my life. I really started loving her music after her new album came out. It hits personal. Each song tells a story. Listening to the lyrics, it all connects. My favorite song is ‘Back to December,...
by Lynn Oldshue | Oct 15, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I have been taking God’s word to the streets in Mobile for almost 50 years. I started in 1976. God says to take His word to the highways and byways and compel his people to come. It’s taking a living word to a dying world. I love the Lord. He’s the...
by Lynn Oldshue | Oct 14, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I grew up singing as a kid in my mom’s car and in the choir at Ford Park Baptist Church in Shreveport, LA. Seeing I had a knack for music, Mom put me in piano lessons when I was five. I later learned other instruments and played trumpet in the band. Playing guitar...
