by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 22, 2025 | A Southern Soul
“I’ve lived in California for 21 years, but I’m from Jackson, Mississippi. It’s like my accent—it’s always going to be with me. It’s part of who I am. I consider myself a clunky, blunt Southerner, with some of the genteel side that slipped in. My dad was a professor...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 16, 2025 | A Southern Soul
“Vietnam was really a two-class society: the rich and the extremely poor. The extremely poor were farmers, fishermen, or both, selling their goods at the street markets. They lived simply, but most of them were pretty happy. It didn’t take us long to look at...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 16, 2025 | A Southern Soul
“I went to Oklahoma State University to major in civil engineering, met a girl, and we got married. There were no real jobs in southeastern Oklahoma without the right connections–neither one of us had the right connections. I was into cars and motorcycles, and leased...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 15, 2025 | A Southern Soul
“I grew up rescuing little animals. I was also kind of crazy and smart. I read a lot and wanted to travel. But this was in the sixties, and there weren’t many opportunities in the South for girls. It was get married, get pregnant, and have kids. I wasn’t never one of...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 11, 2025 | A Southern Soul
“I’m 98 and still play golf and like to dance. I grew up in northern Nebraska when Oklahoma and Nebraska ruled football. My grandparents on my mother’s side came from Germany. At that time, it was ‘Go west, young man.’ You could get 160 acres with the Homestead Act,...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 2, 2025 | A Southern Soul
Julie (mom): Our son, Nathan, is a punter for Mississippi State. His number is 38. We thought Mississippi State would be a good fit with the country atmosphere, and the Specialist team at Mississippi has been absolutely awesome to him, making him feel very...
