by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 4, 2022 | A Southern Soul
“My daughter-in-law started calling me Daisy. My grandkids call me Grand Daisy. I am from Corinth, MS and grew up in Grenada. That was before they dammed up the lake. I was a tomboy, the only girl in three generations. I played with slingshots, roamed the clay pit...
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 3, 2022 | A Southern Soul
“I have been self-sufficient since I was 13. My dad left, so I took care of my mom and my sister. I made money cutting grass up and down Highway 43 in Mobile and did odd jobs to pay our house payments and buy groceries. I loved photography and bought a camera on...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 30, 2022 | A Southern Soul
“We are on a road trip to Fairhope. We live in a small town of about 600 people in Missouri. We have lived there all of our lives.” Becky “I work for a company out of Mobile, and they had a conference at the Grand Hotel around Christmas. My son and daughter came with...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 27, 2022 | A Southern Soul
“I am a hairdresser in downtown Vicksburg and was going to have a celebration for being in business for 20 years. It was in March 2020, and I thought COVID would blow over, then we got a letter days before my party saying that everything was shutting down. COVID was...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 26, 2022 | A Southern Soul
“I was four or five years old when my parents’ friend, Dr. King, lived with us for several months in 1965 in our home in Selma. It was just a house with a mother, father, and a little girl quietly living our lives, then my father received a phone call at his...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 25, 2022 | A Southern Soul
“We live in an area of Baldwin County where there is a big disparity between the haves and have nots. There are people in need all around us, and we drive past them every day. My husband and I were called to pay attention to that and do something for our neighbors. We...
