by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 27, 2021 | A Southern Soul
“I served in World War II in the Asiatic Theater in Burma for two years. I landed in Bombay, India on December 26th, 1942. The next day we were loaded on a train to Burma. I was an aircraft mechanic on small airplanes. Our base was five or six miles from the front...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 26, 2021 | A Southern Soul
“I grew up in a foster home. My parents didn’t adopt me until later in life because I’m Indian. Back then, the laws in Alabama didn’t allow Caucasians to adopt Indian children. My parents didn’t have children of their own, but they loved and...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 25, 2021 | A Southern Soul
“I was raised in Ellis, Kansas. My dad and uncle were farmers and I grew up helping them on the farm until playing sports got me out of it. I loved playing college football at Garden City Community College and my short time at Kansas State, but we were terrible. An...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 24, 2021 | A Southern Soul
“My grandparents, Jack and Mordie Arnold, moved back to Fairhope in 1930 because they wanted their eight children to attend the Organic School. I think the first house they lived in was the American Legion Building, then they moved out to a dairy. My grandfather was...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 21, 2021 | A Southern Soul
“My parents divorced, and I moved to Kansas City with my dad and visited my mom here every summer. I got in trouble for poor grades and was the angsty teenager who hated the world. In 2012, before my junior year in high school, they sent me back down here to live with...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 18, 2021 | A Southern Soul
“I grew up in Semmes and was a yellow Azalea Trail Maid, but pink has been my favorite color ever since I can remember. It’s a happy color. My license tag says Pinky because that’s what everyone calls me. I have had this pink strand in my hair for...
