“The car is a 1972 Ninety-Eight Oldsmobile. I have had it 25 years. It was my wife’s car. Her name was Margaret and she passed from cancer about three years ago. I have a Lincoln at home that I drive so I don’t need this one. I have been trying to sell it for about a month. We were married 59 years and four months. I do the best I can do and take each day as I can. I had a nervous breakdown and anxiety attacks and stayed in the hospital 15 days. It was rough, but I am ok now. My teeth tore up, I have to get them fixed in Montgomery next week. I used to have a farm but I quit. I had 300 acres of land and 100 head of cows but I sold out in ’90. I wasn’t making any money and now that I need some, the price is high. Calves are bringing $1,000. It was hard work. I had two ponds, catfish in one and bass and brim in the other. When we got married, our license was $5. One day Margaret was working in the hay field and it was hot, she said, ‘I am quitting this damn job,’ and I told her, ‘Woman, I’ve got $5 in you. You’ve got $3 to go.’ She grinned and said “I damn sure won’t.’ My name is Flip. My aunt gave me that name when I was six years old. It is already on the headstone next to Margaret’s.”
Let’s go and live as God would want us to do
Dr. Ann Pearson was born with peace into a middle-class family in Demopolis, Alabama. The youngest of two children,...







59 years and they still felt the deep abiding love for one another. His story is one that brought me tears as I could feel his emptiness, yet it made me happy because he experienced something many people never get in life. I like Flip.
I love to read your stories and I just saw Mrs. Trammell story and I grew up with her kids. Is there a book I can purchase? I live in Mississippi and grew up in the Delta. Thanks!