More Southern Souls

“I grew up with my grandparents in the country. They were sharecroppers. I tried to help them pick cotton: more like...

“I was eight the first time I told my mom I wanted to be on TV. She said, ‘That sounds good. How are you going to make...

“We use the sold-out sign almost every week at the Fried Pieper. It's crazy. I didn’t grow up cooking or making pies....

“I went into law to destroy everything segregated I could find. I got involved in the Gomillion v. Lightfoot case...

“Ten years of Bob’s Downtown Diner. There was a time I didn’t think we would make it past the second year. This...

“Everyone calls me Boogar. I had pneumonia when I was born and was in the hospital for two months. When my parents...

“I turn 97 in April. I grew up in Everett, Washington, and got my social security card and first job when I was ten to...

“I never ran a day in my life until I was 48. Never played sports. My doctor told me I had high cholesterol, and there...

“I can't see or hear very well. But like Minnie Pearl used to say, ‘I'm just so proud to be here.’ My birthday was...

“My home burned on Saturday a week ago. The production guy at our new church said, ‘It’s ironic that the pastor of...

Excited to be signing the new Souls book next Sunday at Downtown Marketplace in Yazoo City-my favorite store. It’s...

“I grew up in Maysville. My mom worked at the Little Sister of the Poor nursing...