More Southern Souls
Why Be Sad When You Can Be Happy?
“I like to dress up and do this all of the time. I’m a member of the Prissy Peacocks. We are part of the Sweet Potato...
Music Became What I Give My Attention To
“I played music as a kid, but spent more time in the woods. We’d run off in the creeks, disappearing into the trees...
Bandit makes people smile. That’s why I like this job.
"I started ringing the bell back in 2012, or so. I was living in Oregon. The economy was still recovering from...
The Tenth Anniversary of Our Southern Souls
Today is the 10th anniversary of Our Southern Souls. I can’t begin to say what all of the 2,222 people and their...
I’m a descendant of the Pelican Girls. Helping Get this historic marker became my Eagle Scout project.
“I was looking through my mom and dad's room and found a photo that said ‘direct descendant of the Pelican Girls.’ I...
I believe in the open mouth, insert foot to work method. Who else is going to do it?
“I grew up with both sets of my grandparents and heard stories of how family members helped each other. My mama always...
I look at it this way: God opens doors for people who want to walk through them
“I lost everything in Hurricane Katrina: my house, my husband, everything. Before Katrina, we were doing great; we had...
Horses helped my heart heal
“I grew up here in Theodore. These pastures were full of cows. My granddaddy and daddy had cows at our cousins’ land...
I’m from Mississippi–that sings through me
“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...
Being on the helicopter team was my purpose and what I was good at. It was an adrenaline rush. Getting shot at, near death, combat. It was addictive.
“Vietnam was really a two-class society: the rich and the extremely poor. The extremely poor were farmers, fishermen,...
I had fallen in love with a beautiful girl named Huey, a UH1 helicopter
“I went to Oklahoma State University to major in civil engineering, met a girl, and we got married. There were no real...
I loved the emergency room, and the Vietnam War was the biggest ER in the world. Why couldn’t I go, too?
“I grew up rescuing little animals. I was also kind of crazy and smart. I read a lot and wanted to travel. But this...