What to say about a person that you’ve grown up with most of your life, Mamie Sue Bradley Best? Deep down you know this day will come, it’s inevitable. Growing up with what we think, err, know is a legend and perfect example of a person could or should be.…
I never really knew my aunt Brenda. I know that sounds horrible but the truth is the truth. I think she was a very independent person that only wanted certain people in her life. Two memories come to mind when I think of my aunt Brenda. Since I was a…
I never spent much time with Julia, even though we lived right across the road from each other for several years. You had to know Julia and her voice. She always reminded me of a Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood character in the Neighborhood Of Make-Believe, Lady Elaine Fairchilde. It was her…
Don Swaney… Not much I can say about Uncle Don. I have only seen him, never heard him. I honestly don’t even remember what his voice sounded like. I do know that he was a very kind man. He loved to farm and took care of his lawn like nobodies’…
My first memory of Mrs. Tipton is slightly odd but just shows how she loved children. Mrs. Tipton was the custodian at Lanier. I don’t recall the age I was but it had to be when I was between 2nd and 4th grade. I got sick during class this particular…
I had the privilege of meeting Mrs.Adams at an early age. Shy and backward at the time I wasn’t very interested in what she had to say. As time went on and I outgrew my shyness, I began to see an interest in our history and the lack of documentation…
