Recently, I wrote about the WWII Diary kept by Shouppe Howell, who participated in bombing missions over Germany and nearby countries during WWII as a tail gunner on a plane. Here are more entries. Hamm “This is Number 11 and we are on our way to home or heaven.” Nov. 21 1944 “ Today’s…
In 1943 when my husband and his best friend Shouppe Howell graduated from Holmes County High School, there was little to look forward except that as almost 18 year-olds, they knew that they would be drafted into the armed services. As small-town country boys, they had spent many hours with their younger brothers tramping the…
You know how we plan family weddings and what detail we go to make the affair as “nice†as we can. This was true of our daughter’s wedding in 1980 when she married Orrin Webb and moved to a large ranch in southwest Florida where he was in charge of the cattle production and the…
One of the joys of having been a teacher is meeting former students in my daily activities. Many of them I immediately recognize, but many of them I don’t, especially the boys whom I taught in 8th grade. Often, I recognize faces, but can’t say their names. Overall, I do very well in recollecting faces…
We are seeing a resurgence of the Covid-19 and variants which had been predicted to happen due to relaxing precautions and celebrating Independence Day, family reunions, and other large gatherings while ignoring mask wearing and social distancing. I was appalled to learn that Holmes and Washington counties have one of the lowest rates of…
Last week I attended the funeral service for my cousin, Angie Hinson Morris, at Pleasant Grove Methodist Church at HinsonÂ’s Crossroads in Washington County. It brought back memories. It reminded me first how that my Grandma Wells liked to go to funerals. I understand that feeling more now. She mostly liked to see all the…
This week, I am using a reprint of an article published a few years ago. Since it tis blueberry season again, this one is appropriate. The recent showers have kept the berries producing although my time at the blueberry shed is limited. Son Glen takes most of them and sells them directly. When I do…
I had understood that the old Caryville Work Camp was being used for a Christian ministry, but I learned more when Minister Michael Thompson visited the blueberry farm this week. He is the director of The MastersÂ’ Forge located at the former work camp. He explained the significance of the name. The prison bars…
Cousin Homer, one of my dadÂ’s 57 first cousins on his mamaÂ’s side, was in his thirties and had never had the courage to court a young maiden. He lived at home on the farm with his Mama and Pappa, who he and his siblings called Ma and Pa as did all the grandchildren. Homer…
During the stay home days of the Covid pandemic last summer, I did a lot of plant propagation. As a result, I grew a lot of pepper and planted them in large pots. This year, my husband used some of the same pots of soil to plant tomatoes. In his grow-boxes he has some gigantic…
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