Homers
My dad was the Railway Express agent in Columbia and his office was in the old depot. In his long career, he shipped all kinds of livestock, everything from rattlesnakes to elephants – literally – without use of a forklift. It was all done with brawn, brain, and nerve. Jack White in a Railway Express office in Cookeville, Tennessee. A regular cargo was homing pigeons, usually shipped in custom woven basket crates from Evansville,...
The Art of Integration
In late February, the Alabama State Council on the Arts employed award winning Livingston, Alabama songwriter Jacky Jack White to work with students at Robert C. Hatch High School in Uniontown, Alabama. Their mission was to construct an original musical play using the techniques of “arts integration.” The deadline was May 16. Jacky Jack White with student. Diana Green of the State Council explains that White and Hatch teacher Darren...
Coach Pete Banks
On April 29, 2019, Coach Pete Banks will celebrate his 90th birthday. Please join us in establishing an endowed scholarship at McGill-Toolen honoring our devoted friend and mentor. A brief biography: Coach Gerald Knox “Pete” Banks served McGill-Toolen Catholic High School for 37 years, beginning in 1957 when he was hired to teach three science classes, be head coach for both cross country and track, and assistant coach for football. ...
The Blimp
Just a block east of the square, on Commerce Street in Lewisburg, Tennessee, stands a rather rundown, nondescript building that houses the Good Samaritans and the Masonic Lodge. Looking at the drab old place, a newcomer could not possibly imagine its former splendor. Yet I assure you, most splendid it was. This was the Easy Pay Tire Store, commercial empire of Mr. Robert Wallace Ritter, Sr., assisted ably by my Aunt Kathryn Scott...
The Edmond Jones Family
On the northeast edge of Haynes Cemetery resides a rock-bordered family plot. Contained within are the headstones of Edmond Jones, his wife Louisa Durinda Flanagan, their son John T., his wife Martha, and their children Ludie, Wallace, and Sam. Also, there is the grave of Edmond’s brother Allen. The Jones family came to Maury County in 1828 and settled on 445 acres just around the corner from Haynes on what is now the Smyrna Church...