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Told thru the eyes of an 8 and 9-year-old Mr.Jesse Andrew Averett. also called [Uncle Dick],[Mr.Dick],.born in Clifton Tenn..in __..He and his bride Mrs.Ada Ledbetter married in April 28,1909….and had 13 children. Their son Mr. C.W. Averett was our granddaddy. Grandpa had 450 acres that he made it with thru the Great Depression with. Every […]
1962My First Love and Dream Date I love this old bridge …Short Creek Bridge in Perry County….this bridge is where I had my first real date with my first true love David Lee ,we both lived on Brooklyn St at one time..I lived at the bottom of the hill in a beautiful old, duplex he […]
We lived behind the Church of Christ and McDonalds Funeral home in Perry Co.Tenn We sure was proud of our big brown wood stove seems like it even had a name Ashley and there was an art to know how to stand around the stove to close and your pant legs would be […]
Freedom In A Cow Pasture Harold Coy Bastin Jan 16,1903 -May 26th 1964Perry Co TennesseeI quess to some this old pickup looks like a old wore out truck ,just a throw away but this truck is a truck of many adventures .. It was owned by my grandad Harold Coy Bastin a working man of Perry […]
I always hear people talk about hearing voices but I hear voices to.. I hear Grandmama Averett saying.. Make sure you get the dishes clean . get the clothes off of the line .. run out to the shop and tell Dub to come to lunch.. watch for snakes, you go on out to the […]
Memories Made for Me.. I know this lady needs some fixing up she is a work in progress .In the back of the house there was a hall and grandmother had a couch and a chair in it and a buffet that she would put her lye soap to cool off in the summer ..there […]
I quess my grandaddy Mr Harold Coy Bastin was right that Im a city slicker .Oh me my grandparents tried to teach me. I was just to busy having so much fun,Perryville barge,Duncan’s camp,Memphis zoo, adventures in the woods ,dogwood trees, cracking walnuts ,tree elevators, Dickys treehouses they were highrise treehouses, tree climbing ,Ider the […]
1963 Blackberry Picking & Other Things Johnny ,Dicky and I was always coming up with ways to make money . Johnny and Dicky had a shoeshine business Johnny had his in grandaddy Bastin barber shop and Dicky would walk the streets of Linden to do his shoe shine business I sold seeds in the spring and we […]
LIFE THRU the EYES of a 6 YEAR OLD1960 Linden Tenn, Mrs Theodosia Emmaline Taylor Rainey daughter,wife,mother,grandmother,business owner, she was born Aug 4,1868 and left this eathly home Feb 23,1962 at the age of 94 ..She married William Beauregard Rainey he was born Jan 23,1862 and he departed June 15th,1923 they had 10 children one […]
(3) March 15th 1953- May 30th 1971 Johnny Coy Bastin This is in honor of my brother Johnny although this never happened we did have alot of grand adventures ..There wasnt many places I couldnt go with him ..once was when he was going swimming at the Buffalo with his friends he told me I […]
What a Friend I Have in Jesus.. What a Freind I Have in Jesus is the last and only song I heard my grandmother Bastin sing ..she was in the nursing home the last few years of her life…I walked in one day and she was singing “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”..she didnt […]
John Clive Kittrell.. a young man growing up in Buffalo City in Middle Tenn and his many adventures of hunting and fishing on the Buffalo and the people that helped Clive on his journey from backwoods boy to an award winning author Thank you for stopping by ..his friend Belinda
As I was making the people I would make a mistake and mess up and have to reglue. redo and repair..I always pray about each little person and who and what they do.. I said Lord.’ making people’s hard ‘and I heard in my spirit the Lord laugh and say I love them they’re a […]
So thankful for my freedom today only because of our men and women that has stepped over into eternity fighting for us to stay free.. Many times I would see grandmother sitting at her kitchen table with her f white writing pad ,she had a pen with the ink you had to put in the […]
