Monthly Archives: June 2011

“Mama drove a little when we first moved to Jackson but soon decided she should not be driving since she had only driven in a small town and knew nothing about city traffic, so she never drove again. Daddy had … Continue reading →

“This was a period of gangs in the big cities and big time gangsters such as Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde, Machine Gun Kelly and Al Capone. I remember seeing the pictures in a magazine of the famous Valentine’s Day massacre … Continue reading →

Before this day is gone, daughterofthedelta remembers Howard M. Evans, Sr. on his 117th birthday. Tricia and I walked through his Strong Avenue bungalow today, almost ninety years after he built it, and his pride in the place that he … Continue reading →

“The Depression had hit the country the year we moved to Jackson, and even though I did not understand what a depression was, I knew that lots people were out of work and were having a hard time because we … Continue reading →

“When we were living in Jackson the State Insane Asylum was on North State Street where University Hospital is today. Bama had a cousin, Willie Brooks (a woman) who had lost her mind and was at the asylum. Mama and … Continue reading →

“Other [boys I liked] were Malcolm Lowe, John Mason and my favorite, Cecil Inman. I was in the fifth grade in Mrs. Newman’s class when Cecil transferred from Barr School to Whitfield, and I think we both liked each other … Continue reading →

“There was a porch across the front of Whitfield School where we played when the weather was bad and when we were waiting for the school bell to ring n the morning. We were always there early because Mama believed … Continue reading →

“We were enrolled that September [1929] in Whitfield School, which was not too far from where we lived. It was a small school of Spanish architectural design and not nearly so forbidding as Davis School. I was in the third … Continue reading →

“We went to the museum in the New Capitol Building and were most impressed by the Egyptian mummy which many years later was found to be a hoax and made up of wires and other things. I’m glad we didn’t … Continue reading →

“We were very excited about living in a city and spent the summer taking everything in. There were three theaters, the Majestic, the Istrione and the Century, and they were all bigger than Greenwood’s Paramount. The first one we went … Continue reading →