Aug 2, 2002 | The Past Lane
by April Heath Pastis Maybe there’s something to the Scottish stereotype of being thrifty, because my mother has always appreciated a good deal. And this was a great deal. When I was about 10 years old, my mother had saved enough Blue Chip stamp books to buy my...
May 7, 2002 | The Past Lane
by Charlton Queen Anglin, John W.—3rd Sgt. Thedford’s Co. 11th Regt. Tenn Vols on 5/25/1861 at Nashville for 1 yr. Age at enlistment: 25. Present on roll 8/15/1861. Present on roll 8/1/1861-10/1/1861. 9/1861 on sick furlough since 9/4/1861. 11/1861 on...
Feb 13, 2002 | The Past Lane
Contributed by April Heath Pastis Steve’s great aunt, who speaks in broken Greek-lish (a mixture of Greek and English), told me a lovely story about how her mother married her father when he “crashed” the wedding. Back in 1880 in Greece, they still...
Nov 4, 2001 | The Past Lane
The Truth about the “Trail of Tears” by James E. Bradford When Kathy and I moved to Knox County, Tennessee, in the Community of Concord, we very quickly found out that being from Middle Tennessee was not a thing that one talked about. It was hard for us to...
Nov 1, 2001 | The Past Lane
told by James Heath (as told to April Heath Pastis) After your mom and me got married we lived with mom’s mom for a short
time in a house on Avenue A. We stayed up in the second floor and we
didn’t have much furniture at all. In fact, I think we were...
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