Sep 26, 2025 | The Past Lane
In 2006, I wrote about the quiet desecration of the Lampley & Oliphant Cemetery—an ancestral burial ground tucked into private property on Crow Cut Road in Fairview, Tennessee. At the time, headstones had been removed, access was restricted, and the resting place...
Dec 18, 2024 | The Past Lane
We’re thrilled to share a heartfelt memory submitted by our cousin Sylvia Lane about her grandparents, James Carol (J.C.) Sullivan and Lillie Armenty Tidwell. Sylvia has been an invaluable part of our community, contributing countless hours of research and...
Dec 10, 2024 | The Past Lane
It was 1949 and Christmas was fast approaching. I was 5 that year and my little brother was almost 3. Our uncle, Wayne, was a big kid – 9 years old – and he “knew” things that we didn’t. He’d heard that Santa Claus did not really...
Jun 15, 2022 | The Past Lane
Please view the video here. I had to remove it because it was slowing down the server. It’s been two years and two months since Dad died. I’ve never been one to keep to do lists except when I’m stressed out and scatter brained. This video has been on...
May 29, 2021 | The Past Lane
From the Revolutionary War to today, over 645,000 veterans have paid the ultimate sacrifice in combat. And while they are worthy of our honor each and every day, let us use Monday, May 31, 2021 as the special day that is set aside to reflect and recognize all that we...
Apr 4, 2020 | The Past Lane
With all of us sheltering in place and living through the greatest Pandemic since the Pandemic of 1918, I was curious as to how many of our ancestors succumbed during the last pandemic: According to Wikipedia: “The Spanish flu was an unusually deadly influenza...
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