Since moving to Clifton, Tennessee, my husband and I began to explore our new environment. We are blessed beyond measure to live right on the river. In this part of the country, you don’t have to specify which particular river you refer; it’s understood. The river is a magnet for those who crave God’s handiwork at its best; rolling hills and plunging ravines, every … [Read more...] about A Legacy of Honor: John E. Milender
A Salute to an American Hero: Richard Alexandra Ware
Elmon C. Ware proudly served his county during World War II and came home as thousands of young men did. A young man, vital and strong, full of hope and ambition. He and Mrs. Inez carved out their picture of the great American dream: family, home, success, and a respected place in a community. Bay Springs, Mississippi, was fortunate to have such a man. The Wares lived in … [Read more...] about A Salute to an American Hero: Richard Alexandra Ware
The Formidable Resolve of a Small Town
Waverly, Tennessee, is not too far from our adopted home, Clifton. It’s the county seat of Humphreys County, west of Nashville. Located in the Trace Creek Valley, east of the creek’s confluence with the Kentucky Lake impoundment of the mighty Tennessee River, Waverly is small. The 2020 U.S. Census reported less than 5,000 residents for the whole of Humphreys … [Read more...] about The Formidable Resolve of a Small Town
Never Enough Time: Memories and Lessons Learned
Mother’s Day is almost here. Some of my friends have lost their mothers to the passing of time or disease during the past year, and this will be an especially poignant day for them. It’s their first Mother’s Day to be … well, motherless. I always wrap my arms around my friends at visitations and funerals and hold them tightly for a few minutes. I tell them that I … [Read more...] about Never Enough Time: Memories and Lessons Learned
A Tornado, a Community’s Resolve, and a Homecoming for a Bell
On Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020, disaster struck. An EF4 tornado, more than two miles wide, ravaged a path almost seventy miles long through five Mississippi counties. It was one of the largest (widest) ever documented in the United States. Mossville, Mississippi, my childhood community, was sandblasted from the earth’s surface. The sweet little lazy curve in the county … [Read more...] about A Tornado, a Community’s Resolve, and a Homecoming for a Bell
