My grandmother, Mattie McKinley Emerson Johnson Parker, was the strongest woman I ever knew, stronger even than a Steel Magnolia. She was my Mother’s Mother, and I called her Granny Parker. She was born in 1896 to a poor but hard-working family in the North Georgia mountains. Life was hard, and she grew up picking cotton and working on the farm. She had four siblings who … [Read more...] about Mattie Parker; Stronger Than A Steel Magnolia
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The Southern.Life is a publication of Emerson Parker Press, which is owned and operated by Jim Harris and his wife, Marian.
This blog was created to share a passion for all things Southern. For generations, those of us native to the South have taken great pride in our heritage, our traditions, and in the telling of our stories.
