Category: West Tennessee History
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Womanless Wedding
My cousin Sandra sent me this photo from The Brownsville States-Graphic. It shows my grandfather, Jesse Lloyd “Bo” Williams (1910-2008), dressed as a minister and looking a bit like Charlie Chaplin. Her grandfather, Bear Mann (1902-1966), was the bride in the wedding. The caption under the photo is: Nuptial Headliners – Playing top roles in…
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Hugh Jackman, Andrew Lytle and Me in the Bahamas
Last week, my wife and I were at the water park at Atlantis Paradise Island in Nassau, Bahamas, with Hugh Jackman. OK, we were not exactly “with” Hugh Jackman. We were at the same place at the same time. But as you can see from the photo, I have proof that we stood close enough…
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Herbie Town
Yesterday, my Dad and I headed to Crockett County near Alamo, Tennessee, to look for the graves of some of our Johnson ancestors. We found what we were looking for, and I’ll share more about that another day. But our genealogy road trip also gave us an opportunity to stop by a place called Herbie…