Lea, the boys, and I went to see my Uncle Bill in Hoover for Christmas today. Bill’s an uncle by marriage. He was married to my maternal grandmother’s sister Dottie for most of 60 years. (Both my grandmother Gwen and Dottie were Gran’ma‘s daughters.) Dottie was a smash knockout of the sort who sent men … Read more
I hate to be the one to break it to you, in case I am. Helen (Roxie Roker) has actually been gone for quite some time. She died of breast cancer in 1995. And did you know she’s Lenny Kravitz’s mother? Tom (Franklin Cover) died last year of pneumonia. His final credit seems to have … Read more
My dad started working as a manufacturer’s representative in Decatur in 1975 or thereabouts. We lived in Anniston at the time. Most weeks (when he wasn’t traveling to customer or principal sites), what he did was drive up Tuesday morning and come home Thursday night. He stayed with my uncle (just about four miles south … Read more