Jesus on the Wall

Oct 26, 2023 | Church, Family, Story-Telling

Jesus on the Wall Tommy Moore | Quarter Beer Night | Mayor | Wall Jesus | Todd's Creek | Rassling As far back as I can remember, the picture hung on my grandmother’s wall in her living room. Jesus holds a little lamb in one arm, and a shepherd’s crook in the...

Norma and Nita

Apr 3, 2021 | Family

Norma and Nita Norma and Nita Kuykendall – July, 1959 – Forbes family...

Jack & Jane with Stanley Forbes

Apr 3, 2021 | Family

Jack & Jane with Stanley Forbes Uncle Jack, Aunt Jane, and their first son Stanley. That is most likely Vicky Millican on the right.I don’t recognize that pick-up truck behind the swing set, but that Ford looks like Uncle Clyde Kuykendall’s. That...

Billie, Vicky and Betty

Apr 3, 2021 | Family

Billie, Vicky and Betty We often referred to them as “The Girls.”  I believe they may have referred to us as “The Boys.” Three sisters, Billie, Vicky, and Betty. Oh, how we love these cousins of ours.We’re still trying to figure out where...

Who Is Tommy Moore?

Mar 30, 2021 | Family, Story-Telling

Who Is Tommy Moore?  An unusual springtime snowfall canceled Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s plans for a March 22, 1968 protest. More than 16 inches fell: the second largest snowfall in Memphis history, and well beyond the city’s yearly snowfall average of 5.6 inches....

Vicky, Anita, Billie, Norma & Betty

Mar 30, 2021 | Family

Vicky, Anita, Billie, Norma & Betty The Millican girls and two of the Kuykendall girls pose at this family gathering. Betty says she believes it was taken in Daddy Forbes’s back yard.  The date stamp on the photo reads “July...

Scanning Family Photos

Mar 30, 2021 | Family, Story-Telling

Scanning Family Photos March 30, 2021: My cousin, Betty Millican Barnes, sent a packet of old family photos. I’ve been scanning them and trying to figure out who’s who. To see what we’ve scanned so far, click on the “Family Photos” link in the menu above; or click...

Bigger Group Picture of Backyard Gathering

Mar 28, 2021 | Family

Bigger Group Picture of Backyard Gathering More from a gathering in the back yard in Munford. Sam Byrd; unidentified woman (perhaps Vicky Millican?); Solomon Harris Forbes (Daddy Forbes) with back turned; two unidentified women seated on glider (Perhaps the one on the...

Forbes Family Gathering

Mar 28, 2021 | Family

Forbes Family Gathering Sam & Billy Byrd; Jane & Stanley Forbes. Solomon Harris “Hap” Forbes; and maybe Jack Forbes with back turned?To view larger image, click...

Sam & Bill Byrd; Jane and Daddy Forbes – July 1959

Mar 27, 2021 | Family

Sam & Bill Byrd; Jane and Daddy Forbes – July 1959 A gathering of the Forbes Family, believed by Betty Millican Barnes to be in Daddy Forbes’s back yard. She also indicated she believed it was a birthday gathering for Uncle Joe. An obituary, though,...

“Loneliness”

Dec 17, 2019 | Family, Health

“Loneliness” Is There a Medical Cure for Loneliness ?  With older Americans at higher risk for social isolation, science may have a treatment  From AARP – The Magazine Genomics Researcher Steve Cole had never really thought much about loneliness and...

Hindman’s Ferry Road

Jul 2, 2018 | Family

Hindman’s Ferry Road   My brother, Dwayne, my Nephew, Jeff, and I have been having a discussion about Hindman’s Ferry Road. We’re not sure which of today’s roads (if any) was Hindman’s Ferry. Jeff decided to ask Vance Lauderdale,...