by Leslie Sholly | Aug 14, 2017 | Genealogy, Politics, The South
I was eight years old, curled up on the naugahyde sofa in my grandmother’s basement, when I found my great-grandmother’s copy of Gone with the Wind, the commemorative movie edition. I read it literally to pieces and I can recite the entire first...
by Leslie Sholly | Mar 19, 2017 | family, The South, Uncategorized, Vacations
We didn’t go anywhere for Spring Break this year, except to the zoo. Today’s planned trip to Dollywood was canceled due to illness. So I got to feeling nostalgic about last year’s Spring Break trip, which I had never gotten around to sharing here....
by Leslie Sholly | Oct 27, 2014 | Genealogy, Graveyards, Knoxville
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery isn’t exactly off the beaten track. It’s right next to the church of the same name, not far from Kingston Pike on Lyon’s View, just down the street from Cherokee Country Club. You’ve probably driven by...