Bobby Jones in the Southern Quote
This famous southerner was born in 1902 in Atlanta, Georgia. He was a sickly child. It was five anxious years before he could eat solid food. His parents must have been surprised to see their slow-starter develop quickly into a sports prodigy! By the age of six, he was holding a sawed off one iron, mimicking the pro at the local country club, and showing
Glen Pitre in the Southern Quote
Glen Pitre was born at Cut Off, Louisiana on the 10th of November, 1955. He worked his way through Harvard by fishing shrimp during the summer and saving for the next year’s education. His goal, to make films that told the story of his people, the Louisiana Cajun. By the age of twenty-five, Glen had been named “Father of the Cajun Film” for his low
Darrell Waltrip in the Southern Quote
He was born February 5, 1947 in Owensboro, Ky. By the age of twelve he was an avid go-kart racer, at sixteen he entered his first stock car race, and by his early twenties he'd become a regular at the fairgrounds track in Nashville, Tenn. Darrell Waltrip quickly became one of the nation's top short-track drivers. He spent a decade earning a living on the short
Duke Ellington in the Southern Quote
Edward Kennedy Ellington was born April 29th, 1899 into a solid middle class family in Washington D.C. His father was a White House butler who later became a blue-print maker for the US Navy. By the age of six, Edward was studying piano and art and showing great promise in each. He wrote his first song at fourteen and by seventeen he'd taught himself how
Paul Greenberg in the Southern Quote
Paul was born on Jan. 21st 1937 in Shreveport, Louisiana. His father Ben was a merchant, his mother Sarah a seamstress and housewife. Sarah had come to America from Poland as a nineteen year old following the First World War. She willed her undying gratitude and patriotism to her new country into everyone in her family. From a child Paul loved everything about words; even the
Oliver Hardy in the Southern Quote
This son of a Confederate war veteran was born January 18th, 1892 in Harlem, Georgia. Less than a year later, his father was dead and his mother was struggling to find work to support the family. They moved several times before settling in Milledgeville where she took a job managing the Baldwin Hotel. It was in the hotel lobby that young Norvell developed both a fascination
Wayne Newton in the Southern Quote
This half-Indian son of an auto mechanic was born April 3rd, 1942 in Roanoke, Virginia. He was four when his parents took him to see the Grand Old Opry. Enthralled by the likes of such country music greats as Hank Williams and Kitty Wells, the little boy announced to his mother that "this was what he wanted to do." "What?" she asked. Carson Wayne Newton
Jack Greene in the Southern Quote
He was born on January 7th, 1930 in Maryville, Tennessee, picked up the guitar at eight, and made his singing debut on the radio as a high school freshman. Soon he was performing regularly on the Tennessee Barn Dance on WNOX out of Knoxville, Tennessee. Jack’s next move took him to Atlanta, where he put together a band called the Peach Street Boys. Almost a
Elizabeth Liddy Dole in the Southern Quote
She was born in Salisbury, North Carolina, July 29th, 1934. Her father was a wholesale florist, her mother a stay at home mom. They determined to give little Elizabeth a traditional southern upbringing. She spent her childhood studying the piano and ballet and entering essay contests. Her parents' instilled in her a rock-solid work ethic based on the habit of appraising your success by evaluating
Ernest Tubb in the Southern Quote
He was born on a cotton farm in Crisp, Texas. It was February 9th, 1914. As a young boy, he lived around the state working long hours alongside his share- cropping father, attending school only when a job wasn’t available. He was fourteen when he heard a Jimmie Rodgers recording. Fascinated with the man and his music, he set his heart on becoming a singer