Sequoyah in the Southern Quote
He was born somewhere around 1776 in an Indian village in Tennessee. His mother was the daughter of a Cherokee Chief, his father a Virginia fur trader who abandoned them before he was born. He grew up, married a Cherokee woman, and started a family, working as a silversmith to support them before becoming one of a number of Cherokees to fight under General Andrew
Jerry Rice in the Southern Quote
He was born on October 13, 1962 in Starkville, Mississippi. They say he developed his hands while working for his father, who was a brick mason. He became a standout receiver at Mississippi Valley State University from 1980-1984. He acquired the nickname “World” because they said there wasn’t a ball in the world he couldn’t catch. His college career featured many record-setting performances and his small
Governor Michael Dale Huckabee in the Southern Quote
He was born August 24, 1955 in Hope, Arkansas to conservative Southern Democratic parents. He cites his working-class upbringing as the reason for his own populist conservative political views. He began playing guitar at age 11, preached his first sermon as a teenager and got his first job at a radio station when he was 14. In what would become an omen of sorts, his chapter
Ferrol Aubrey Sams, Jr. in the Southern Quote
He was born September 26, 1922 in Fayette County, Georgia. He graduated from Mercer University in Macon in 1942 and attended Emory University School of Medicine for two quarters before joining the U.S. Army Medical Corps. After seeing action in France he returned home to complete his medical studies, receiving his M.D. in 1949. In addition to practicing medicine with his physician wife Helen, our featured
Loretta Lynn in the Southern Quote
She was born in Kentucky April 14, 1935, the second of Clara and Ted Webb’s eight children. This child of the depression was fourteen years old when a handsome 21 year old came home from serving his country and stole her heart. Ten years and four children later, the young Kentucky mother who had always loved to sing had taught herself to play the guitar
“Lewis Grizzard in the Southern Quote”
He was born on Oct. 20th, 1946 in Fort Benning, Georgia. He spent a life time making us laugh and we responded by making him famous. We laughed at his jokes and bought his books. Although he first worked as a newspaper reporter and editor, it was his humor columns that endeared him to his countrymen. Like Mark Twain before him, he took scenes from