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Marcia Smith

Thelma

As a graveyard biographer, I write about people who die at all different stages of their lives. Most challenging is writing about someone…

Mar 22

Thelma

Mar 22

James Charles “J.C.” Payne

When I was a kid, I enjoyed seeing my mother’s cousin J.C. park his car at the curb and, clutching a couple of greasy bags, transport his…

Dec 24, 2024

James Charles “J.C.” Payne

Dec 24, 2024

Last month, I made a trip to Galen from my home in Dallas, Texas.

I grew up hearing stories about Galen — about my grandparents’ neighbors, my grandpa’s sawmill and small grocery store, my mother’s…

Nov 21, 2024

Last month, I made a trip to Galen from my home in Dallas, Texas.

Nov 21, 2024

Dixie

It’s odd enough that the Tucker brothers, Dixie and Charles, were both born in 1893 — one of them in April, the other in December — but…

Nov 2, 2024

Dixie

Nov 2, 2024

HANDSOME DEVILS

Robert E. Anderson (Photo courtesy of Leigh Anderson)

Sep 27, 2024

HANDSOME DEVILS

Sep 27, 2024

Ila May’s Big Brother

In Dallas’ Oakland Cemetery lie a man and a woman whose tombstone elegies speak of everlasting love and an unbreakable bond.

Aug 6, 2024

Ila May’s Big Brother

Aug 6, 2024

Out of Bounds

The Bounds family headstone in Dallas’s Oakland Cemetery tells a sad story: The small family — a mere trio at a time when families ran…

May 20, 2024

Out of Bounds

May 20, 2024

Madame Isabelle

Isabelle “Belle” Young Niess claims to have been clairvoyant, having recognized in childhood that she had a gift for prophecy, something a…

Apr 22, 2024

Madame Isabelle

Apr 22, 2024

RANSOM DESHA LOVE

On February 24, 1877, a column in the Daily Arkansas Gazette noted: “There is a gentleman living in Pope County, in this State, who answers…

Dec 19, 2023

RANSOM DESHA LOVE

Dec 19, 2023

Mr. Wilburn

My twin brother and I started 4th grade in Schweinfurt, Germany, where our soldier-stepfather was stationed. With only a couple of months…

Dec 5, 2023

Dec 5, 2023

Marcia Smith

Marcia Smith

The former newspaper reporter and English teacher is the author of the book, The Woman in the Well and Other Ancestories.

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