by Ralphine Major | Nov 3, 2014 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major “I was a coal miner’s daughter,” she told me, “like Loretta Lynn.” But this coal miner’s daughter is from Tennessee. Maxine Washington celebrated her 90th birthday on Sunday, October 26, 2014, at Wallace Memorial Baptist Church where she has been a...
by Ralphine Major | Oct 27, 2014 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major “He definitely left a legacy of kindness in this world,” she told me. She is Carly—the daughter of the late Steve Wilson who played for Bob Dagley’s 1964-65 Eagles. Carly was only four and one-half months old when her father passed away. “I...
by Ralphine Major | Oct 20, 2014 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major He is the only player on Bob Dagley’s 1964-65 basketball team at Gibbs I did not get to meet. Steve Wilson’s untimely death at age 36 in 1985 left a void on the squad that once numbered eleven. Wilson worked at Coastal Supply Company and attended...
by Ralphine Major | Oct 6, 2014 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major She arrived a few days ago, but Mother Nature has not yet presented her in full splendor. Just before she came, East Tennesseans celebrated the start of another school year and the Tennessee Valley Fair with cotton candy, crafts, candied apples,...
by Ralphine Major | Sep 29, 2014 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major I do not remember why we named her Bonnie, but the name seemed to fit. Someone gave her to us. I am not sure why they did not want to keep her. She was a pretty little beagle, and she was always happy. Our father liked beagles, and our family...
