by Ralphine Major | Jul 6, 2015 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com When winter’s wrath paralyzed our nation last February with weeks of snow and ice, ninety-degree days and summer holidays seemed so distant. By the time this column is printed, we will have celebrated our nation’s independence. ...
by Ralphine Major | Jun 29, 2015 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It was one of last summer’s highlights! Carol and Perry McGinnis graciously invited me to be their guest at Perry’s 60th Class Reunion for the Gibbs High School Class of 1954. The couple has appeared in several columns in the ongoing series about...
by Ralphine Major | Jun 22, 2015 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It is the holiday that arrives just about the time summer itself does. Merged between Memorial Day and the festive Fourth of July, it is the day we celebrate and honor fathers. I often say that mothers are the fabric that hold our homes together. ...
by Ralphine Major | Jun 15, 2015 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It is often said that mothers are the fabric that hold our homes together. That certainly seems the case in the Julian household. Not only is Hannah Renee a sister to her siblings, she became the mother figure to them also when they came to live in...
by Ralphine Major | Jun 8, 2015 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major I first began writing this story three years ago, just before Laura Simpson broke the devastating news at church one Sunday. Hannah Renee Vrandenburgh Julian’s father had been tragically killed on Friday afternoon coming home from work. We followed...
by Ralphine Major | Jun 1, 2015 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It is home to the world-renowned Oakes Daylilies. It has a post office, library, community center and fire station. Several churches can be found within its boundaries, as well as Corryton Elementary School. The rural place is tucked away in Knox...
