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With the Christmas holidays upon us, I thought I might offer a suggestion for a local outing. Go to the Museum, specifically the Audie Murphy American Cotton Museum, located on Interstate 30 between Collin Street bakery and the bridge over … Continue reading →

Some of you may follow me on Facebook. For two years now I have posted a brief sentence or two about something that happened either here in Greenville or out in the county. A few times I have posted international … Continue reading →

This week I learned I need root canal surgery.  As the dentist was explaining to me the process for such an ordeal, he mentioned that he would fill the canals of my tooth with Gutta Percha.  I was amazed!  I … Continue reading →

Probably one of the wealthiest men associated with Greenville at the beginning of the twentieth century was a tall, robust New Yorker named Edward Howland Robinson Green (1868-1936). Born in London to very wealthy parents, Green was educated in New … Continue reading →

Ask almost anyone about the 1930s and the reply will probably be about the woes of the Great Depression. True, times were incredibly difficult financially for everyone. But here in Greenville at least two new manufacturing concerns opened for business … Continue reading →

I love to read Agatha Christie novels. They are not great literature, but when you have spent the day reading about the causes of World War I or about the economic policies leading up to October 1929, a good murder … Continue reading →

I have attended two wonderful historical marker dedications recently. On Sunday, October 11, the good people at New Hope Baptist Church unveiled a marker honoring Mary Jim Morris. Mrs. Morris was a longtime African American lady, an accomplished teacher and … Continue reading →

November 1st was All Saints Day or Dia de Muertos. It is a time to honor those who are dead, hence the name Day of the Dead. At Kavanaugh Church here in Greenville, someone will read the names of those … Continue reading →

My father Irvin Stewart (Pete) Coley was born May 22, 1921 at his grandparents’ farm in Bryson, Texas. In case you are unfamiliar with Bryson, it is a small community in the western part of Jack County. His grandmother, Nancie … Continue reading →

In the village of Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, a small bell rang four times during the afternoon of April 9, 2015. It marked General Robert E. Lee’s surrender of the Army of Virginia to Union General U. S. Grant. The bell … Continue reading →