As a reminder from my earlier blogs, my family sharecropped on H’s farm in Lincoln County, Mississippi for 5 years. We were neighbors to Lamar Smith who was gunned down on the Lincoln County courtyard in Brookhaven, Mississippi August 13, 1955. The gunman was never prosecuted. It was very easy for a White person to […]
As written in previous blogs, my mother’s family were sharecroppers owning nothing but personal belongings. In contrast, my dad’s family, living only eight miles away, owned their land. My mother’s family hired themselves out to other farmers to make money. My dad’s family sold their crops, kept the money and also hired themselves out to […]
God’s word assures us that we do not have to fear because He is with us.
On October 30, 2013, I was diagnosed with stage 2 Multiple Myeloma, a cancer of plasma cells. The options for treatment provided to me were chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplant. Faith in God gave me immediate hope in survival from this disease. I saw God work through me, the prayers of family, church, friends […]