My dad, who passed away about eight years ago, was only three years younger than Mrs. Hicks. He'd tell me stories about his childhood, and I'd be amazed how much life has changed in such a short time. That's how I felt watching Mrs. Hicks. She's a joy! Thanks for making her stories available to us!
Ms.Tipper, really Enjoyed your 2nd Interview with Ms. Hicks! Such A Sweet, wise Lady, with sooo much Knowledge & A Great Memory! EpWe can learn sooo Much from our Elders!! Thanks for Sharing! Have A Blessed Day!
Tipper, I so enjoy Ms Hicks and her stories. She makes me think about my late grandparents especially my maternal grandmother. How I treasure the stories they told. Thank you for sharing Ms Hicks with us. She certainly is wonderful to listen to.
What a wonderful woman. My mother was born in the same year as Mrs. Hicks, 1926. She has great first hand accounts and memories. I am glad and know you are too that you were able to sit down with her as she shared her stories of her life! Tipper I have only one thing to say...There is nothing, nothing better Than Hot Crackling Cornbread and Homemade Vegetable soup (with stewmeat if possible) during the Winter in the hills/mountains of Appalachia! I'll be surprised if you don't agree! May God bless Mrs Hicks and you Tipper
I could sit and listen to Miss Hicks all day! I sure hope she sees how much we appreciate her sharing her memories with us. Bless you, we’re grateful💛🙏🏻
What I’d give to have just *one more day* to sit on the front porch with my Granny, and ask her about her life, and… just listen. Just soak it all-in. Again, thank you, Tipper, for sharing more of this lovely local elder with the rest of us. 🇺🇸❣️
I love this interview with Mrs. Hicks. Im crazy about the language, too. I am a Lisa that has been called Liser all my life. I love it! My Mama is 89, and wow can i hear & see so much the same as Mrs. Hicks language. Mama's mind thank goodness is strong like hers. They simply amazes me. Their willpower is beautiful! I cant wait to see the rest of your interview with her. She's a lovely lady!! Thank you for being You, Tipper. Im so grateful for your true love of Appalachia!! God's Speed Only. 😇💛❤🙏
😊 I liked that little chuckle she let out in the beginnin' after suggesting Corie find a better seat😄 and when she said --ten after that and then the tender way She called Tipper--Honey... Heh! 🤗
I just cannot stop watching this series of videos. What a treasure. I am so impressed with her memory. Wow. Thanks so much for recording this oral history. I am sure it will bring great pleasure to many for years to come.
I'm 67 and still treasure the stories that my Mom, Dad and all four grandparents told of their ancestry, families, and life as it was when they were children or young adults. I used to listen to my grandma talk about "when I was your age" while helping her peel veggies, clean dishes, etc. I felt the same coziness while listening to Mrs. Hicks.
Hi Tipper - I'm still binge-watching all of your videos and wanted to tell you how very much I'm enjoying your interviews with Mrs. Hicks. She is truly amazing to listen to, what a wealth of knowledge and experience from a different time. She's smart, funny and entertaining - like a good book. I also wanted to say that you are such a good interviewer - patient, kind and truly engaged. Thank you for doing these and sharing them with the world - we can all learn a thing or two by watching you and Mrs. Hicks! Caryl in NJ❤
How I love the sound of her clock ticking in the background. Precious soul. She has truly lived a full life. To her, it’s all about family and her roots. The way it should be today. It would be a much better place to live.
Such a joy to listen to Mrs. Hicks! She brought to mind my grandma who died when I was a baby, so I never really got to know her, but she was born September 24, 1920. She would have been just 6 when Mrs. Hicks was born, so they might share some similar memories, like few people having an automobile, and horses and mules being used in town. I sure do wish I'd been able to know my grandma, but I'm grateful to you for interviewing Mrs. Hicks as a "substitute."
Thank you for sharing Granny Hicks life with us. I so miss my grandparents. Life was so different but family was always first. Good and bad times, everyone helped and stuck together.
Lovely young lady she is. Thank you for the visit Ms. Tipper. Out of these hills you run into the Central Plains and then the Great Plains. I had an Uncle, the husband of my mother's sister. He was an old WWI vet. He often talked about a trip he took from here to his childhood home in Holdenville during the dust bowl days. He rode horseback through a barren landscape and through dust knee deep to the horse. These older folks, they don't make'm like that anymore. The stories they tell and the way of life they describe, the things they've seen, are gone with them. It's good to listen.
What a blessing to have this video of a beautiful, sweet lady who can provide all this history. I'm sure her grandchildren and great-grandchildren will really appreciate your taking the time to do this interview. We need more videos like this from the elders in our communities so we won't lose important family and community history.
I believe Mrs. Hicks is practically a spokesperson for vegetables promoting a healthy memory. She’s a virtual time capsule. Thanks for thinking to capture her story.
I so enjoy hearing Mrs Hicks talking about her life stories. I miss hearing my mom talk about her life growing up. They both seem to share a lot of life ways, but I guess if my mom was still living on this earth she would be about the same age as Mrs Hicks. I’m looking forward to hearing more of her life story. Thank you, Tipper for introducing us to so many wonder and interesting people. We appreciate you and them too.
I just love these stories because its the way my mama lived. Our family was the Johnsons. They lived in the Bear Paw area and made moonshine. There were 12 kids. 2 passed when they were very young infants. There was Willy, Thamor, Minnie, Bertha, George Ira,.. Those are the ones I remember. My mama was the same age as this lovely lady. Feels like home.
O my goodness granny hicks I could listen to her talk all day and I bet she could drive a mule these were real women nothin fake about them God bless her .my dad was born in 1916 and he would tell about the work he did when he was a kid I miss him something awful thanks Tipper for posting this about granny Hicks she is a great person and so are you ma'am ....
One of my funniest memories was of my Alabama born, Louisiana raised memaw calling me Linder instead of Linda. She also used to pronounce Hawaii Hawaiier. Love the memories this video brought back. Thank you♥
God bless this sweet woman, I just love hearing her stories. She’s still SO sharp as a tack 😲 It’s amazing to think about what all she’s seen in all her years 💞
So cool. It’s funny I can remember some of the things she talks about, but most of it was long gone before my memory kicked in. Folks like her are our real national treasures.
Love hearing these stories,and you can tell she loves to tell these stories, I have a very dear Friend she is 84 and I love to hear her stories and sometimes she forgets she told me that story I don’t say anything because I just enjoy her telling me those stories.
As soon as she mentioned blackberry mush I was thinking... cornmeal mush with blackberries?!?! That sounds so GOOD! Man, I wish my momma had thought of that. Now I'm hungry lol. Great interview Tipper. One well timed question gets a whole story for us to enjoy.
Love this lady. Love her stories. I try to tell my younger family members about our family history and how it was years ago. I'm 76 years old and have done our genealogy. So much fun and interesting.
Ms. Hicks reminds me so much of the women in my family who grew up in the 30’s-50’s. Her demeanor and vocabulary is the same as theirs and I love it so.
We had friends from Massachusetts and they called my son whose name is Jonah, Joner!😁 She reminds my of my great aunt the way she talks. Enjoyed her stories of life. My grandma on my dad's side never got her driver's license, and on my mom's side my Mam didn't get it til she was about 40! I'm so glad she did, she took me shopping alot, and to yard sales. Bless y'all!🏵️🌻🍂
@@CelebratingAppalachia so much we can learn from the generations before us. And I swear someone in my family had to have come from Appalachia! So many similarities. And we’d go visit my mama and she’d say what do you want to drink do you want a glass of soder? 😂😂
Am watching this and am thinking of all of the things I have seen in my life time !!! We all are going back to the time of doing Leather britches now as lids for canning is hard to come by !!! It is hard to find them and if we do it is expensive !!! I go under my name for myself and do a live chat as it is easier that way on you tube !!! I went through doctoring and the way both are doing things with their hands it is a sign of their times of age !!! One is rubbing her hand and the older on is rubbing her leg for smoothens to make the leg keep going with heart for massages and also for comfort!!!
I LOL'd when she said she put Liser on the tombstone, reminds me of a story my sister tells...our Granny also dropped the a and added er, so she called her sister Edner. Sometime after my sister got married, her husband told her, 'You know her name's not Edner, right?" and she asks what he's talking about because yes her name was Edner. He also told her the truth about okrey, lol.
Hi Tipper, thank you for sharing Ms. Hicks with us. I love listening to her. She is so full of history. What a treasure she is. I have been around the older generations all my life. I didn't appreciate it back then like I do now once again, thank you for this video if Ms Hicks. Hugs
I never saw my maternal grandmother at the wheel of a car, but she told me that she used to drive back before a license was required. One time, however, she was with her family on a winding mountain road and almost took the car over the side. From that day on, she never drove again. She relied on her husband, and after he died, her daughter (who lived with her) took over the task.
I'm so proud of my southern heritage. I could sit and listen to my elders for hours, whether I'm kin to them or not. They are full of wisdom and wonderful stories of yesteryear. I watched your video on the day that you were quizzing the girls about your region's euphemisms. You may recall me telling you that I grew up in rural N FL. And one (among many) of the old timey sayings we had, when we were commenting on something that was small by importance was/is "...that don't matter a hill a'beans...". If we cooked a large portion of any particular food item(s), it was a "mess" of it. As we go along, I'll share others as I remember them so we can swap stories. God bless and keep up the good work. We enjoy it!😊🙏👍
Oh I hope you go back to visit and listen to some more stories! I declare I’d never want to leave. She lived the simple life and it shows in her age. One of my fondest childhood memories is walking to mr. Smiths house and he’d pay his grand daughter and I a silver dollar to sweep off his porches and we’d hit the logging road and it come out at the general store in the town of Sweetgum Head. By the way, the town was just a intersection and that store lol. We’d load up on snacks cause a dollar got ya a bunch back then lol, and we’d set in the rockers out front and listen to all the ole folks tell their tails all day. Everyone knew everyone. We’d stay as long as we could til dark was coming and run all the way home down the loggin road. Good times❤
My dad, who passed away about eight years ago, was only three years younger than Mrs. Hicks. He'd tell me stories about his childhood, and I'd be amazed how much life has changed in such a short time. That's how I felt watching Mrs. Hicks. She's a joy! Thanks for making her stories available to us!
So glad you enjoyed it 😀
Ms.Tipper, really Enjoyed your 2nd Interview with Ms. Hicks! Such A Sweet, wise Lady, with sooo much Knowledge & A Great Memory! EpWe can learn sooo Much from our Elders!! Thanks for Sharing! Have A Blessed Day!
People like Mrs. Hicks are a national treasure. You can learn much from them if you take time to sit and listen to them.
Tipper, I so enjoy Ms Hicks and her stories. She makes me think about my late grandparents especially my maternal grandmother. How I treasure the stories they told. Thank you for sharing Ms Hicks with us. She certainly is wonderful to listen to.
What a wonderful woman. My mother was born in the same year as Mrs. Hicks, 1926. She has great first hand accounts and memories. I am glad and know you are too that you were able to sit down with her as she shared her stories of her life!
Tipper I have only one thing to say...There is nothing, nothing better Than Hot Crackling Cornbread and Homemade Vegetable soup (with stewmeat if possible) during the Winter in the hills/mountains of Appalachia! I'll be surprised if you don't agree! May
God bless Mrs Hicks and you Tipper
Thank you Buz!! And Yep I agree-that's good eating 😀
I could sit and listen to Miss Hicks all day! I sure hope she sees how much we appreciate her sharing her memories with us. Bless you, we’re grateful💛🙏🏻
What I’d give to have just *one more day* to sit on the front porch with my Granny, and ask her about her life, and… just listen. Just soak it all-in.
Again, thank you, Tipper, for sharing more of this lovely local elder with the rest of us. 🇺🇸❣️
Please thank Granny Hicks for sharing her life & memories with us, Tipper.
I love this interview with Mrs. Hicks. Im crazy about the language, too. I am a Lisa that has been called Liser all my life. I love it!
My Mama is 89, and wow can i hear & see so much the same as Mrs. Hicks language. Mama's mind thank goodness is strong like hers. They simply amazes me. Their willpower is beautiful! I cant wait to see the rest of your interview with her.
She's a lovely lady!!
Thank you for being You, Tipper. Im so grateful for your true love of Appalachia!!
God's Speed Only.
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I liked that little chuckle
she let out in the beginnin'
after suggesting Corie
find a better seat😄
and
when she said --ten
after that
and then
the tender way
She called Tipper--Honey...
Heh!
🤗
Thanks Tipper! What a wonderful lady! Enjoyed
Thank you for more of Mrs. Hicks telling about her life. What a remarkable woman. 🥰
She is such a lovely lady. Thank you Tipper, 💖
Thank you for sharing this treasure. There are a lot of people in Alabama who talk basically just like this, too.
Thank you so much, Tipper, What a Blessing to watch!!! God Bless. Jean
Glad you enjoyed it 😀
I just cannot stop watching this series of videos. What a treasure. I am so impressed with her memory. Wow. Thanks so much for recording this oral history. I am sure it will bring great pleasure to many for years to come.
Such a lovely time for her, she enjoyed sharing, seems she did. Thank you for taking time for sharing her.
What wonderful memories too listen to. Thanks for sharing with us.
You ask such good questions 💥I’m so glad I found your channel.
Thanks for highlighting this beautiful woman’s story. I love these snippets of regional culture.
Charles Kuralt, eat your heart out.
Mrs. Hicks, you are a beautiful amazing woman. Thanks for sharing your life with us.
An absolutely amazing lady. Thank you for having these interviews
Thank you for sharing that I really love listening to her talk
I have been anxiously awaiting this video!
I'm 67 and still treasure the stories that my Mom, Dad and all four grandparents told of their ancestry, families, and life as it was when they were children or young adults. I used to listen to my grandma talk about "when I was your age" while helping her peel veggies, clean dishes, etc. I felt the same coziness while listening to Mrs. Hicks.
Mrs. Hicks is just lovely.
I could listen to her all night long good interview. Tipper I'm looking forward to the next one .
Listening to her is better then reading a book.Her memories are just beautiful. Shes a true treasure.💎🔹️💎
That was sweet ❤ Thank you for sharing
Another great interview. Thanks for sharing. Take care
Thanks for listening 😀
Once again, thank you.
Hi Tipper - I'm still binge-watching all of your videos and wanted to tell you how very much I'm enjoying your interviews with Mrs. Hicks. She is truly amazing to listen to, what a wealth of knowledge and experience from a different time. She's smart, funny and entertaining - like a good book. I also wanted to say that you are such a good interviewer - patient, kind and truly engaged. Thank you for doing these and sharing them with the world - we can all learn a thing or two by watching you and Mrs. Hicks! Caryl in NJ❤
Thank you! So glad you are enjoying them 😀
I love the gentle Appalachian accent and turn of phrase and the gentle voice of Rachael. She has an incredible memory. Best wishes from Ireland 🇮🇪
Such a sweet lady. The great generation.
How I love the sound of her clock ticking in the background. Precious soul. She has truly lived a full life. To her, it’s all about family and her roots. The way it should be today. It would be a much better place to live.
Such a joy to listen to Mrs. Hicks! She brought to mind my grandma who died when I was a baby, so I never really got to know her, but she was born September 24, 1920. She would have been just 6 when Mrs. Hicks was born, so they might share some similar memories, like few people having an automobile, and horses and mules being used in town. I sure do wish I'd been able to know my grandma, but I'm grateful to you for interviewing Mrs. Hicks as a "substitute."
I so miss both of mine. one was born 1897 on in 1911 , you are blessed to have her
Thank you David 😀
She is so precious and I love listening to her
Great video tipper keep up the great work y'all are doing
Love your interviews!
Thank you for sharing Granny Hicks life with us. I so miss my grandparents. Life was so different but family was always first. Good and bad times, everyone helped and stuck together.
Thank you Connie 😀
Lovely interview, thank you Tipper. Reminds me of talking with my Pop Pop.
Glad you enjoyed it Robin 😀
Lovely young lady she is. Thank you for the visit Ms. Tipper. Out of these hills you run into the Central Plains and then the Great Plains. I had an Uncle, the husband of my mother's sister. He was an old WWI vet. He often talked about a trip he took from here to his childhood home in Holdenville during the dust bowl days. He rode horseback through a barren landscape and through dust knee deep to the horse. These older folks, they don't make'm like that anymore. The stories they tell and the way of life they describe, the things they've seen, are gone with them. It's good to listen.
A great lady she taught me in Sunday school very good with kids
What a blessing to have this video of a beautiful, sweet lady who can provide all this history. I'm sure her grandchildren and great-grandchildren will really appreciate your taking the time to do this interview. We need more videos like this from the elders in our communities so we won't lose important family and community history.
Thank you !
You're welcome!
Grandma is just a darling.
Reminds me of many a chats I had with my granny before she passed. Young folks today think a rough time is when the wifi is down, they have no idea.
Love listening to older people tell stories. Thank you for sharing with us. God bless
I believe Mrs. Hicks is practically a spokesperson for vegetables promoting a healthy memory. She’s a virtual time capsule. Thanks for thinking to capture her story.
I wish I had her memory 😀
Thank you
Thanks for interviewing Granny Hicks. I could listen to her all day.
Young lady, you and your family are a national treasure. Thanks for educating the younger people about real life. Regards,
I so enjoy hearing Mrs Hicks talking about her life stories. I miss hearing my mom talk about her life growing up. They both seem to share a lot of life ways, but I guess if my mom was still living on this earth she would be about the same age as Mrs Hicks. I’m looking forward to hearing more of her life story. Thank you, Tipper for introducing us to so many wonder and interesting people. We appreciate you and them too.
Thank you!!
I LOVE the videos Tipper so Very Much. Mrs. Hicks, is So Sweet and Funny too.
Glad you like them! She is amazing 😀
The various things that Granny Hicks recalls makes me eager to hear more. Thanks for interviewing her, Tipper.
I just love these stories because its the way my mama lived. Our family was the Johnsons. They lived in the Bear Paw area and made moonshine. There were 12 kids. 2 passed when they were very young infants. There was Willy, Thamor, Minnie, Bertha, George Ira,.. Those are the ones I remember. My mama was the same age as this lovely lady. Feels like home.
God Bless her, 🙌 🙏 ❤️
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O my goodness granny hicks I could listen to her talk all day and I bet she could drive a mule these were real women nothin fake about them God bless her .my dad was born in 1916 and he would tell about the work he did when he was a kid I miss him something awful thanks Tipper for posting this about granny Hicks she is a great person and so are you ma'am ....
I just love listening to elderly people talk about growing up and life here in Western NC our Appalachian mountains.
One of my funniest memories was of my Alabama born, Louisiana raised memaw calling me Linder instead of Linda. She also used to pronounce Hawaii Hawaiier. Love the memories this video brought back. Thank you♥
Love listening to her stories ❤
God bless this sweet woman, I just love hearing her stories. She’s still SO sharp as a tack 😲 It’s amazing to think about what all she’s seen in all her years 💞
She is so amazing 😀
I’ve been a new subscriber for about 3 weeks, I really enjoy all of your videos 👍🏻
Welcome and thank you!!
She seems so sweet. Enjoyed listening.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Such a sweet conversation that other wise would be lost. Thank you.
This is great! Reminds me of my Mother. She was born in Fosters, Alabama in 1923. Grew up on a farm!! Good Stuff!!!
So cool. It’s funny I can remember some of the things she talks about, but most of it was long gone before my memory kicked in. Folks like her are our real national treasures.
Glad you enjoyed it 😀
Love hearing these stories,and you can tell she loves to tell these stories,
I have a very dear Friend she is 84 and I love to hear her stories and sometimes she forgets she told me that story I don’t say anything because I just enjoy her telling me those stories.
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Thanks for this. Reminds me of my childhood.
So glad you enjoyed it 😀
Precious Granny Hicks!! Thank you for sharing her stories. It makes me feel so comforted listening to her …. she sounds like my great grandmother…
Mother's staying home that turns out some good children. The family unit has been torn apart. I love her!
She was born the same year as my mother. What a treasure.
As soon as she mentioned blackberry mush I was thinking... cornmeal mush with blackberries?!?! That sounds so GOOD! Man, I wish my momma had thought of that. Now I'm hungry lol. Great interview Tipper. One well timed question gets a whole story for us to enjoy.
For 96 her memory is sharp even after a stroke. Lord bless her.
It is-she is amazing 😀
@@CelebratingAppalachia she is indeed.
It's a different world from today! I enjoy hearing her talk about that life.
Love this lady. Love her stories. I try to tell my younger family members about our family history and how it was years ago. I'm 76 years old and have done our genealogy. So much fun and interesting.
This is a great story!!
omg love this !!!! God Bless Her !!!!
I love speaking to the older generation and hearing how things were when they were growing up and they were younger.
Really enjoyed this such a sweet lady
Beautiful.
Ms. Hicks reminds me so much of the women in my family who grew up in the 30’s-50’s. Her demeanor and vocabulary is the same as theirs and I love it so.
We had friends from Massachusetts and they called my son whose name is Jonah, Joner!😁 She reminds my of my great aunt the way she talks. Enjoyed her stories of life. My grandma on my dad's side never got her driver's license, and on my mom's side my Mam didn't get it til she was about 40! I'm so glad she did, she took me shopping alot, and to yard sales. Bless y'all!🏵️🌻🍂
Mamas should still stay home with their babies! I love these interviews.
So glad you enjoyed it 😀
@@CelebratingAppalachia so much we can learn from the generations before us. And I swear someone in my family had to have come from Appalachia! So many similarities. And we’d go visit my mama and she’d say what do you want to drink do you want a glass of soder? 😂😂
@@amypaparone55 😀
Im happy for another chapter of her stories today. Thank you so much for making these memories possible.🙏
Glad you enjoy it!
Am watching this and am thinking of all of the things I have seen in my life time !!! We all are going back to the time of doing Leather britches now as lids for canning is hard to come by !!! It is hard to find them and if we do it is expensive !!! I go under my name for myself and do a live chat as it is easier that way on you tube !!! I went through doctoring and the way both are doing things with their hands it is a sign of their times of age !!! One is rubbing her hand and the older on is rubbing her leg for smoothens to make the leg keep going with heart for massages and also for comfort!!!
She is such a dear sweet person. Love her stories.
Dear Tipper I love this so much!
You are a blessing!
My great uncle John called me Sander.🥰Please tell Rachel how much I love her Stories!🙏🏼
Thank you Sandra 😀
I LOL'd when she said she put Liser on the tombstone, reminds me of a story my sister tells...our Granny also dropped the a and added er, so she called her sister Edner. Sometime after my sister got married, her husband told her, 'You know her name's not Edner, right?" and she asks what he's talking about because yes her name was Edner. He also told her the truth about okrey, lol.
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What a blessing to listen to some living history.
Hi Tipper, thank you for sharing Ms. Hicks with us. I love listening to her. She is so full of history. What a treasure she is. I have been around the older generations all my life. I didn't appreciate it back then like I do now once again, thank you for this video if Ms Hicks. Hugs
I never saw my maternal grandmother at the wheel of a car, but she told me that she used to drive back before a license was required. One time, however, she was with her family on a winding mountain road and almost took the car over the side. From that day on, she never drove again. She relied on her husband, and after he died, her daughter (who lived with her) took over the task.
Another great interview. I thoroughly enjoyed hearing her memories.
Glad you enjoyed it 😀
O, my gosh, what a memory this sweet lady has! She is beautiful! I have so enjoyed her stories.
Her memory is amazing 😀
I love listening to her memories!
Glad you enjoyed it 😀
I'm so proud of my southern heritage. I could sit and listen to my elders for hours, whether I'm kin to them or not. They are full of wisdom and wonderful stories of yesteryear. I watched your video on the day that you were quizzing the girls about your region's euphemisms. You may recall me telling you that I grew up in rural N FL. And one (among many) of the old timey sayings we had, when we were commenting on something that was small by importance was/is "...that don't matter a hill a'beans...". If we cooked a large portion of any particular food item(s), it was a "mess" of it. As we go along, I'll share others as I remember them so we can swap stories. God bless and keep up the good work. We enjoy it!😊🙏👍
I love this I wish I had some old people I could just talk to and hear about the old days.
I just love listening to this precious lady, she is a treasure, looking forward to more visits.
Oh I hope you go back to visit and listen to some more stories! I declare I’d never want to leave. She lived the simple life and it shows in her age. One of my fondest childhood memories is walking to mr. Smiths house and he’d pay his grand daughter and I a silver dollar to sweep off his porches and we’d hit the logging road and it come out at the general store in the town of Sweetgum Head. By the way, the town was just a intersection and that store lol. We’d load up on snacks cause a dollar got ya a bunch back then lol, and we’d set in the rockers out front and listen to all the ole folks tell their tails all day. Everyone knew everyone. We’d stay as long as we could til dark was coming and run all the way home down the loggin road. Good times❤