Rememberin

A man being raised down by Rock Creek was thinking back about what he could remember growing up. Some of his memories was Mag and Roe Escue, grandparents, sure did like them. Eartha Morse's sorghum cookies as a favorite food item and she took care to see I had some of these cookies.

I went to school at Mulberry and Mountainburg and had 4 brothers and 3 sisters.

Going to the cotton patch was a job and as a young boy along with his brothers worked hard and at night my momma would soak our hands in alcohol, so we would be able to hit the field the next morning. When I was 12 years old I went to work for Wilson Brewer working at his sawmill.

At the age of 17 I went to work at the canner. Retired at some 35 years, some time skipped by retied as a night shift manager. Purty good for an ole Turner boy. Huh?

I'm having some heart problems and the thing I miss doing the most is coon hunting. Oh, to hear the dogs treed and your heart races as you hurry to the tree and try to get the old coon out of the tree and see if the coon can whip the dogs and walk away. Fun! Fun! Fun!

The most scariest time in my life was grand-daughter was ran over by a 3/4 ton pickup. Granddaughter was taken to Children's and come out just fine. Someone was watching out for her I know.

I guess my most embarrassing time was as a youngster, people talked about how good the home brew at Olen Brooks' was, so I was determined to get me some out of the shop and sure nuff I got caught.

I can say one thing about me living here in our area. I enjoy the simple life, like sittin' on the front porch with my good friend Archie Reynolds and watch the world go by.

I am Laymon Parker.