30 January 2019
Another great visit with Reid and Ann! After a great night’s sleep, Reid and I headed to Comer’s Cafe near Fultonf or an early breakfast of eggs, country ham (very salty) with home made biscuits. Country ham is always salty but I think this had enough to dry the ocean.
We then visited an old colleague from Itawamba Community College (back then, it was Itawamba Junior College) Stacy Russell. Stacy was part time at the college and his wife Dixie was full time. I took Calculus with Dixie. Anyone who can make me understand math, much less Calculus is a very good teacher!
Stacy has a farm outside of Fulton. He always has a project going. His current project is apple trees. He’s identified apple trees from all over northern Mississippi and has preserved them by grafting them to root stocks. Some of his apple trees date back to the 1880’s. In addition he has growing on his property apple trees from George Washington’s estate and Thomas Jefferson.
He’s learned the art of grafting from his father and has decided to try to preserve the varieties of apples throughout the southeast. He does make some cider with the apples, but I think he really does it for the enjoyment of grafting and preservation.
After we left Stacy’s place, Reid and I headed to Itawamba Community College in Fulton, where I taught for five years, to meet up with Steve Miller. Steve and I became friends when he was a student there and his Dad ran the food service operation. His Dad now works for Steve in the same manner that Steve worked for him. Les is 90 years old and still going strong.
I always ate in the faculty dining room while at the college and paid my way. I also managed the men’s dormitory on campus and thus ate my meals on campus at night. Les almost never charged me for any meals I ate at night. He realized just how poorly the college paid its faculty.
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After we left Steve, we visited Herb and June Parham. Herb was the chemistry professor at IJC. Ole Miss and Mississippi State used to send him students to get through college chemistry. Once they passed Herb’s course, they could pass the other upper level courses at each university.
June and Herb really took to me while I was there and I ate a lot of meals at their house (as well as Jane and Reid’s). Both are now retired. It was good to sit and talk with them and talk old times.
Tonight, I treated Reid and Ann to dinner at a local Tupelo restaurant. We also watched Ole Miss lose to Florida in basketball. Once and Ole Miss fan, always one!
Tomorrow, I head out to Brandon for a visit with my brother Archie and Tanis.
There’s always something melancholic about visiting places you once lived and worked. I was fortunate to find so many friends at Itawamba and keep them over the years.
