Go West – to New Mexico – Day 16

24 July 20201

It was a quick trip to Mississippi yesterday with slow traffic out of Shreveport a hindrance. I crossed the mighty Mississippi at Vicksburg which was in pretty high water. As I drove past the exit for the national battlefield, I remembered my first visit to the place as a kid and much later when my brother and I did a tour. It’s worth your time for a visit if you are in the area.

I-20, and before that US 80, gave me a tour of familiar names – Bovina, Edwards, Raymond, and Clinton. These names are pretty familiar to the average Mississippian. Most have Civil War significance.

I pulled into my brother’s place in Brandon and walked in to find him in the kitchen. We gave each other a hug and proceeded to reconnect after two years. He, like me, looks older, but we all know I’m the handsomer of the two.

We sat outside in the swing under a tin shed with Tanis and picked up the conversation like we had seen each other yesterday. Such are familial ties. I also became reacquainted with summers in Mississippi.

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Later we made a quick run to State Street in Jackson for some supplies. I haven’t been on State Street since I lived on it in 1984 when in graduate school at the medical center.

Tanis prepared garden fresh tomatoes, corn on the cob, and mashed potatoes for supper and Archie grilled pork chops. I didn’t even eat any meat, filling up on tomatoes and corn.

I think today we will drive over to Morton to Hodge Hill cemetery to look for headstones for some of the Agnew relatives. There are three major cemeteries in the area and one minor one: Hodge Hill just north of Morton, Morton cemetery, Simms Hill south of Morton, and Searcy cemetery south of Pulaski. We have relatives in all four.

I think my grandmother Ruby got me in the habit of walking cemeteries. It isn’t as morbid as it sounds. I would accompany her as she visited the graves. They teach a lot of history. For example, the number of deaths in 1918 and 1919 from the pandemic of 1918is marked in stone for all to see. Sadly, it looks as though future generations will have that same experience for 2019-2021.

Stay tuned!