There's no place like home

Thursday, April 25, 2019

Growing up in Poplar Bluff has been a great joy. Through the years I have witnessed many changes. Schoolmates are now public servants. Men that were my age 40 years ago now have grey hair, aged faces but still have great wisdom. I have grieved buildings coming down and applauded new buildings going up. I have witnessed small business operators become senators and state representatives and watched as a lawyer’s son became Missouri Speaker of the House. I have attended many funerals and felt the loss of people that once were groundbreakers in our community. Names like but not limited to Parker, West, Shackleford, Wilkinson, Gilbert and Hogg. So many memories of people and events in my hometown that if I wrote a book it would take the rest of my life to finish.

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