Tag: Quitman County
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True Story of Johnny Keyhole
As a child I used to sit wide eyed as my grandparents told me the story of Johnny Keyhole. Even though they changed the story a little each time, it didn’t matter to me. I was mesmerized by the legend and could never get enough of how this bigger than life man terrorized Quitman and…
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Mack Pride
Mack Pride was born December 28, 1907 in Panola County, Mississippi. Mack Pride registered for the draft during World War II on October 16, 1940. He listed his residence as Lambert, MS and A. Baker as his employer. Next of kin was Robert Pride. Article below is taken word for word from the “Clarion Ledger”…
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Charley Pride
Charley Frank Pride was born in Sledge, Mississippi on March 18, 1938. His parents were Mack Pride and Tessie B. Stewart. As a child he grew up picking cotton on a small farm outside town. Life wasn’t easy and he was part of a big family. He remembered being told “You’re so skinny, you ain’t…
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Fred Smith: Founder of Fed Ex
Frederick Wallace Smith was born August 11, 1944 in Marks, Mississippi. Soon after the family moved to Memphis. Smith’s father was a success himself who actually founded Dixie Greyhound Bus Lines. Fred was named after his father who dabbled in a number of different endeavors in addition to the bus line. Fred Smith Sr. and…
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Legend of Johnnie Keyhole
As a child, I grew up listening to my Grandparents tell me the story of Johnnie Keyhole. Remember a legend is just a story that is passed down from one generation to the next so this story became the Legend of Johnnie Keyhole. Johnnie Keyhole and his wife lived out from Sledge in the late…
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Flood of 1935
In 1935, my Grandparents were living in the small community of Tibbs out from Sledge, when the worst flooding to hit that area ever occurred. My Grandmother told me they went to sleep that night and awoke the next morning hearing a bumping noise under the house. They thought it was an animal so my…
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