Don Hamilton

Carole and I express sympathy to the family of Don Hamilton. Don was married to Barbara Moreland Hamilton, my classmate at Tupelo High School.

Estes's Fish and Steak House

The September 24th Lee County Courier has a feature on Steve and Sandra Estes who reopened their restaurant in Plantersville which was closed in 2006 due to Steve's health problems. They opened the restaurant where Vernons Restaurant in Tupelo was in July 1983 and moved it to Plantersville in 1985.

Estes's Fish and Steak House is indeed a landmark in the area. It has always been the place for me to encounter people from my past. I hate to be maudlin, but I think of all those who the last place I saw them before their death was at Estes's. Sheriff Presley, Louzell Francis, Marion Helms, Janice Swain, Kitty Morgan, and Mr. David Estes are some I recall.

Aunt Miriam

Found this picture from the 1950s of Aunt Miriam pouring tea; she and Uncle Ernest lived in Memphis a block or so from Overton Park; I'll never forget the first time I spent the night at their house; I woke in the middle of the night thinking I was in Africa because of all the animal noise coming from the zoo.

Aunt Miriam lived to the age of 104 dying a year or so ago.

The Kellys and Scotland Friends

For several years now, I have exchanged e-mails with Sandra Ward of Scotland; she and her family are close friends with Dr. Charles Kelly and his wife of Fulton, and recently the Wards have purchased a vacation home in Monroe County on the waterway.

Dr. Charles Kelly is the grandson of Troy Kelly and the son of Charles Kelly, the younger brother of J. C. and Eddie Wayne Kelly.

Charles Kelly Jr. and Sr. and their wives and family along with their Scotland friends are in this picture taken on July 4th.

Plantersville Cemetery Memorial

The annual Plantersville Cemetery Memorial will be held Sunday, October 11, at 3:00 p.m. at the cemetery; in case of rain, the Memorial will be at the Plantersville Methodist Church.

Plantersville Youth Council

The Plantersville Youth Council along with adult volunteers donated newspapers to the Tupelo-Lee Humane shelter recently.

Clinton's Mayor

Yesterday, Carole attended a meeting where the guest speaker was Clinton's mayor, Rosemary Gibens Aultman who mentioned that she had recently been in Lee County and visited with some of her Plantersville friends.

Rosemary's mother, as many of you know, taught for many years at Lawhon School.

Bob Jackson

I express sympathy to the family of Bob Jackson who died Wednesday in Birmingham. Bob was a classmate who I visited with at the 50th class reunion last year. Bob was married to Mitzi Morris whose father, I believe I am correct, was the principal at one time at Plantersville School.

Mrs. Wages Country Store and Erskin Dacus Drug Co.

Can anyone share any information on either Mrs. Wages Country Store or Erskin Dacus Drug Co. located in or around Tupelo.

I attended school at Tupelo High School with Glenn and Alicia Dacus whose family owned the drug company, I think, but do not remember where it was located or what products they made there.

I don't recall a Mrs. Wages Country Store.

Comment:

There was a Dacus Drug in the area of Bissell. They made products such as
pickling spices, salts, other spices. Somehow the Wages may have been
connected with this.
Not sure this is what you are asking about, but this comes to mind
Lynette P Brown
Plantersville

Thanks Lynette

Jackson Square

Carly with her boa and her pet stuffed rat and Jackson Square in the background. The church is Saint Louis Cathedral.

Driving the Buggy

Our family was on vacation in New Orleans this past weekend; here's Carly with the reins for the buggy which took us on a tour of the French Quarter.