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Valdosta State University

Posted on November 11, 2017 by joinerscorner

I graduated from Valdosta State College in 1974. In 1993 the Board of Regents awarded it the more prestigious title of Valdosta State University. I got a nice letter from the school’s president saying that the university designation would add … Continue reading →

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A Picture of Patricia

Posted on November 4, 2017 by joinerscorner

One Sunday in September, just after church, Dwaine Slade handed me a small cardboard box. “A. J. sent this to you,” said Dwaine. A. J. Wright is his uncle, and is also a relative of mine. He owns a funeral … Continue reading →

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Gene Goes To School

Posted on October 28, 2017 by joinerscorner

Gene Deloach was disciplined by his teacher, Mrs. Myrtle Peavy, every day in third grade at Pinehurst Elementary. Those who know him well won’t be too surprised by that. She mostly popped his open palm with a ruler. He says … Continue reading →

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We Bare All

Posted on October 21, 2017 by joinerscorner

Ron Gilliard is a friend of mine from college days. He’s a few years older than me and is now retired in Bainbridge, Georgia. He had a book published in early 2017 titled Our Journey. It’s about the role that … Continue reading →

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Baseball, Brothers, and War

Posted on October 14, 2017 by joinerscorner

Billy Irwin was one of the most talented baseball players to ever come out of Unadilla, Georgia. He didn’t play high school ball, but travelled two counties eastward to Cochran and made the Middle Georgia College team. He may be … Continue reading →

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Albert Crozier Won’t Run

Posted on October 7, 2017 by joinerscorner

Albert Crozier lived a half mile up the road from my childhood home. He was born in 1914, 38 years before I came along. He had a thin work-hardened body, his hands and face tanned from long hours in the … Continue reading →

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A Cow Named Star

Posted on September 29, 2017 by joinerscorner

Daddy preferred row cropping to livestock. In my earliest childhood memories, our small cattle herd consisted of maybe 25 brood cows. We had one very muscular Black Angus bull. It seems he would have been quite happy, but he never … Continue reading →

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Cold Water Baptists

Posted on September 22, 2017 by joinerscorner

I’m not sure how many cold-water Baptists are still around. Elizabeth Dunaway, Mary Joyce Dunaway, and my mother, Margaret Joiner, are in the most senior group. They were baptized in childhood at Mock Springs, each of them having made professions … Continue reading →

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Steve The Tool Salesman

Posted on September 16, 2017 by joinerscorner

I don’t know exactly when Steve called. I think it was about 30 years ago. Jane and I were living on DeLiesseline Drive in Vienna, raising triplets. It was before caller ID. Sales calls always came right at suppertime. Most … Continue reading →

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Sis Pearlie’s Marching Band

Posted on September 8, 2017 by joinerscorner

It was a summer day in 1957. I was five. My playmate, Sis Pearlie, was about 65. There wasn’t a record of Pearlie’s date of birth. Grandmama Hill said they could share hers, April 1, 1892. Pearlie Mae Frederick was … Continue reading →

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