I asked my Uncle Porter Inman one day about a small round scare on the back of his neck. He said that’s where I got shot. All of my uncles were great at teasing you except one; Uncle Eldon who was in WW 2. So Read More …
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’bout a Quarter Mile From Here
The Inman’s and the McConnell’s came into the Nixa Mo. area in 1853. The land at that time was something of a frontier with no towns or settlements and virtually no law. When the Civil War broke out my Great Granddad John Wesley Inman joined Read More …
Where Corn Don’t Grow
My Father and Mother rented a farm in southern Mo. for a time. It was on a hill over looking a small valley with a stream running threw it, a large barn for milking cows North east of the house,a chicken house, a smoke house Read More …
Larry Griffin
His name was Larry, just like mine and my brother married his sister. When I met Larry I thought wow this guy is sharp. We were both fourteen and had learners permits to drive but only to and from school and to work if you Read More …
The B.K. Lounge
I’m not sure but I think that The Stranger Creek Band is the first (and as far as I know) the only band that has a regular gig at a Burger King. Yes I said B-u-r-g-e-r K-i-n-g you know the “have it your way” restaurant. Read More …
Gone to Heaven
I received an Email from a lady that said she worked for Cross Roads Hospice Center and had a patient in a nursing home who, when asked, if he only had one day to live what would he like to do and said he wanted Read More …