Opinion
Marengo County & D-Day: Giving It All
Folks my age can remember individuals and events from the great World War II, and today I’m thinking ...
Blackbelt Gazette
Rising waters make fishing more difficult
(This column was written for the Demopolis Times by Jerry Smyly.) After four straight days of rain, we ...
Blackbelt Gazette
Pretty doggone good story
I have, indeed, written on occasions about dogs, and how I have loved the dogs in my life ...
Columns
Being outdoors means tracking weather
This column was written by Jerry Smyly for the Demopolis Times.) I made the comment last week that ...
Columns
Spring weather means great hunting, fishing
(This column was written by Jerry Smyly for the Demopolis Times.) This is likely the longest stretch of ...
Columns
Selling and giving couple remembered
We’ve all known some remarkable and memorable merchants in our day and in our area, but this day ...
Columns
American Soldiers
In writing about American soldiers this week I am including any man or woman in uniform, beginning for ...
Blackbelt Gazette
March in Alabama means be prepared
This column is written special for the Demopolis Times by Jerry Smyly. It’s March in Alabama, be prepared ...
Blackbelt Gazette
Trees and bushes I’ve seen
That’s right. I’ve been on a first name basis with trees and bushes in my day, and I ...
Blackbelt Gazette
Let’s go for a ride
Those were sorta magic like words back yonder in the 40s and 50s to young ‘uns.and grown ups, ...
Blackbelt Gazette
Jeeps, grease guns and steel pots
I’m mighty happy to report that my old head is still crammed full of good old timey memories ...
Columns
A penny for your thoughts
As far back as I can recollect, we were able to send our thoughts from one end of ...
Blackbelt Gazette
Americanism
This is another column where you, Dear Readers, can once again fill in spaces from your memory bank ...
Opinion
That magic touch
What magic has been developed within the medical field since my baby brother caught pneumonia at the tail ...
Columns
Elvis Who?
An unknown author, Bill Burk, sometime back wrote a book simply entitled, “Early Elvis: The Tupelo Years.” The ...