This was our home in Pickens, Mississippi, that our grandfather, Toney Mitchell Coleman and our grandmother, Atlas Stanford Coleman, built on their 200-acre farm in Holmes County in the early 1950s, with the help of my uncles, Ezell, Earl, Emmett, and Elvis, my father, when I was a toddler. I do remember when they were building it, however, somewhat vaguely, and the prior house as well. When visiting from St. Louis, we would stay here among the animals, crops, and stars. Many fond and formative memories are associated with it. I was last here in 1971, the year our grandfather died. It burned down in the 1980s.
Thursday, May 7, 2015
OLD HOME PLACE IN PICKENS, MISSISSIPPI
This was our home in Pickens, Mississippi, that our grandfather, Toney Mitchell Coleman and our grandmother, Atlas Stanford Coleman, built on their 200-acre farm in Holmes County in the early 1950s, with the help of my uncles, Ezell, Earl, Emmett, and Elvis, my father, when I was a toddler. I do remember when they were building it, however, somewhat vaguely, and the prior house as well. When visiting from St. Louis, we would stay here among the animals, crops, and stars. Many fond and formative memories are associated with it. I was last here in 1971, the year our grandfather died. It burned down in the 1980s.