Column: Another look at some oldie but goodie cafes Johnny Vardeman
Long gone restaurants cook up a heaping helping of nostalgia for longtime Hall Countians.
Judi Turner, who now lives in Nashville, remembers her grandmother, Birdie McKinstry, taking her to lunch when she was a child on Wednesdays at the Wheeler Hotel on Main Street, just off the downtown square. Still, in her mind’s eye are little green metal pots holding hot water for tea.
Local radio listeners might remember Birdie as she was a frequent caller to morning shows, especially when the late Jim Hartley was on the microphone.
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Column: Correct casket, right clothing, wrong person Johnny Vardeman
He also has stories handed down from the previous owners of Ward’s Funeral Home.
Once, Jerry recalled, the funeral home had 11 or 12 services pending and eight different shapes of caskets for mourners to choose from. Those were the days when it was common for the deceased to be taken to their home for viewing.
On one such extra busy occasion, when Buck Ward took a body to a home, upon opening the casket, the deceased woman’s husband told him, “That’s her casket, and that’s her dress, but that’s not her.”