Ms. Emily McCoramick Sells writes “Josephine’s Journal” as a column for the Overton County News.  The blog is filled with stories, memories, and photos from the area.

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Don’t miss the Archives listing of articles from Ms. Sells previous blog.  Click here to go directly to the prior blog articles, whose intriguing titles include the following:

• Memories of Willow Grove, Part 2
• Memories of Willow Grove
• Uncle Rob’s Manuscripts
• The Doll in the School Picture
• The Story of Two Brides
• A Picture Without a Frame
• The Story of Fala Roosevelt
• Tornado of 1974
• Remembering Will J.
• Once upon a Time in Byrdstown
• Finding the Girl Who Liked the Name Candy
• Cowboy Star Visits Allons School
• Bob Riley and the Bootlegger
• Unusual Bedtime Stories
• A Family with Twenty-Three Children
• History of the Overton County Railroad
• When Highway 42 Was just a Graveled Road
• Asleep on a Church Pew and Other Stories
• From Annapolis to Alpine – the Life of Ada Jones Hancock
• The Life of Joe W. Vaughn and wife Clementine McCormick Vaughn
• The Story of Twofeathers
• Vastine Little Encounters Jesse James
• Allons, Tennessee – The Original Choice for the Atomic City?
• Gee-Haw-Whimmy-Diddle
• The Town once Known as Standing Stone, TN
• From Shiloh to Metro – The Diane Vaughn Story
• Have You Ever?
• The Carroll Robbins Story
• Memories from the Past 100 Years
• Will J. Remembers
• Unusual Tombstones
• Historic Landmark in Taylors Crossroads Closes
• Dr. Thomas A. Langford
• George Allen Knight
• Tammi Thiele – a Graveyard Rabbit
• History of Bethlehem Methodist Church
• The Martins of the Oakley Community
• The Little Green Book of Memories
• The Alvin Cullom House at Monroe
• Growing up on Bloomington Road
• The Story of Kate Bradford Stockton – 1880-1969
• A Penny Post Card
• A Family that Loved to Read
• Walthall Family Victims of Kidnapping in 1957
• Melting of Heavy Snowfall in February of 1929 Floods Celina
• The Log House LeNora Built – Part Two
• 1957 Eighth Grade Class Trip
• On the Road with the Rockettes
• Whatever Happened to Joyce Hicks?
• The History of the Shirt Factory
• A Hole in His Billfold
• Christmas ’09
• They just Happened To Be Passing By
• Growing up on Peach Tree Tea
• Living Through the Great Depression
• The Carpenter Who Made Cup Cakes
• Livingston College and Cordell Hull Junior College
• The Paper Boys of Livingston
• A Great-Granddaughter of Ranter Jess
• Janice, the Interpreter
• A Horseshoe and a Rock
• The Log Home LeNora Built
• Ring Fairy Mushrooms
• A Kentucky Farm Girl
• Hammer, Nails, Pencil and Paper – The Jim Loftis Story
• Heirloom Apple Trees
• My Story – By Arnold H. Sells
• Lucy Frances Mitchell
• East Broad Street Memories – 1920’s Through 1940’s
• Hog Killing Time on the Qualls Farm
• Boyhood Memories by Frank R. Lewis
• School Days at Lone Maple
• Talmadge and Gentry Qualls
• No Laughing at the Table
• The Copeland House on Spring Street
• Live on Radio Station WLIV … It’s the Sullivan Brothers Show!
• Memories of Mammy Maddox
• Memories of Hardy and Vian Keisling of Hatcher Hall
• The Vargulish Family
• The Sidwell Home Moved to New Location
• The Apple Stack Cake Lady from Double Top
• He Was More than just the Mailman
• The Only Thing I Ever Stole Was Your Mama
• He Asked Her To Dance
• I Didn’t Know We Were Poor
• Growing up on High Street in Livingston
• He Says He Was a Fifth Grade Drop Out
• She Striped His Legs with a Thorn Bush
• Area Descendants of Eastern Cherokees
• From England to Livingston, Tennessee – A Journey To Connect
• Memories of the Mitchell Wedding
• The Class of ’63 is 63
• East Cedar Street – a Great Place to Grow Up
• From Joppa to Daukuskie Island
• Poverty Is no Excuse
• Nine Flat Tires on the Way to Jamestown
• A Simple Act of Kindness
• Born a Slave
• Recalling the 1950’s
• Her Mother Was a Peddler
• Never Put off Until Tomorrow …
• Dr. Breeding Home
• Growing Up in Windle, Tennessee
• The Mofield House
• Wilbur C. and Anna Lee Smith
• In Memory of Private William Jason Ramsey
  Obituaries from the Past
• The Mahan Family of Putnam County, TN
• Blue Cornflowerst
• Memories of Jolly Creek
• Sells Brothers Circus
• Dr, John T. McDonald
• The Disappearance of Josiah Erwin (Cy) McDonald
• Mrs. Rose and Billy Morgan Garrett
• The Friendship Quilt
• Mary Helen Apple and Her Horses
• The Rinky Dinks of Roberts Street
• Historic Bowman Home
• Robinson Crusoe Buck (2)
• Book Signing
• Judge L. D. Bohannon
• The Oliver Flowers Story
• Mitchell Speedway
• Christmas Memories ’07
• Remember Me
• 1934 Survey – Tower Hill
• Pack Horse Librarians
• When Kids no Longer Walked to School
• Roaring River and the Frenchman
• Mr. Ogletree’s Story
• Pictures from the Past
• Samuel Denton, the Rock House Owner
• 1933 Tornado
• Robinson Crusoe Buck
• Dr. and Mrs. William Meredith Brown Home
• Crepe Paper Flowers
• July 4th Celebrations
• The Ellen Turnbull Story
• The Story of Linus, the Young Beagle Puppy
• East Cedar Street Methodist Church Parsonage
• Raleigh Needham Story
• Reed Ramsey’s Trip to Poland
• 1950’s Livingston Academy Girls’ Basketball
• Backyard Visitors
• What’s a Blue Moon?
• Memories of Mohawk Valley
• Dirt Roads
• William Felix Copeland 1937 Interview
• William Curtis Hayes Jr. – Mayor
• Valentine’s Day – My Very Favorite Holiday
• Rickman School Celebrates 80+ Years
• What in the World are Ember Days?
• The Baptist Parsonage on Cedar Street
• Thomas Champlin and W. Albert Roberts
• Ann Smith Winningham
• The Roberts Family Home
• Mark Keisling – The Artist
• The Blue Teddy Bear
• The Alexander Gaston Keisling Home
• Let It Snow
• Christmas Memories
• Property Taken for Standing Stone State Park
• The Felix Grundy Bilbrey Home
• The Stonecipher Home
• 1947 Sears Catalogue
• The Switchboard Operator
• The Handmade Coffin Maker
• The 1940 Overton County Fair
• Model Barber Shop
• The Wright Home
• Bill Herren, Mural Painter from Silver Point, TN
• Livingston Tennessee in 1933
• Historic Homes in Livingston
• The Jernigan Family
• Where Did He Come From??
• Dr. Arthur Hollis Edens
• Dr. Audie Lee Rhodes
• Tom Davis Service
• Mildred Matthews O’Meara
• Mr. Stewart Grace
• Issac Asbury Clarke – Berryville Arkansas
• The Duvone Dale Story
• Ernest & Grace Buck of Pall Mall, Tennessee
• Grand Ole Opry’s Lonzo and Wife
• The Beech Tree on Hillview Drive
• Johnnie Webb – Member of the Army Air Corps
• Sitting Up with the Dead
• The County Poorhouse
• Sandhill Cranes
• Charles and Marge Carmack
• The Sam Brooks Story
• The Kids Who Grew up in the Neighborhood of East Cedar Street
• How Time Changes Things
• Vonda’s Christmas Card
• Our Christmas Mouse
• Where did HOGEYE Come from?
• The Lily Dale Fireplace
• Aunt Liz Allred
• McClusky Cemetery in Clay County
• Aunt Ella’s Story
• The 1959 Alpine School Bus Wreck
• The Butterfly and Me
• Collette Dishman’s Potato Candy
• Up, Up, and Away
• Quannie’s Story
• Henry Sells
• The Shartrands of Petalbrook Lane
• Randy Bing, the Flint Knapper
• Kelsey’s Story
• She Drives a 1990 Chevrolet Truck
• A Visit to Trooper Island
• Mark Twain’s Family Lived in Tennessee
• Lucy Newberry
• The Bledsoe Cemetery
• A Tribute to Jean Hunter
• Remember When
• The Osburn Home
• Memories of Livingston Grammar School
• Surprise Christmas Guests
• Quannie’s Christmas Card
• Christmas in Livingston
• My Christmas Wish
• The Midwife’s Story
• The Wagon Train Ride
• She Sang at Her Own Funeral
• Mayor Hosea Winningham
• Supreme Sacrifices
• The Empty Swing
• The Town of Livingston in 1933
• Vess Maynord
• The Hand-painted Lamp
• Seeing Our Troops Off
• Rebecca’s Essay
• Return to Tennessee after 63-years
• Milbern Sells’ World War II Letters
• Mr. Roy Harvey’s Wagon Ride
• Sammie’s Story
• Creek Glass
• Ray and Eva Swallows
• Stanley and Geneva Carter
• The History of Dale Hollow Lake
• Parrott’s Tourist Camp
• The Jumpin’ off Place
• Agnes Knight Campbell
• Sears and Roebuck Mail Order Homes
• Rebekkah’s Story
• Andy Holt
• Captain Kangaroo
• Susan Harris Pangle
• Taylor’s Crossroads Quilt and the Presbyterian Church
• Livingston’s Native American Indians
• Trooper Island
• The Hubble Space Telescope
• Annie and Bush Taylor
• Missing in Action – The Columbus Hooks Story
• Anna Jane (Barnes) Carr
• King’s Grist Mill
• A Good Time To Grow Up
• Carl Copeland and His Grandson’s Lawn Service
• Coalinga Football
• Jack and Lynn Stoddart
• A Good Mother
• Luther and Bell Harris
• South Church Street
• Bascum and Juanita Swack
• The Buckeye Family
• Class of 1953
• Grandparents
• Scott and Rebecca’s Wedding
• Class of 1963
• Claude Ramsey
• Boat Racing
• Don White
• Myrna Holman
• Charlie and Dessie Bilbrey
• Barbara McConnell
• Elizabeth Qualls
• Agnes Sells
• Auda Ledbetter and Her Alphabet
• Roy and Linda Riser
• Randall Dulworth
• The Murphy Girls
• Grace Bilbrey and Otis Ledbetter School Days at Henard
• The Cedar View Inn
• The Sewell House near Burkesville, Ky
• The Dugan Smith House
• John and Jean Hunter
• U.L. and Emogene Ledbetter
• George and Maggie Wright
• Christmas Memories
• Comer and Annie Burks Family
• Charlie Pop and Lola Poindexter Store
• The Strawberry Festival
• Miss Conway Lea (3)
• The George E. (Crip) and Della Agnes Smith Family
• The Jesse and Adah Rich Family
• Zollicoffer – a Municipal Park
• Miss Conway Lea (2)
• Ms. Will Harris
• Alene Gabbard Savage
• Ethan Phillips
• Clarence Stewart
• The Brown Hotel/Dixie Theater/Ritz Theater
• Miss Conway Lea
• Our Adopted Family
• Mabel Springs
• Sycamore Hollow
• My Special Friend, Grace Bilbrey
• My Aunt Rose
• Gypsy’s Story