Here is my mother Nancy Bowers Wood’s Hillsboro High classmate Red Grooms as a baby, right on the edge of Sevier Park. To the end of her life, Mom regretted not saving the textbooks of hers in which Red had doodled caricatures.
Hey, 12 South: You can get a historical marker put up for a couple grand. Don’t miss the opportunity!
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I’m sure some readers here can reach Mr. Grooms. Do pass this link along to the artist.
This blog is still pretty much dormant, but I’m finding a few bits in the 1940 Nashville census that I have to share. I’ll put them up here as I keep finding them.
Tom
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