by Gerry Furgason | Aug 17, 2023 | 1961, Uncategorized
Kernen Christmases had always been held dear when my father was young because the three boys and one daughter lost their mother at an early age. The children were reared in the family saloon by their father and they looked forward to the holidays when aunts came...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 17, 2023 | 1961, Uncategorized
There were not that many photographs taken in 1961. I wish I had taken more. Life got busy and I neglected to record our lives in Louisville, Kentucky. Miles was stationed in Japan. D.J. and I were staying with Grandma Furgason on Sherman Avenue. and I was...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 17, 2023 | JACKSONVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, Uncategorized
Years ago, because many of the Marines recently killed in the Iraq War came from Camp LeJeune, North Carolina, President George W. Bush went there to be with families and friends of the fallen men. Listening to his televised speech at the Base, I found...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 17, 2023 | JACKSONVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, Uncategorized
I stepped off the bus in August 1957 to start a new life in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Looking up the street I noticed signs of Bars and Hock Shops. Glancing in the opposite direction I noted establishments of the same order. I walked into the Bus Station to...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 17, 2023 | EARLY WORKING YEARS, Uncategorized
Although it would help me in later years, when Lisa saw me reach for a pencil and my yellow legal pad, her lips pursed and she said, “We don’t do it like that.” Since I looked puzzled, she continued, “We type as we write. You will get used to...
