http://www.enewscourier.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:58:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/Jerry%20Barksdale/local_story_361145848.html http://www.enewscourier.com/Jerry%20Barksdale/local_story_361145848.html Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:27:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/Jerry%20Barksdale/local_story_347172704.html http://www.enewscourier.com/Jerry%20Barksdale/local_story_347172704.html I figured I was pretty cool. I could inhale without coughing, exhale through my nose and steer my green and white ‘55 Chevy while resting my elbow out the window. Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:18:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/Jerry%20Barksdale/local_story_347131902.html http://www.enewscourier.com/Jerry%20Barksdale/local_story_347131902.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:39:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/Jerry%20Barksdale/local_story_339113957.html http://www.enewscourier.com/Jerry%20Barksdale/local_story_339113957.html My good friend, Robert Dunnavant Jr. died in 1995. I miss him. We were great pals except when we were having a spat. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:08:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/Jerry%20Barksdale/local_story_322140942.html http://www.enewscourier.com/Jerry%20Barksdale/local_story_322140942.html It’s important to the mental health of guys that we perceive ourselves as real men. However, being macho is expensive and can be dangerous. I know from experience. Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:31:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/Jerry%20Barksdale/local_story_294143220.html http://www.enewscourier.com/Jerry%20Barksdale/local_story_294143220.html When I was kid we lived in a tenant house with no indoor plumbing, owned no car and made a half-bale of cotton per acre.“Young’n, this gravy train we’re rid’n won’t last forever,” Daddy often said. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:54:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/Jerry%20Barksdale/local_story_280155608.html http://www.enewscourier.com/Jerry%20Barksdale/local_story_280155608.html I may be the world’s champ trout angler.Trout anglers are different from regular fishermen who spit on their hooks for good luck. They don’t dig worms, bait minnows or eat Beanie Weenies while fishing. No way!They sip scotch whiskey, tie flies and attend school on how to cast a fly rod. They don’t call themselves fishermen; they are anglers. Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:46:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/Jerry%20Barksdale/local_story_264194728.html http://www.enewscourier.com/Jerry%20Barksdale/local_story_264194728.html When I was a kid I believed that Roy Rogers was “King of the Cowboys” and that Trigger was “the world’s smartest horse in the movies.” Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:04:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/Jerry%20Barksdale/local_story_222200729.html http://www.enewscourier.com/Jerry%20Barksdale/local_story_222200729.html Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:59:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/Jerry%20Barksdale/local_story_210105909.html http://www.enewscourier.com/Jerry%20Barksdale/local_story_210105909.html We unloaded at a small ferry and buckled on life preservers while Mike slid the canoe into the swift current and held it steady. Being a gentleman, I let Pat board first.“Hey, lady! Turn around, you’re seated backward,” said Mike. “I thought you had experience.”Big deal! Anyone can get confused about directions. I pushed off. Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:37:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/Jerry%20Barksdale/local_story_193114345.html http://www.enewscourier.com/Jerry%20Barksdale/local_story_193114345.html It was my most memorable hunting trip. I didn’t bag any game, but I did come home with a good story. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:53:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/Jerry%20Barksdale/local_story_179115536.html http://www.enewscourier.com/Jerry%20Barksdale/local_story_179115536.html I noticed that other prominent Athens men also wore white socks. At first, I thought there was an outbreak of athlete’s foot in Athens. Wrong. These men didn’t have athlete’s foot; they had real money! Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:24:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/Jerry%20Barksdale/local_story_168092559.html http://www.enewscourier.com/Jerry%20Barksdale/local_story_168092559.html Getting smart alecky with Daddy usually landed me in the cornfield chopping waist high buck grass. Worse still, there was no clear definition of “smart alecky.” It depended on Daddy’s mood at the time. Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:59:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/Jerry%20Barksdale/local_story_154120218.html http://www.enewscourier.com/Jerry%20Barksdale/local_story_154120218.html Each year Sheriff Mike Blakely saddles Cowboy for me to ride in the Rodeo parade. And each year Cowboy bows up, hops around and tries to throw me. I think Mike whispers something nasty about me in his ear.I can’t get any peace from animals, even when I’m sleeping. Fri, 16 May 2008 11:52:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/Jerry%20Barksdale/local_story_137115209.html http://www.enewscourier.com/Jerry%20Barksdale/local_story_137115209.html I gave a bucket of molasses to every visitor who would accept one and we still had molasses remaining when Carol and I divorced. I generously offered her the molasses in exchange for the couch, but she wouldn’t agree.