Those of you who read this regular series know that I am from Hackett, Arkansas, just a mile or so from the Oklahoma border, and just about 10 miles south of the Arkansas River. It was a redneck sort of place, and just zoom onto my previous posts to understand a bit about it.
I rarely write about living people except with their express permission, and will have to make no exception for that rule this time. As far as I know, they did not have any children, but I could be wrong, and if others who knew them know better, please correct me.
They were a nice couple, and the lived directly across the street from Ma. Budge (I NEVER knew his real name) was sort of a shade tree mechanic. Lyda was a gossip.