Joe Evans

We have long recognized that the homosexual drive is not, at its root, sexual. The drive gains its direction and power from certain things inside a person, in many cases unmet needs or fears. Not always, but most often, in men it is an unmet need or a def... See more

From my earliest memories, my dad and my Uncle Cliff Evans were partners in Evans Brothers Dairy. They ran it on our farm at the end of Evans Road in Smarr. Virtually all our open land was used as pastures for the milk cows or for growing hay and silage t... See more

Joann Bowden Woodward was born in Smarr on October 22, 1932. And it was a miracle that she lived through her first day. Her mother, Josephine Rumble Bowden, had experienced a very difficult delivery. So much so that the attending doctor concluded that bab... See more

In a scene from the 1967 movie “Cool Hand Luke,” Luke, played by Paul Newman, is returned to the prison camp after his unsuccessful escape attempt. The warden, played by Martin Strother, has Luke shackled. He then beats him, throws him into a ditch and fa... See more

Robert Turner Persons, Sr. was born Nov. 15, 1844, on a plantation that bordered the Flint River in Crawford County. His parents were Reverend George Washington Persons and Alice Jones Persons. At the onset of the War Between the States, he joined the Con... See more