Although Coon Dogs and Outhouses Volume II does not contain actual stories about a coon dog or an outhouse, they are there in the background. Both are always close to any rural, Southern setting. And most of these stories are about those rural, Southern folk who are really a breed unto themselves. For, you see, those are the folk I really knowthe people of the soil. http://www.trcb.com/en-Us60Sat, 26 May 2012 11:05:00 ESTCopyright 2012 Dr. Lucas G. "Luke" Boyd, TRCB.com All Right Reservedhttp://www.trcb.com/onlinebooks/coon-dogs-and-outhouses-volume-ii/day-the-hogs-got-loose-1195.htmI's a-tellin' you whut's the gospel truth, I ain't never gonna git myself involved ever again with Press-tone Murphy and nonna his projects. Why, that man could screw up a one-car funeral and everbody knows it.Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:06:44 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/onlinebooks/coon-dogs-and-outhouses-volume-ii/day-the-hogs-got-loose-1195.htmTRCB.comBooks / Coon Dogs and Outhouses Volume IIhttp://www.trcb.com/onlinebooks/coon-dogs-and-outhouses-volume-ii/the-whuppin-1196.htmRebecca Bingham sat at her desk and cried quietly. 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It was sometime about middle of the morning but it was already hot and the tall stalks prevented any cooling breeze from reaching her-even if there had been one.Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:12:24 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/onlinebooks/coon-dogs-and-outhouses-volume-ii/the-swamp-1208.htmTRCB.comBooks / Coon Dogs and Outhouses Volume IIhttp://www.trcb.com/onlinebooks/coon-dogs-and-outhouses-volume-ii/journey-to-memphis-1207.htmThe hills were behind him now and the interstate was flatter and straighter. No more worry about getting behind the semis pulling a long hill side by side and blocking both lanes.Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:12:14 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/onlinebooks/coon-dogs-and-outhouses-volume-ii/journey-to-memphis-1207.htmTRCB.comBooks / Coon Dogs and Outhouses Volume IIhttp://www.trcb.com/onlinebooks/coon-dogs-and-outhouses-volume-ii/the-spirit-of-elvis-1206.htmThe day began like any other normal Tuesday. There was no indication of the impending disaster. Inez donned her Elvis jacket and walking shoes and set out on her morning trek around the neighborhood.Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:12:06 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/onlinebooks/coon-dogs-and-outhouses-volume-ii/the-spirit-of-elvis-1206.htmTRCB.comBooks / Coon Dogs and Outhouses Volume IIhttp://www.trcb.com/onlinebooks/coon-dogs-and-outhouses-volume-ii/always-in-character-1205.htmThere were cars and trucks, mostly trucks, in the parking lot and the front porch lights were on at the Braceyville Funeral Home, a sure sign that some local resident was laid out in the front room with the lid open.Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:11:57 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/onlinebooks/coon-dogs-and-outhouses-volume-ii/always-in-character-1205.htmTRCB.comBooks / Coon Dogs and Outhouses Volume IIhttp://www.trcb.com/onlinebooks/coon-dogs-and-outhouses-volume-ii/the-banker-1204.htmJ. Farnsworth Kelley turned off the lights in his office and set the alarm before he left the building. As usual, he was the last to leave. He thought it important that the President set a good example for the other bank employees-an example that said, "hard work, long hours, and diligent effort will be rewarded." He was a perfect demonstration of this.Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:11:43 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/onlinebooks/coon-dogs-and-outhouses-volume-ii/the-banker-1204.htmTRCB.comBooks / Coon Dogs and Outhouses Volume IIhttp://www.trcb.com/onlinebooks/coon-dogs-and-outhouses-volume-ii/a-matter-of-heart-1203.htmBernice deserves to die. Yes, thought Sarah Lou as she backed out of her driveway, if anybody deserves to die, she does. A person who would just kill four people-Sarah Lou knew of four for sure, there could be more-did not deserve to live.Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:11:35 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/onlinebooks/coon-dogs-and-outhouses-volume-ii/a-matter-of-heart-1203.htmTRCB.comBooks / Coon Dogs and Outhouses Volume IIhttp://www.trcb.com/onlinebooks/coon-dogs-and-outhouses-volume-ii/the-revival-1202.htmIt was the third week in Augustalways the most important week of the year for the East Fork Southern Missionary Baptist Church. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:11:26 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/onlinebooks/coon-dogs-and-outhouses-volume-ii/the-revival-1202.htmTRCB.comBooks / Coon Dogs and Outhouses Volume IIhttp://www.trcb.com/onlinebooks/coon-dogs-and-outhouses-volume-ii/would-you-do-that-for-me-1201.htmThe two young lovers sat on a rock outcropping in a natural alcove beside the rocky trail which clung to the side of the mountain forty or fifty feet above the rushing stream. It and been a tiring hike-and dangerous in places. They sat close together as lovers do. "How far was it from the lodge to the swinging bridge we crossed?' she asked.Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:10:48 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/onlinebooks/coon-dogs-and-outhouses-volume-ii/would-you-do-that-for-me-1201.htmTRCB.comBooks / Coon Dogs and Outhouses Volume IIhttp://www.trcb.com/onlinebooks/coon-dogs-and-outhouses-volume-ii/say-what-1200.htmSharon was a nurse at the VA hospital. She enjoyed her work with the men who had served their countryand her country, tooand who were still paying a price for this service.Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:10:37 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/onlinebooks/coon-dogs-and-outhouses-volume-ii/say-what-1200.htmTRCB.comBooks / Coon Dogs and Outhouses Volume IIhttp://www.trcb.com/onlinebooks/coon-dogs-and-outhouses-volume-ii/the-plantation-1199.htmMy early years, the late 1930s and early 40s, were spent on three plantations in the Mississippi Delta-that fertile, flat area of farmland which runs from Memphis southward to Vicksburg. The big River itself forms its western boundary.Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:10:31 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/onlinebooks/coon-dogs-and-outhouses-volume-ii/the-plantation-1199.htmTRCB.comBooks / Coon Dogs and Outhouses Volume IIhttp://www.trcb.com/onlinebooks/coon-dogs-and-outhouses-volume-ii/a-rude-awakening-1198.htmMiss Zadie Mae Tompkins is getting on up in years. Some of her organs and body parts have ceased to function at acceptable levels forcing her to reside in an assisted living facility but her mind has remained as sharp as ever. She likes to relate stories to anyone who will listen about her youth and the early years of her career. 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