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Author Archives: Loran Smith
Loran Smith: Stetson Bennett’s Tennessee Legacy
David Allen was a fine defensive back as a Tennessee undergraduate who prepared for a life after football that would
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Loran Smith: When Life Was Uncomplicated
The death of an old friend always brings about flashbacks to happier times, when life was uncomplicated, settled and harmonious
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Loran Smith: It would be hard to eat oyster soup wearing boxing gloves
Carl E. Sanders enjoyed heralded success as the 74th governor of the state of Georgia, 1963-67, and I became acquainted
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Loran Smith: The Most Dramatic Georgia Touchdown Ever
Almost every day there is a reminder of a highlight, a repeat of a magical moment, and/or further review of
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Loran Smith: Stan The Man
For reasons that don’t require full disclosure, I have set up a temporary desk in our kitchen by a bay
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Loran Smith: Summer of ’62
Repairing to my basement office earlier this week to search for a document, I ran across a file labeled, “Coast
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Loran Smith: Tomorrow is the 77th anniversary of the D-Day landings…
Tomorrow is the 77th anniversary of the D-Day landings on thebeaches of Normandy on France’s west side, a pastoral setting
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Loran Smith: Roland Garros and Beaujolais
With the French Open, the 2nd Grand Slam tennis competition of the year, headed toward the finals this weekend, there
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Loran Smith: Reflections on Vince Dooley
You may be familiar with Great Southern Wood Preserving, the lumber processor in Abbeville, Alabama. The producers of a popular
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Loran Smith: Grandmother’s Swing
In these turbulent times when everybody seems to be at somebody’s throat, when there are jobs to be had and
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Loran Smith: On Saltine Crackers
There is a statistic for everything under the sun which makes one wonder if there are any stats that confirm
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Loran Smith: Ray Lamb – One of Georgia’s Football Treasures
This is a town divided by the Norfolk Southern Railroad but is on the same page when it comes to
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Loran Smith: Remembering James Roy Rowland
James Roy Rowland, a native of Wrightsville, Georgia, was a medical doctor who became a U. S. Congressman who was
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Loran Smith: My Back Porch
Traditionally, a house without a porch would be like having a car without a radio. I spent the early part
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Loran Smith: The whippoorwill will come calling at dusk
This is the time of the year when you can listen out for the whippoorwills at dusk if you are
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Loran Smith: Here’s to the ole timers
A note from a friend recently made me aware that with all the money that is out there for young
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Loran Smith: On Fernandina Beach
If you are an infrequent visitor to these parts, sometimes, there is uncertainty when you try to distinguish the town
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