On this date in History...

[CochiseCowbell]

A Legend was born & a Legend died.

The Possum: born 9-12-1931

The Man in Black: passed 9-12-2003.

Let's hope the latter found a place to rest his spirit from his starship. Regardless, he'll remain.

 

[ababyatemydingo]

A Legend was born & a Legend died.

The Possum: born 9-12-1931

The Man in Black: passed 9-12-2003.

Let's hope the latter found a place to rest his spirit from his starship. Regardless, he'll remain.

True story. The wife and I had just gotten through eating at Mary Mahoney's in Biloxi in January of 2011. So, we are about to walk out, and she says she needs to pee before we go. So, I'm standing there at the top of the steps outside the bathrooms (which is right near the lecturn thing where you go to get seated), and I see these two couples walking through the bar towards me. The closer they get, the harder I'm squinting. They stop at the bathrooms where I'm standing, and both of the women go in the ladies room, while the guys stand there waiting. So, I'm elbow to elbow (well, not really. I'm 6'6", and this man is about 5'5" maybe) with this man, and I look over toward him, he politely nods at me and grins, and I said, "I don't mean to be rude, but are you George Jones?" He said, "yessir, I am". and reached out to shake my hand. I'm still sort of not believing it's him because he's WAY shorter than I'd have ever thought he'd be, and his hair looked different than I'd imagine it'd look, but we stood there and talked for a few minutes, and the women came out, we got pictures made with him (he made her stand on a lower step while he stood on the higher step, so he'd appear taller), and they made their way on up to the lecturn. The lady there says, "Right this way, Mr. Jones, we have your room ready". My only brush with fame, outside of getting backstage at the 1987 Whitesnake concert in Jackson, because my roommate was friends with Tommy Aldridge's family, who is from Pearl.

The Possum was gone, a little over two years later. 4-26-13




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[PineGroveBully]

To bad that we know those shoes will never be filled