Happy Holidays from Ned Ray McWherter

Ned Ray McWherter was the Governor of Tennessee from 1987 - 1995.   He lived in Dresden and Kent has some funny stories and good memories to tell about Ned Ray, who owned the local beer distributorship.  The closest I ever got to Ned Ray McWherter was the library at the University of Memphis which was named for him.  I worked there from it's opening in 1994 till I moved on to Business and Finance in 1997.  Ria Moran saved holiday card and since it's the Christmas season I decided to post it in remembrance of Governor McWherter.  A son of Weakley County Tennessee.

Governor McWherter was born October 15, 1930 and died April 4, 2011.   He is interred at Sunset Cemetery in Dresden.

Piano Nook and Front Staircase

I took this picture March 2012.  Even covered in dust and water stains the beauty and elegance of Moran Place can never be questioned.  A grand lady to the end.  Be sure to visit our Facebook page and like us.

Texas Oil Fields ca 1920

These photographs are annotated on the back with "Eastland Co Good Roads," "Dugger #1 PO & GC,"  "Emma Terrell Ranger," "Cathey Putnam," "Comanche" and "Eastland."   A bit of research revealed that Eastland was Eastland County Texas,  the "Emma Terrell" was an oil derrick at Ranger Texas.   Just as there was a derrick named "Cathey" at Putnam and a Dugger #1 and that Comanche was also a county in Texas.  In addition to the photographs I've included a page from the San Francisco Chronicle dated March 29 1919 which tells the story of black gold being found in the Eastland area of Texas and the rush that ensued in the area to drill.  I'd also like to point out that there was another place not far far away that was also bringing in oil, the Moran Fields in Shackleford County Texas which is also mentioned in the article.

Unidentified men, Eastland County Texas

Unidentified men, Dugger #1