Tom’s Fourth of July Recollection

Cohay Creek near Hot Coffee, Covington County, Mississippi, photographed by David Dees

Each year when the Fourth comes around it reminds me of one of my fondest teenage memories, which is:

Our pappy bought his '37 Chevrolet truck from Magnus Jones from Mize, Mississippi, when it was too worn out for Magnus to use it as a log truck anymore, but it would still run, barely.                

On the Fourth Pappy would load all his family, a few farm hands, and a few relatives on his truck and carry us all to the Will Rogers Bridge across Cohay Creek for a day of fishing and a picnic.  We all had fun fighting the mosquitoes and moccasins even if we did not catch many fish.

I always remember the smile on Pappy's face when he was very proud of himself for his accomplishments at entertaining us all in such a grand fashion.

My brother Tom wrote this memory about our dad, Robert. The community of Hot Coffee is located near the Will Rogers Bridge over Cohay Creek. 

Travelers in Painted Wagons on Cohay Creek