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When To Stand, When To Sit, When To Pray…..
Ansel Head’s father stepped into the doorway to his son’s bedroom, “Rise and shine!” Unlike most mornings, Head jumped right up. It was Sunday, and he was looking forward to his Sunday School at South Highland’s Presbyterian with the Formans. … Continue reading
The Sign Of The Devil
Ansel Head’s brief recess from a formal religious education came when his parents left Canterbury Methodist. Had his grandmother, from her high station at Hill-Leigh, failed to vanquish forever the collarless tweed jacket, ruffled shirt, hideous short pants, knee socks, … Continue reading
Posted in Ansel Head's Education, Head's Early Years
Tagged Aunt Roy, Canterbury Methodist Church, Elmwood Cemetery, Father, FFB's, First Families of Birmingham, Grandmother, Hill-Leigh, Junior League, Libby, Mother, Mountain Brook Club, Mr. Forman, Mrs. Forman, Religion, Ross, South Highland Presbyterian Church, St Mary's, Tiny Kingdom
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The Way, The Truth, And The Light
When he was six or seven, Ansel Head remembers there being a lull in his church centered education. For some reason, he stopped attending Canterbury Methodist. Maybe the family was on the losing side of the merger with the bigger … Continue reading
The Angel Of Death
Ansel Head’s mother died in her bed on her ninety-second birthday. Her daughter, nieces, and the sweetest two ladies on earth were present at the end. Head was on his way, once again driving down I-81 at 80 in his … Continue reading
Posted in Ansel Head's Education, Head's Restaurant Years
Tagged Andy, Father, Funeral, Grandfather, Hospital, I-81, Koch, McCallie, Mother, W&L
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Why The Generals
Towards the end of his McCallie years, Ansel Head knew he had learned all that the authorities could put in front of him. Along the way, there had been small glimmers of a practical education which had seeped through the … Continue reading
Posted in Ansel Head's Education, Head's Washington & Lee Years
Tagged Brother, Father, McCallie, Misfits, SAT's, Washington & Lee, Yale
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Miss Ward’s School
Ansel Head’s father’s friend, Mr. Marks, used to say that everybody had gone to school but no one had been “in” school until they had attended Miss Ward’s. Attending all four years of her elementary academy had made Head a … Continue reading
Posted in Ansel Head's Education, Head's Early Years
Tagged Birmingham AL, Crestline, Father, Grandmother, Jane, Miss Ward's, Mother, Mrs. Forman, Ramsey High, Ross, Sister, Tiny Kingdom
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Best Job Ever
Ansel Head’s first formal job was during his sixteenth summer. His father had taken him in an earlier year to a store opening in a nice neighborhood to run the cotton candy machine. Requiring little brain power, the task seemed appropriate … Continue reading
Posted in Ansel Head's Education, Head's McCallie Years
Tagged Father, Grandfather, Great Uncle, Hill Grocery, Jobs, Mary, Mary Smith, Miss Bibb's, Ollie's, Post Herald, Produce, Tobacco, Winn Dixie
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Two Friends Study Colloquialisms
Summer reading for Ansel Head and Wilbur included Mark Twain. His loveable character, Huck Finn, referred to the runaway slave, Jim, who was soon to be his travelling companion and friend, as a nigger. To the baby boom boys, this … Continue reading
Posted in Ansel Head's Education, Head's Early Years
Tagged BUS, Catch 22, Eutaw AL, Father, George Wallace, Grandfather, Hunting, Lewis Amison, Mark Twain, Mary, Race, Wilbur
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The Gathering Storm
The days were growing longer that May of 1954. Ansel Head and his sister were in the back seat of their father’s Super 88 Oldsmobile on the way to join Simple Simon at Howard Johnson’s on the Atlanta Highway; Head’s … Continue reading
Posted in Ansel Head's Education, Head's Early Years
Tagged Birmingham AL, Father, Howard Johnson's, Integration, Mary, Mother, Sister, Supreme Court
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Three Friends Start Out Together
Miss Ward had done the best she could with Ansel Head. By the time he was nine, her forbearance was exhausted; he would have to move on to another school. Four years was all she could endure any one boy. … Continue reading
Posted in Ansel Head's Education, Head's Early Years
Tagged Achievers, Birmingham AL, BUS, Father, Henry, Miss Ward, Tiny Kingdom, Wilbur
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