by Teresa James | Aug 13, 2026 | Fayetteville, Stories
On a cloudy day in late April, Marie Bolles sat on a wooden bench in a quiet dugout at Don Davidson Park. She stared out at the ballfield before her. There were no players and no spectators in the stands, but she could hear chatter from another field. She looked down...
by Teresa James | Jul 9, 2026 | Fayetteville, Stories
JACKIE GREENWOOD was born into a family of patriots. Her family heritage includes at least one member who served in every major American conflict, beginning with the Revolutionary War. Her grandfather, Marion Brown, served during World War I, and her...
by Teresa James | Jul 9, 2026 | Fayetteville, Stories
CELEBRATED NOVELIST and playwright Thornton Wilder is credited with saying, “The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.” Though historians can’t find these words in Wilder’s writings, the sentiment of the words is no less powerful. Respectfully...
by Teresa James | Jul 9, 2026 | Cover, Fayetteville
LIFE CAN be lonely for a military wife. “Good thing I’m a very independent woman,” said Jaime King, wife of veteran Joseph “Jody” King. People warned her before she married, and Jaime admitted she was a little nervous. After all, she didn’t live in a military town,...
by Teresa James | Jul 9, 2026 | Fayetteville, Feature
FOR 50 years, war veteran Joe Pendergrass did not speak of his time in Vietnam. The horrors of war were too difficult to dwell on. Most people didn’t want to hear about it anyway. Vietnam was perceived as a different kind of war back then. Pendergrass enlisted in the...
