The Preacher Came To Supper

The Preacher Came To Supper

We were still living on Folly Mountain in early 1940.  Father was plowing with the horses and a one‑furrow plow.  The church was at the end of our property.

A car was parked in the yard and a man was talking to my father.  After the man left, father began plowing near the house.  I was in the yard playing, and he said, “Leslie, I asked the minister to supper so go tell your mother that Rev. Robinson is coming for supper”.  It wasn’t “dinner” as we call it today, it was “supper”. read more