I was born in Mobile, Alabama and raised in a tiny country town forty-five miles north of there known as McIntosh, Alabama.
In the thirty-seven years (1963-2000) I lived in or around McIntosh I don't believe the population ever got over 250. I think it's a lot less than that today.
I grew up in a time when everybody knew everybody and helped one another when they could or was needed. The people in "Tosh" have a different outlook on l more...