Jimmy Reed

[em]Jimmy Reed is an Oxford, Mississippi resident, Ole Miss and Delta State University alumnus, Vietnam Era Army Veteran, former Mississippi Delta cotton farmer and ginner, author, and retired college teacher. Other books by Jimmy Reed include [strong]The Jaybird Tales[/strong]. Copies, including personalized autographs, can be reserved by notifying the author via email (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)).[/em]

Most Recent Articles by Jimmy Reed:

Boy, Boy, Boy, Boy, Boy August 26, 2013
Life on the Mississippi Delta
Burning Old Jack August 19, 2013
“All’s left of Jack Stone,”
A Real Cowboy August 12, 2013
Impressing a Girl, Rodeo, Bull Riding
Muddy Buddies August 5, 2013
Drainage canals, Draglines and Cranes
Job, Wife, And Truck July 29, 2013
Dunleith Cotton Gin
Beware Bees, Bearded Brother July 22, 2013
Bees hate hairy creatures
All-Day Sucker July 16, 2013
Growing up in the Mississippi Delta
Peanut Lady’s Paradise July 8, 2013
God bless America, my home, sweet home … the peanut lady’s paradise
Yo’ Country Cousin July 1, 2013
My mother and Jaybird befriended animals — then slaughtered them
Better Nate Than Lever June 17, 2013
A man has got to know his limitations
His Ways June 10, 2013
I’ve never met a man who was my father’s equal, every Father’s Day I thank him for the most valuable gift he gave me: his ways
Close Call At The Crawdad Cook June 2, 2013
Wacky ways to have fun
Oink May 28, 2013
A cat looks down on men, a dog looks up to men, but a pig will look men right in the eye and see his equal
Hattie’s Haymaker May 20, 2013
Mississippi Delta, Growing Cotton, Landlords
Them Dad-Gummed Dioxide Crystals May 14, 2013
Rainmaker, Cloud seeding, Framers, Crops
Farm Mama May 6, 2013
Who best bear His mild yoke, they serve Him best.” Mama knew that. She served her family, she served her Maker, and long years ago, she joined Him
Knowin’ De Lick April 29, 2013
Growing up, Learning to fight bullies, southpaw
Drawing Out Leviathan April 22, 2013
My faith in Jason Lucas led to drawing out leviathaN
Sunday Insobriety April 8, 2013
Winemaking, church
You Might Not Get There April 1, 2013
Philadelphia, Boston...
That Dirty 830 March 25, 2013
John Deere 830, farming
Thanks, Kids March 24, 2013
“Students affect eternity; they never know how their positive attitudes affect teachers who hope to affect eternity.”
’Dads March 18, 2013
Eating Crawdads, Catfish
Pearly-Eyed Wobbler March 11, 2013
Remember what carnival magnate P. T. Barnum once said: “There’s a sucker born every minute.” I was one; don’t you be one
Ta-Wit All You Want March 8, 2013
Carolina wren, Gene “Spook” Knight, Mrs. Munn, Robert Frost
M’s Revenge March 4, 2013
Farmall M tractor, Mules
Eerie Ed Eddards March 1, 2013
Ed was a wanderer who walked on life’s wild side
Duck Hunt At Po’ Boy Brake February 25, 2013
Trucks, Mud, and Duck Hunts
Nick O’ Time, Jimmy Nick February 21, 2013
“The Lord’ll get us there safely.”
Junior’s Dead! February 18, 2013
Growing up, Homeade parachutes, Comics