March is Women’s History Month, so I am pleased to dedicate this article to four excellent JSF employees: Judith Kidwell, Debbie Bustetter, Linda Harbison, and Nancy McWain. The Jesse Stuart Foundation is proud to announce the publication of a new children’s book. “Angel, A [...]
Since February is Heart Health Awareness Month, I dedicate this article to Dr. Charles Rhodes, a cardiologist who is a true blessing to our community and to patients throughout the tri-state. If you have a friend or loved one recovering from illness or surgery, [...]
The recent death of Jesse Stuart Foundation friend and board member Ron Cartee prompts me to write about Ron’s relationship with Jesse Stuart and the JSF. Jesse was almost always willing to help young people from Greenup County gain admission to college or find [...]
In keeping with my plan to recognize other JSF writers, I dedicate this article to my good friends, Lew and Barbara Nicholls. Lew, a retired Judge, is a renaissance man with a broad range of interests and accomplishments. Barbara is a retired educator and [...]
I have served this community faithfully and professionally for forty years. Among my many donations to literacy and learning are more than 500 articles I have written for the Daily Independent. In 2025, I intend to include material from several of my writerly friends [...]
Every day is a good day to give a gift to a woman you love. The Jesse Stuart Foundation Bookstore contains thousands of potential gifts, and I suggest several that are especially meaningful.“Women” a powerful photography collection from the celebrated National Geographic archive, explores the [...]
This book weaves a garland of Christmas experiences for the people of Southern Appalachia. All of us at the Jesse Stuart Foundation hope that each reader will find in these pages the love for others that energizes the true spirit of Christmas. Many friends [...]
As a follow-up to my recent article on Jesse Stuart’s family during World War II, I offer this article about two of Stuart’s books that were republished as Armed Services Editions during the war. Although Lieutenant Jesse Stuart never served overseas, two of his [...]
Eighty-three years ago, on December 7, 1941, Japan’s attack at Pearl Harbor plunged America into a global conflict that had been underway for a little more than two years. Early the following year, Jesse Stuart, nearly 36 with a pregnant wife, tried to enlist [...]
In his 1956 autobiography, “The Year of My Rebirth,” Jesse Stuart makes brief mention of the mid-nineteenth century murder of “Nick” Nickapopolis, a pack peddler who worked W-Hollow on a monthly basis in the 1850s. Little is known of “Nick”—the people of W-Hollow did [...]
