Virginia Shine Harvey

I met Mrs. Shine and Judge Harvey back in the mid to late 60's. Judge Harvey was in the Shrine with my dad, Robert Wiggs. (Bob to his friends). Mrs. Shine, as she had me call her taught my brother and I to play the guitar in the back of her house on Poplar Springs Drive. It was a tin shed like building that we practiced in, as I recall it was real small. I never saw or heard for that matter Mrs. Shine say a bad word or talk unkind about anyone. She was always real jolly and laughed alot with my brother and I. I can remember one day asking Mrs. Shine why she wore her hair on top of her head like she did and she told me it was called a beehive and it kept bees away from her. Later when I was grown I met her daughter Ann. She was Ann Landrum then. My dad found out he was kin to Jimmie Rodgers, when he found a letter Jimmie's mom wrote my grandmother. From that time on we were involved in the Jimmie Rodgers week. That to me was alot of fun when they had it at Ray Stadium. The singers tour buses would be on the field and we could go out and see them on the field. I will never forget meeting Ernest Tubb. He has Jimmie Rodgers guitar, on the back it said THANKS. Mr. Tubb told me he had a daughter name Karen to and he let me sit on his lap in the tour bus. My head was swelled for days. Mrs Shine was the one who introduced me to country music and to Jimmie Rodgers music. She was one of a kind. A very sweet and loving lady.

Karen Palmer
4826 Old 8th ST RD NMeridian MS 39307
601-483-1726
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