Unionville, Louisiana had always been the home of my maternal grandparents Ernest and LaDell Colvin, better known to everyone as "Tut" and "Dell". My grandfather Tut farmed and ran a "mom and pop" service station/grocery store at the intersection of Highways 167 and 822 which was downtown Unionville. Downtown Unionville at that time consisted of the store and my grandparents home, which was located next to the store. There will be many more stories associated with the store and my grandparents that I will share as my blog continues.
My move to Unionville came about in 1949 when I was eight years old and my family moved from Linville, Louisiana to Unionville. My family consisted of myself, my father Garland, my mother Ruth, my younger brother Richard and my sister Penny. I will share the reason for this move in one of my future blogs. We settled in at Unionville and my father became a partner in the store, which was named Colvin and Jones at that time. We lived with my grandparents until 1953 when my parents build a new house across the road from the store. My brother, sister and I grew up on this corner and this blog is some of the memories that I have of how life in rural North Louisiana was in the 1950's and 1960's.
Visit my blog regularly - My plans are to post new stories frequently. Also visit my "Unionville Gang" page, which will be stories of group of youngsters living around Unionville as they were growing up.
Map of Unionville, Louisiana
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