The town of Red Bay is located in the northwest corner of Alabama on the Mississippi state line and has a population
of some 3,500 residents. It is named for the red clay soil and the bay trees which
are both found in abundance in the area.
The first
lady of country music – Ms. Tammy Wynette – called Red Bay her hometown and during
her lifetime held some five benefit concerts for the town. I am no aficionado of
country music, but one wonders if two of her most famous songs – Stand By Your Man
and D-I-V-O-R-C-E – were penned at different stages of a relationship with the
same man!
In Ms.
Wynette’s honour, there are several memorials to her: her name features on a
building as you come into town; there is a section dedicated to her in the Red
Bay museum; and, they have even named a highway after her!
Standing by
my man was exactly what I was doing at 7.30 this morning as my beloved decided
to test out the external entry keypad system on the motor home! I did wonder
if we were going to be outside all day, but fortunately if you press enough
buttons, enough times, you usually get the result you want - just don’t try and replicate what you did the last time on the next occasion!
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