View From a Hearse

In less than 10 minutes, Bruce talks about the impact of Little League Baseball on him 60 years ago and of one particular coach.  Little League. Large Lessons.

Chris borders, member of the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame,  is the guest today.  He talks about his journey from the 9-hole Reynolds Golf Club to long-time General Manager of the prestigious Atlanta Athletic Club and hosting major PGA golf tournaments.   Chris also talks about how his small town upbringing impacted his life and career.  You will be inspired by his story.

Chicken George Goddard joins us and talks all things Chicken George Golf - a very unique tourney that was held in Reynolds GA annually for 14 years from 1977-1990.   It was golf in its purest form and it took the entire community of Reynolds working together to put it on.  You will hear hilarious stories as only George can tell about how it started and what happened there.   This episode even includes some live audio clips from 1985.   Get ready to have your smiles turn to laughter.  Be also prepared to swallow hard at the end as the amazing life lesson unfolds.

This is a recording mainly to document some stories for Bruce's grandchildren and their children one day.  Hopefully, they will find this and listen after he is long gone.   These are humorous stories of some of the preachers in his life.  It is almost as if he is sitting in the den, letting the stories roll - one after another.   This episode could also shorten your next road trip.  

Bruce has a conversation with Cassandra McKinney, who is legally blind.  She is a funeral director from Tennessee who got her break in a small town in New Hampshire when a local funeral director took her under his wing and invested in her.  You will be inspired - on several different levels - by listening to this amazing story of how Cassandra overcame incredible odds to find success.

Bruce and long time friend & New York City Funeral Director, Peter D'Arienzo, pull back the curtains and take a look behind the scenes of the funeral profession.  A South Georgia accent collides with a New York City accent. The conversation includes real talk about the impact of the pandemic in NYC as well as a few anecdotes that come naturally between friends who have spent their lives in the same profession. 

Bruce talks about growing up in a small segregated southern town and the profound impact Jessie Mae King, a black woman, had on his life.