Author: Jean Butterworth

Jean Champion Butterworth is originally from Tuscaloosa County, graduating from Tuscaloosa County High School, Druid City Hospital School of Nursing and The University of Alabama. She is a retired nurse. Working 27 years at The Children’s Hospital as Department Director, Specialty Clinics. She has traveled extensively in Europe, Africa, The Middle East, and Eastern Europe. You can contact Jean at jeanbutterw[email protected] See additional stories by Jean Butterworth on www.daysgoneby.me She also now has a Kindle Ebook Chinaberries and Other Memories of Alabama
Days Gone By - stories from the past

AUTHOR SUNDAY – Alabama is proud of our native Alabama lady, Miss Harper Lee

Note: This story was written in 2015 before Harper Lee passed away. Alabama is proud of our native Alabama lady, Miss Harper Lee who…

Days Gone By - stories from the past

Remember those cold days in Alabama with no central heat and Vicks Vapo rub [see vintage film] was the remedy for a cold?

"On January 30, 1966,  Alabama experienced its coldest ever recorded temperature of -27°F at New Market in Madison County. The average low temperature during…

Days Gone By - stories from the past

Imagine sharing your telephone with eight families? That is how it used to be before when phones were first in homes

Eight Party Line Back Then When I was in high school we had one rotary black dial telephone that was an eight party line. …

Days Gone By - stories from the past

AUTHOR SUNDAY – The first Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Birmingham area was located where English Village in Mountain Brook exists today

TUBERCULOSIS SANITARIUMS ARE NO MORE! by JEAN BUTTERWORTH It was announced in the Birmingham News that as of June 1, 2011 that the Public…

Days Gone By - stories from the past

AUTHOR SUNDAY – You’ll never make me believe that the Lord didn’t watch over us – Wilcox County, Alabama

AND THEY CALLED IT INDEPENDENT PART III By Marvin Malley Champion submitted by Jean Champion Butterworth We had Sunday School one Sunday a month…