January 7, 2010


Cripple Boyd

Glimpses of a small town in Tennessee from a Facebook thread:

Chad: Sad to hear about my former neighbor Robin Allen. The days of growing up in McKenzie, TN will not be forgotten. There are memories…………What was the blind candy man’s name that had the candy store down by that old factory and he was in a wheelchair?
December 11, 2009 at 8:36pm · Comment · Like

Cynthia: Are you talking about Mr. Boyd
December 11, 2009 at 8:39pm

Cynthia: Who is Robin Allen
December 11, 2009 at 8:40pm

Sherrye: Was that Mr. Boyd? Are you talking by the old Pajama Factory Building? That was Mr. and Mrs. Boyd but I don’t think he was blind. She had parkinson’s disease I think. That was before we knew what it was.
December 11, 2009 at 8:41pm

Cynthia: are you napping again chad
December 11, 2009 at 8:45pm

Mikki: I think his last name was Berryhill but his first name was Boyd…i think.
December 11, 2009 at 10:47pm

Lemont: his name was cripple boy
December 11, 2009 at 10:53pm

Joseph: Lemont! Seriously!
December 12, 2009 at 12:16am ·

Sherrye: OH Mikki you are right I do believe you are right.
December 12, 2009 at 9:12am

Shirley: sorry to say but everyone called him cripple boyd.. i went to school with his niece..just incase yall don’t remember there was another little store ran by an older white lady on Walnut Street in front of the old Jehovah Witnesses’ Church.. her name was Ms Purvis..Cooper (the cop) and his family moved into her house b4 they moved to where they are now..
December 12, 2009 at 9:45am

Cynthia: Robin and I grew up together along with her sister Tiny. It is so sad I will b praying for the family.
December 12, 2009 at 12:06pm

Shirley: i’ve always like Robin as well.. she was always nice.. she will truly be missed.. RIP Robin..
December 12, 2009 at 5:18pm

Chris: Yep…his name was Boyd Berryhill…My grandmother lived on that street…thats back when soda came in glass bottles and canned drinks had pull off tabs…double bubble was 2 cents a piece and a nutty buddy was a quarter…kickball was the game of the day…and you only got let in Grandma’s house to cool off and drink ice water
December 13, 2009 at 1:48am

posted by Christopher Walken in cities, culture, mental health 

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3 Responses to “Cripple Boyd”

  1. Sheila Ryan on January 8th, 2010 at 7:37 am

    “That was before we knew what it was.”

  2. Deron Bauman on January 8th, 2010 at 8:47 am

    good stuff, Christopher.

  3. Dave Vogt on January 8th, 2010 at 9:06 am

    I wonder, if I were to have this sort of conversation with my early classmates, if it would be so revealing.

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