Left to right in the 1906 photo in front of their home in Bolivar are mother Allie Statham Brumfield holding Pleasant "Pleze" M. Brumfield, Dora Brumfield (Simmons), Dottie Brumfield (Rollins), Lyda Brumfield (Wallace), father Lewis Floyd Brumfield, Hardie Sanders Brumfield, Byron Benton Brumfield, and Lewis Floyd Brumfield, Jr.
Serendipity is one of life's greatest joys - introducing the right person, place, or thing when we least expect it. I often experience just that with this gig. Arriving early - the daughter of a military officer, I always do - for a recent event at Tulane, I settled into a comfortable chair in the far back.
