Reply #293: My Mom's side of the Family hails from Obion County, TN

[Burma Jones]

Many still live there. It was a completely dry county until the folks in Union City got tired of not having a fine dining establishment such as Ruby Tuesday in the county, so since about 2002, you can get Beer and Wine. We used to have to drive up to Kentucky to buy beer and wine. There's the Dixie Gun and Antique Car Museum in Union City, a movie theater with four screens and a WalMart, that's about it for entertainment - Church is the main form of entertainment in Obion County.

I have a cousin there that builds and rents out houses. He pays fees for all of his properties. It's basically letting people pick what taxes they want to pay and, if they don't want to pay up, they suffer the consequences. For Cranick, I hope that his insurance company doesn't refuse to pay because he did not pay for fire protection.