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John Cofield

Final, Final

A ritual decades upon decades old took place today at Ole Miss. It's the kind of right-of-Ole Miss-passage that binds us all. Sometimes it's...

On Our Own…

In Memory of five Oxford Fathers - Mike McBryde, Charlie McLellan, Randy New, Chris Oxnam and I were a running crew back in 74-75-76....

The Kream Kup of the Krop

Social media is suppose to be fun, at least for me anyway. With all the thousands of Ole Miss and Oxford photographs I've posted...

Not Your Dad’s Chancellor

Colonel Cofield's chancellor was John D. Williams. They were friends. "A fine man", I remember Granddaddy saying more than once. Those chancellors from John...

John Cofield’s “Oxford and Ole Miss”: My Memories of 1962

I was four and a half years old when The Riot exploded on campus and exploded Ole Miss onto a national stage from which...

Oxford and Ole Miss: Willie and Pete

Mississippian Willie Morris' literary career, life and adventures carried him far and wide from home. From Presidents, to the J. R. Ewings in Austin,...

The Warden & The Chief

It's a shame that so many folks in small towns and big cities alike don't realize till they are grown that they had it...

Dinner at Rowan Oak

When I got old enough to realize that William Faulkner was famous, and that my dad and grandfather knew the man, I ask dad...

Mamie Phillips and Freedmen Town

I remember Freedmen Town. I remember riding with Dad or Granddad taking Mamie home after work. Rough dirt roads, not a rock of gravel,...

Faulkner, Family & Friends

There were many Cofield shots of William Faulkner taken through the years. From the late 20's, until March of '62 there were hundreds that...