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John Cofield

OXFORD, Back in the Day…

Sadly, most generations have a "where were you" moment. Pearl Harbor, Kennedy in Dallas, Reagan shot or 911. I was almost ten years old...

Hotty Toddy to Big Murphy Holloway!

Murphy Holloway's road to Ole Miss was paved with more than a few potholes and curves. He was coming, then he wasn't. He was...

Intruder in the Dust

The world premiere of MGM’s “Intruder in the Dust” In 1949, William Faulkner walked from his home at Rowan Oak to his childhood stable for...

National Signing Day

THE BEST OF TIMES... It was two red letter days in Oxford. I grew up there, as did my father, so it's always a good...

Freeland & Freeland

Freeland & Freeland and its predecessor firm, James Stone & Sons, have been located at 1013 Jackson Avenue in Oxford since 1905. T. H....

MR. “NUB” SANDERS

William Hal Sanders was affectionately known as “Nub” by the Ole Miss family. Mr. Sanders was part of that group of Ole Miss football...

Silky Sullivan

Thomas Sullivan, Memphis's most famous Irishman, has never lived in Oxford, and he didn't attend Ole Miss. But "Silky" is well known by many...

John Cofield's O&OM– Dexter McCluster

Rebel fans may have to go back to the days of Archie Manning to find a single player who excited the Ole Miss faithful...

JOHN COFIELD'S 'OXFORD & OLE MISS –– AMMADELLE

Ammadelle is located at 637 North Lamar Boulevard in Oxford, Mississippi. It demonstrates that wealthy Mississippians of that era could keep abreast of architectural...

JOHN COFIELD'S 'OXFORD & OLE MISS' –– RIDING WITH THE HOUNDS

Grandfather Cofield took this photo at the studio on Jackson Avenue.  Mr. Faulkner commissioned five paintings from this shot. Grandaddy enlarged the photograph, and...