Killgore

Jim Weber/The Commercial Appeal/Zuma Press Ten-year-old Alex Killgore helped clean up storm damage at his home in West Memphis Wednesday; school was cancelled after the overnight storm.

Storms Wreak Havoc Across U.S. 2011

His pharmacy sits on the corner diagonal from where the old Planters Bank burned down, and Killgore got tired of looking at the rubble.

Interstate 69 Matt Dellinger 2010

Small towns across the country had been hit hard, Killgore said, “as far as big corporate stores coming in and mom-and-pops on Main Street going out of business.”

Interstate 69 Matt Dellinger 2010

Killgore was being sincere, but his observations presented a paradox: Many small towns like Haynesville, born by resources or rivers or railroads, have been done in by the economics and ethos of Interstate America—and yet some believe an interstate can make them whole.

Interstate 69 Matt Dellinger 2010

Killgore recently painted a new picture of a 1923 Model T Ford and two old barns onto the side of the abandoned Garrett Mercantile which had opened in 1923, and he tells me he has several more murals planned.

Interstate 69 Matt Dellinger 2010

A few years ago Keith Killgore, an art teacher and pharmacist who operates one of the few surviving businesses in town, decided the place could use a little sprucing up.

Interstate 69 Matt Dellinger 2010

The “Welcome to Haynesville” mural might need an update, when its creator, Keith Killgore can find the time.

Interstate 69 Matt Dellinger 2010

Now, when they spot something they dial in the coordinates and call in an airstrike a la Cln. Killgore.

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As Colonel Killgore famously said, 'One day this war's gonna end ...'

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But, Killgore points out, those concerns don't matter if a company was ready to move offshore anyway.

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