Comments on: THE HEART: TERRY WYLIE – PART 1

By: red

red — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:50:07 +0000

What a wonderful story to land on today.
MY mother- in- law was the accountant for Tee Jays. She was both old school and embraced the computer in the later years. She was the last one to go as she closed the books. She was sad to see it close.

However , her daughter hired her on to run the register. That daughter owns Newburns . THe best dang, family run catfish resturant on the planet.
You can see her there . She is a peach . A beautiful woman of wonderful southern grace and charm. Her accent is divine.

thank you for the story .

By: EKL

EKL — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:46:14 +0000

My parents were friends with the Wylie’s for many, many years. In fact, Terry was looking for a business partner to start selling “seconds” shirts he bought from the Acme Boot company back before he started Tee Jays. Of course my daddy was broke back then and furthermore thought Terry would lose everything he had selling irregular shirts.

The rest, as they say, is history.

By: Diana Dees

Diana Dees — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:56:03 +0000

I love this story and I love that you posted it . I don’t know Terry Wylie and yet I do. I grew up in Alabama and Tennessee (and I now live in Tennessee again after spending many years in pursuit of a “career” in Dallas !) People like Terry Wylie are the people I’ve been privileged to know my entire life. He should be celebrated and I applaud you for doing so. Thank you.

By: Rebecca West

Rebecca West — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:33:06 +0000

I so enjoyed reading this post. Thank you so much, Natalie. And happy new year!

By: Linda Selby

Linda Selby — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:53:44 +0000

You have a beautiful way of seeing the good in people. I guess the saying is true, “Every man you meet is a mirror.”

By: Mary Simmons

Mary Simmons — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:12:44 +0000

Oh man. I love that article. We need to get back the community. We need pride in our work and ourselves,so much. Thank u for sharing this . I look forward to more. Bless you all this year!

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:16:44 +0000

I loved this story. I had aunts and uncles that worked at the Dan River Plant in Danville, VA. Same story, different town. I hope that we are coming to our senses and looking to be more local. I tried to buy some clothing for my children in the big box stores, I found it was not the same quality as the items we got before all the mfg. got shipped to China. Jeans only lasted 6 weeks. We live on a farm, jeans need to last more than 6 weeks before the knees wear out. Where are the good ones? However, I did take those jeans my son wore out, patched them, got another month of wear out of them, and into the pile they went. I just made a pleated skirt out of those jeans for my daughter. They have box pleats with red felted wool for the pleats, and the jean fabric on the outside. She loves it. The other pair of jeans will be shorts for her after I hem them and doll them up a bit.

In the meantime, I have to get back to Goodwill to buy me $3 jeans so I can spend my 6 weeks or so putting holes in the knees. Why buy new so that I can stain them cleaning out stalls and gardening?

Susan