At 76, I Bought Back Our First Home for $3—The Mayor Called Our House an Embarrassment—One Year Later, It Was Worth More Than His Mansion

used at 74. It also included Mayor Puckett’s old comment calling the property an embarrassment.

That quote followed him all over town.

By September, a national home design magazine called.

The photographer spent two days at the house. She photographed morning light through the east window, Edith’s hands in the soil, Frank’s shelves, the red front door,continue reading …