The Beautiful Tennessee River

By Ralphine Major It is one of the state’s greatest natural resources—the beautiful Tennessee River.  Formed by the merging of the Holston and French Broad rivers, the Tennessee flows through Knoxville south to Chattanooga before dipping into the northern tip of...

God’s Promise

By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com “And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no...

Special Day for Mothers

By Ralphine Major The picture looks like a duplicate of the one used earlier. But this photo is more special. Besides my brother and me, it includes our mother standing between us; and in this picture, King—my brother’s German Shepherd—is distracted by...

100 YEARS of McGinnis Bus Lines

100 YEARS of McGinnis Bus Lines By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com In a few days the school year will come to an end.  But while school is in session, the big, yellow school buses that transport students are a very important part of the school day. McGinnis Bus...

School Bus History of the McGinnis Family

By Ralphine Major ralphine3@ yahoo.com I often wonder what it is that draws younger generations to continue working in a family business such as the McGinnis Bus Lines. In the mid-1920s James A. McGinnis started the McGinnis Bus Lines with his very first school bus....