I'm sorry to report the loss of this life long Greenville native
Maurine "Renie" Katz Ross, 73, died Friday, June 27, 2008, at
Our Lady of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge, LA.
Agreat loss for the city of Greenville


 

GREENVILLE REMEMBERED
by Renie Katz Ross

The Fountain Terrace is no more
The Smart Shop-s gone - has closed its doors.
Lowry's is now the Executive Inn
Barq's Beverage won't be seen again.
 
The Paramount and Lake Theaters are things of the past.
Like the Joy Drive-in, they did not last.
Johnnie's Log Cabin - it became a dive.
Our Hamburger place just didn't survive.
 
The HUT in Strange Park is now a dangerous place
No longer a meeting spot to show your face.
The Greenville Hotel is now a high rise
For old, old women and elderly guy's.
 
The Haunted House fell into total disrepair
Nothing left of what once was there.
At 5:00 the cemetery is locked up tight
No more roaming out there at night.
 
Old Greenville High School is sealed and boarded
It's only a shell of memories hoarded.
The auditorium has been renovated and renamed
and if you go in there, it still lookes the same.
 
The Levee is no longer a safe place to park
Lights from the Casinos no longer leaves it dark.
Doe's is still on Nelson Street and hasn't changed a bit
If  you can afford it, a steak you might split.
 
Brown's Delish Shoppe, well it burned slap down
An empty lot is all that can be found.
Broadway has extended - it's now a four-lane drive
You can zip around Greenville - the  speed is 45!
 
As I look around me, there's one thing I can tell
Just like a bottle of vintage wine, we all have
aged real well.
One thing for sure, we'll not grow old, and just
like Peter Pan
Every one of us will always live in Never-Never land.
 
Re-post by
Billy Ray