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He grew up hearing live bluegrass, Delta blues, country and the beginnings of rock 'n' roll; Memphis was just across the river.</p> <p>Elton John released a statement opening up about the loss of someone he found so influential in his life, and also revealed that he's memorialized Helm in more ways than just his song "Levon," which he cowrote with Bernie Taupin; his son [Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John] has his name."</p></div> <br /> <!-- start page --> <div id="page"> <!-- start content --> <div class="post" id="content"> <div class="menu"> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.angelpig.org/sitemap.html">Full Site Menu</a> </li></ul> </div> <br /> <blockquote> <p>"I would bring you giant magnolias,<br /> creamy blossoms to enfold you<br /> in perfumed dreams<br /> of soft summer nights......"<br /> ~Roberta Wesley</p> </blockquote> <br /> <img src="/apo/title2.png" width="500" height="125" alt="#" /> <blockquote> <p>Magnolia<br /> <br /> A name of beauty<br /> tenderly in bloom.<br /> A Southern Flower<br /> so rich and elegant,<br /> to enhance any room.<br /> God's Creation<br /> and one of a kind.<br /> The elegance is here<br /> 'till the end of time.<br /> ~ Unknown</p> </blockquote> <br /> <h4>Magnolias, Live Oaks, Cypress Trees, Spanish Moss, and those lovely Southern Belles<br /> <br /></h4> <div class="markermenu"> <ul> <li><a href="/mississippi.html">I Am Mississippi</a></li> <li><a href="/mississippi/mississippi_facts.htm">Mississippi Facts</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.angelpig.org/mississippi_flags.html">Mississippi Flags</a></li> <li><a href="/mississippi_timeline.html">Mississippi in The Conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/oldmanriver.html">Ol' Man River</a></li> <li><a href="/misscookin.html">Mis'sippi Cookin'</a></li> <li><a href="/mississippi_friends.html">Mississippi Friends</a></li> <li><a href="/travels.html">Travels</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <!-- end content --> <!-- start sidebar --> <div id="sidebar"> <div id="clock"><script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ showdate(); //]]> </script></div> <br /> <ul> <li> <h2>Southern</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.angelpig.org/south/mysouth.htm">My South</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.angelpig.org/miss_ms.html">Miss Mississippi</a></li> <li><a href="http://angelpig.tripod.com/">Southern Miss Americas</a></li> <li><a href="/blues.html">Livin' the Blues</a></li> <li><a href="/southern_supper.html">Southern Supper</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.angelpig.org/floursack/floursack.html">The Flour Sack</a></li> </ul> </li> <li> <h2>CSA | History</h2> <ul> <li><a href="/timeline.html">1861-1865 Timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/top10.htm">Ten Costliest Battles</a></li> <li><a href="/csa_uniforms.html">CSA Currency</a></li> <li><a href="/csa_flag.html">CSA Flags</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.angelpig.org/csaflags.html">CSA Flags Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/csa_uniforms.html">CSA Uniforms</a></li> <li><a href="/csa_wedding.html">CSA Wedding</a></li> <li><a href="/csa_fashion.html">Fashion</a></li> <li><a href="/csa_history.html">History</a></li> <li><a href="/jeffersondavis.html">Jefferson Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/jdinaugural.html">Jefferson Davis' Inaugural</a></li> <li><a href="/malvern.html">Malvern Hill Poem</a></li> <li> NEW - <a href="/women.html">Women In The Cause</a></li> <li><a href="/butter1850.html">1800's Butter</a></li> <li><a href="/cook_1850.html">1800's Cooking</a></li> </ul> </li> <li> <h2>Fun</h2> <ul> <li><a href="/bless_your_heart.html">Bless Your Heart</a></li> <li><a href="/mississippians.html">Mississippians</a></li> <li><a href="/southernbelles.html">Southern Belles</a></li> <li><a href="/southern-girls.html">Southern Girls</a></li> <li><a href="/southern_knowledge.html">Southern Knowledge</a></li> <li><a href="/southern_thinking.html">Southern Thinking</a></li> <li><a href="/southernadvice2.html">Southern Tourism Bureau</a></li> <li><a href="/southernzodiac.html">Southern Zodiac</a></li> <li><a href="/rebels_yankees.html">Yankee-Southern Comparisons</a></li> <li><a href="/southernisms.html">Some "Southernisms"</a></li> <li><a href="/mississippi_squirrel.html">Mississippi Squirrel Revival</a></li> <li><a href="/smokey_mtn_revival.html">Smokey Mountain Retreat</a></li> </ul> </li> <li> <h2>Links</h2> <ul> <li><a href="/britsring.html">B.R.I.T.S. 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