FROM THE EDITOR
Greenville
WINTER 2025
Life
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Lisa Chappell
EDITOR
Kent Miller
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Alex Havardansky Travis Hairgrove
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People, places and stories of our community
Every issue of Greenville Life magazine gives us another chance to look at the people, places and stories that make our community interesting. This issue is no exception.
Laurie White King brings us our cover story – introducing readers to Jessica Francis, program director of the Hunt County Children’ s Advocacy Center, and Willie Sweet, the center’ s shaggy, certified therapy dog. Together, they help children through the difficult process of abuse investigations and court proceedings. Along the way, Willie has discovered another job description: comforting the adults who spend their days caring for those children.
Travis Hairgrove explores a very different kind of passion in his story about the new teen cosplay club at W. Walworth Harrison Public Library. Teens are gathering to build costumes, talk about their favorite characters and learn from one another, proving that fandom can be a pretty creative business.
Our new sports editor, Alex Havardansky, digs into the remarkable life of Greenville native Robert Neyland. Long before his name was attached to a stadium capable of holding more than 100,000 Tennessee football fans, Neyland was a Greenville kid who went on to become a West Point athlete, Army general and one of college football’ s most successful coaches.
Also in this issue, yours truly gets into the garden. Fall may still seem a
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long way off when the thermometer is pushing triple digits, but now is the time to prepare for an autumn harvest and next spring’ s flowers. There’ s advice on vegetables, soil, cool-weather plants and even those beloved bluebonnets.
And I take a little road trip without really going very far in a look at some of Greenville and Hunt County’ s historical markers and sites. From the courthouse and the Herald-Banner newspaper to historic churches, railroads, military landmarks and an old baseball stadium where the local boys of summer once beat the mighty New York Yankees, there are plenty of stories hiding in plain sight. Sometimes all it takes is a few minutes to stop and read the sign.
Of course, no issue of Greenville Life would be complete without some of the things our readers have come to expect— including our popular( and tasty) recipes. If you’ re looking for something good to put on the table, we’ ve got you covered.
And then there’ s“ It’ s Your Life,” our collection of community photos. Take a look and see who got caught by the cameras. You most likely spot yourself, a friend or someone else you know.
So settle in, turn the pages and enjoy another look at the people and places that make Greenville home. We hope you find something that makes you smile, something that makes you hungry and, perhaps, something you didn’ t know about your own backyard.
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