It was 36 years ago today, April 4, 1968, that James Earl Ray assassinated Dr. Martin Luther King on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. I had just turned 13 six days earlier, and was in the seventh grade at Annunciation Grade School. We lived at 604 Mt. Pleasant Road in the Northview …
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I have limited memories of the Point Breeze neighborhood and the Wilkens Avenue neighbors. I recall my first school was St. Bede’s. And my cousin Marcy was in my first grade class. One memory that stands out was the play the first graders put on, “The Little Gingerbread Boy.” And I was the Little Gingerbread …
Note from Kevin: Jeanne O’Neil jotted down these memories over the period of time when she was staying with her daughter Laurie right after she retired. See also the oral history she recorded in 2007. Index of memories here. It all began on August 9, 1952, when I married Jack O’Neil. Nine months and two …
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Welcome to the O’Neil Malloy Weblog. My brother Dan and I developed the idea for this Weblog after our Mom Jeanne shared with us some memories of her early years as a Mom. We hope our siblings and perhaps eventually our cousins and aunts and uncles will contribute to this site. Please email me if …
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