Uncle Buzz McKimbrey

You was asking me how long ago our folks came to Arkansas. And to tell you the honest truth, we're not sure. We know that the McKimbreys was here long before statehood. In them days, this was known as part of the Missouri Territory.

Well, your great-great-i-don't-know-how-manys grandparents had a son everbody called "Buzz." It was on account of he had the shakes something fierce. I mean powerful shakes. Even as a lad.


Well, when they moved here in December of 1811, some very strange occurances started to, well, occur. The Mississippi River flowed backwards for a while. You can look it up, it's in all the history books. By 1816, Buzz was old enough to leave home and things began to settle down in those parts.

Somewhat by default, he became a explorer and world traveler, finally meeting his maker and passing to his final reward on the island of Krakatoa in 1883.