In 2013 Elliott Brack was honored by The Red & Black, UGA’s independent newspaper. He had served as its board chairman for 33 years. Before the celebratory dinner, my sons, Alan, left, and Eric, right, and I got an opportunity to visit with Elliott, second from right. He died May 15 at the age of 90. Photo courtesy of Dink NeSmith.
An old feed and seed store is why you are reading this.How’s that?Go back with me to 1962. What was once Strickland Feed & Seed was then the office of the Wayne County Press, an upstart weekly, a stone’s throw from the railroad tracks that split my hometown. That’s where I met Elliott Earl Brack.