Jim Reese

This Ain't No Shoe Store! Jim Reese

In this second edition of his memoir This Ain't No Shoe Store! Jim Reese further chronicles the life of his father Burney Reese and the members of The Enterprise Social and Come What May Club, a freewheeling cast of characters who frequented Reese's Diner in the town of Enterprise, Alabama from 1947-1970. Included in this sequel are more stories told by a master of telling stories and a hilarious letter about Burney to the author from a waitress who worked with him at Ed's Restaurant in Enterprise from 1970-1975. The writer concludes his book by revealing the spiritual side of his father and some of his own personal experiences including his second baptism and some brief remarks about the EF4 tornado of March 1, 2007 that took the lives of 8 high school students and 1 adult. The author was the Superintendent of Education of the Enterprise City School System when that event occurred. If you like to laugh and reflect on times gone by, you will enjoy this nostalgic walk through the eyes of Jim Reese.