Yum Yum Revisited

I recently wrote about my trip to a small Tennessee town named Yum Yum. From my viewpoint as an outsider, this community seemed like little more than a lot of farm land and a couple of churches. One reader, though, wrote to me and shared his intimate knowledge of this quaint little town. Here is what Guy La Jeunesse so eloquently had to say about Yum Yum:

"[The residents of Yum Yum] are wonderful people; primarily cotton planters who have lived in the area for generations. Each year they convene for a summer 'campmeeting' nearby at Joyner's Camp Ground. These down to earth, genuine people epitomize Southern hospitality, kindness, and graciousness. The heritage and the legacy of their community is rooted deep in a practical, optimistic faith in God and good character. Yum Yum evidently was where a cotton gin once existed for the local planters to process the cotton after the harvest. It is a crossroads of a place. But that is only on the surface. It is worth noting that 'big things come in small packages,' which is the case with Yum Yum. Even families from nearby Somerville, Brownsville, Dancyville, and vicinity come to the yearly summer campground at Joyner's to 'draw alongside' from the cares and demands of daily life in order to refresh themselves spiritually and physically, and to enjoy good food, fellowship and fun.

Yum Yum surely represents a feeling one has down deep in the soul, one of delight, satisfaction and joy."

Thank you, Guy, for enlightening us to the beauty of this community!