The Story Behind The Song "Sharecropper And Son by Sherry White
My grandmother Rossie Lula Shaw (Thomas) was the daughter of a sharecropper. When her dad Robert Lee Shaw and older brother Charlie went to collect their well earned wages her dad was shot in the hip by the landowner and his son Charlie was shot in the leg by his wife.
After a night of unimaginable suffering and uncertainty the dawn finally broke. Robert Lee was put on a train bound for Georgia where he was hospitalized. His life was spared but the bullets remained in both men until the day they died.
The landowner finally settled the debt by giving the family two mules.
After my great grandfather Robert Lee Shaw passed away in Lake Butler the family moved to Fort Meade and then to Wauchula where they lived and farmed on Shaw Road. Charlie is buried beside his son on Murrell at New Hope Cemetery in Zolfo Springs, Florida.
About Sherry White
Sherry White is a singer/songwriter who lives to tell the story of hardships and struggles while pointing her listeners to Christ. She is the founder of Sherry White Ministries, Lydia's House and Pioneer Village where broken families find hope and healing.
Online at http://www. sherrywhiteministries.com
Sharecropper & Son:
This song is the true story of my family as told by my grandmother. It was a labor of love to remember her telling it often. Allow the song and video (youtube) to take you back to 1912.
Pretty Sorry Woman:
My dad always said it was a pretty sorry woman who couldn't support one man so I wrote the song in his memory.
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