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| Slim Mims also known as Uncle Ugly |
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The email below was received
today 051809 and I wanted to
share it with you - with the
permission of the sender. Slim
Mims was adored by many.
from: Mike Burney
to: info@rockinghamremembered.com
Mon, May 18, 2009 at 2:12 AM
subject: Slim Mims
I just decided to look online and see if I
could find anything about Slim Mims. I
didn't know what ever became of him. I
have searched before, but never found
anything until now.
I remember him from Carolina in the
Morning, channel 6, Wilmington, North
Carolina. He came to my hometown of
Bladenboro, NC to appear in the annual
Christmas Parade. He walked into my
parents' business after the parade and
spoke to me. I was just a young boy,
and it was a special treat to me to meet a
television personality. My mother told
him I played guitar a little, and he
inquired as to whether or not I would be
interested in appearing on his television
program. That was a long time ago. I
don't recall all of the details of how it all
came together, but I appeared on his
show on January 1st, 1979, if I
remember the date and year correctly.
I've often thought about him through
the years, and wondered what ever
happened to him. I'm sorry to learn he
has passed away.
He was one of the funniest and nicest
people I've ever met. I count it a
privilege to have met him and to have
appeared on his program.
M.C. Burney
today 051809 and I wanted to
share it with you - with the
permission of the sender. Slim
Mims was adored by many.
from: Mike Burney
to: info@rockinghamremembered.com
Mon, May 18, 2009 at 2:12 AM
subject: Slim Mims
I just decided to look online and see if I
could find anything about Slim Mims. I
didn't know what ever became of him. I
have searched before, but never found
anything until now.
I remember him from Carolina in the
Morning, channel 6, Wilmington, North
Carolina. He came to my hometown of
Bladenboro, NC to appear in the annual
Christmas Parade. He walked into my
parents' business after the parade and
spoke to me. I was just a young boy,
and it was a special treat to me to meet a
television personality. My mother told
him I played guitar a little, and he
inquired as to whether or not I would be
interested in appearing on his television
program. That was a long time ago. I
don't recall all of the details of how it all
came together, but I appeared on his
show on January 1st, 1979, if I
remember the date and year correctly.
I've often thought about him through
the years, and wondered what ever
happened to him. I'm sorry to learn he
has passed away.
He was one of the funniest and nicest
people I've ever met. I count it a
privilege to have met him and to have
appeared on his program.
M.C. Burney