"My best memory comes from 1967, when my dad, Winfred Henson, was stationed in Viet Nam. My mom, brother and sister and I were spending that LONG year in Kennett. Every morning, we ate breakfast in our tiny apartment’s kitchen to the sound of Mr. Rudy’s early morning gospel show. In our house, the show was always known as Old Can Beating Time, my younger brother’s understanding of Old Camp Meeting Time. I don’t know how anyone could hear On the Wings of a Snow White Dove and not think of Mr. Rudy. I heard that show every morning that year and to this day, my New Orleans-born "city boy" husband is astounded by my knowledge of old gospel tunes."
Patty Henson Sullivan
Fayetteville, Arkansas
February 20, 2000
I was born in 1977 and I too have enjoyed the stories of Mr Rudy! He told the story once of having bought a new Cadillac and having a brand new pair of sunglasses on the dash. He said some one had stolen his car and when the authorities recovered it, his pair of sunglasses was GONE! He didn’t care as much that the car had been taken. It was the sunglasses that he was upset about.
I grew up on KBOA. Loved old camp meeting time, It was THE go to station for news, sports , weather and local happenings around Kennett and dunklin county. Loved listing to Steve Mays and Tom Callvin on “ Grapevine” ❤️❤️