Snow Blossoms: The Ladies of Petros United Methodist Church

Non-fiction biography & autobiography Illustrated, 204 pages, 2004 Meet the Snow Blossoms – Lucy Patrick, Imogene Evans, Polly Woodward and Alice Whitus – four women from the small town of Petros, Tennessee, with strong ties to their church, their town and each other. Writer June Patrick Gibbs captures the remarkable lives of these women told through their own words, in their own voices. Prepare to laugh and cry as you relive their stories of tragedy, loss, love, faith and sweet memories. In addition to the oral histories of these four ladies, Snow Blossoms includes fascinating histories of the town of Petros (founded as Richburg, later called Joynersville, renamed Petros in 1906); Petros United Methodist Church (originally built in1903; current church built with prison labor in 1933); and Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Petros (dating back to 1894).