And where did
the nickname
Moon come from?
Well, actually,
I got it from my
Dad. In 1923
Frank Willard
started a
syndicated
cartoon called
Moon Mullins,
and it became
very popular.
It was so
popular that men
named Mullins or
Mullen, born
from about the
19-teens through
the '60s, were
as likely as not
to be nicknamed
"Moon". So it
was that my Dad
and his seven
brothers, who
were all barbers
were called
Moon. I got the
name at an early
age, and it
stuck with me
all the years
that I was
growing up in
Bethel, NC. I
dropped the name
when I went in
the Army, and it
seemed to have
disappeared
until about
fifteen years
ago. I went back
to Bethel and
someone came up
to me and said
“Hey, Moon,
where you
been?” So,
being proud of
my Dad and
Bethel where I
grew up, I said,
what the heck -
Photos by
Moon. Now
you know.
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