NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — You might have heard. There's a bit of debate about the new Cracker Barrel logo. Well, this story isn't about that. However, it did make me wonder. Since people are talking about the design we've seen so long, what's the story with that one? Luckily, I knew just the person to call to talk about it.
"He was a natural artist," said Beverly Holley, speaking from her home in Florida. "When he was a little boy and his mom couldn't find him on a rainy day, he'd be under the bed drawing."
Beverly and Bill Holley were married nearly sixty years until Bill's death in 2021.
Bill grew up on farms including one in Petersburg, Tennessee. That gave him his work ethic. He was always fascinated with the sort of iconography you'd find around a community and on store shelves.He