In the center hall is an old
banking table that holds
tohcceas igonu, esHatr rbelosoonk s.a yOsn, we amse thmeo rdaably eth e late Congressman Charlie Rose called.
“Charlie and I differed on politics but we liked each other,”
Harrelson says.
Rose, once a member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Agriculture Committee was frequently exchanging favors
with Great Britain. He asked Harrelson if a contingent from
Parliament could come to Genteel for a visit.
“We had a barbeque pig picking. There were 40 to 50, every-body
together. Winston Churchill’s grandson was in the mix,”
Harrelson says.
But others have not been so fortunate
as Timberlake or Congressman Rose.
“Somebody asked me in town one day,
said, ‘You know, heard a lot about that
place you got out there, and quail hunts.
How do you get to go out there?’ I said,
‘By invitation.’ He still hasn’t been,”
Harrelson chuckles.
“No names,” Estelle adds.
The lake at Genteel Plantation is stocked with bass. A covered boat
house and screened picnic shelter equipped with a fish cleaning
station anchor the landing. One of Ricky Kelly’s fish feeders can be
seen from the dock. Inset: Genteel Plantation’s guest book.
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