NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – With Valentine’s Day approaching, one of the city’s most heartfelt love stories is not coming from a movie but from history.
A collection of more than 200 handwritten letters now available through the Metro Nashville Archives tells the story of a relationship that survived war, distance and uncertainty.
Long before text messages, love in Nashville traveled by envelope.
The letters were written by Ray Whittaker and Jane Dean, two students who met at Meharry Medical College. After losing touch, they reconnected during World War II when Whittaker was drafted into the Army in 1942 and stationed in Arizona. Dean stayed in Nashville working in a medical lab…