Watermelon Festival Car Show
PHOTOS BY MARÍA CAMP Neal Bishop shows his red 1948 Cadillac convertible.
B: WATERMELON FESTIVAL, Franklin County, News
 By  Griffin Traylor Published 
1:30 pm Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Watermelon Festival Car Show

Ronald Kent shows his 1950 Chevrolet 3100.

 

Levi McGraw stands with his grandfather’s 1957 Ford.

 

J.B. and Susan Moore show off their orange 1970 Dodge Super Bee. It took third place in the Watermelon Festival car show.

 

Mike Kiser shows his 1948 Ford F1 Rat Rod.

 

Red Bay’s Wesley Thigpen shows his 1988 Chevy Silverado.

 

 

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