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- Collection: Interviews
Bane Crabtree
Tags: 252, 9/9/99, Bane Crabtree, Sarah Pruett
Barbara Bradshaw
Tags: 253, 3/15/99, Amos, Angel Cooper, Arabie, Araby, Barbara Bradshaw, Bastain, Bessie Cooper, Biography, Blue Ridge Parkway.Waterloo, Bluefield, Bradshaw's Store, Buckhorn, Carl Cooper, Carl Jean, CCC, Children of Barbara Bradshaw, Christmas, Colly Creek, D.J. Bradshaw, Danna Mae, Davey Bradshaw, Deptwill, Dr. Davidson, East River Mountain, Eilderness Road, Elbert Wright, Elma Myers, Elmer Edward Cooper, Faith Yonce, Family/People, Fort Wayne, Frank, Frank Bradshaw, Frank Cooper, Fred, Gallipolis, Galole County, George, Gladis Cooper, Glen Hare, Glen Harris, Hank Bradshaw, Henry Sarver, Hollybrook, Hope Yonce, Hunter Bradshaw, Indiana, Ironton, J.K. Sarver, J.W. Burton, Jaky, Jason Bradshaw, Jr., Jr. Jackson, Juanita, Kentucky, Korean War, Lawrence Co. Phoebe Boggess., Lawrence County, Linnie Maude Bosggess Cooper, Logging, Mary Cooper, Mire Branch, Mr. Crumby, Mr. Cumby, OH, Ohio, Pearl Harbor, President Eisenhower, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Roosevelt, PWA, Red Cross, Ronnie Nunn, Sally Nunn, Sam Yonce, The Great Depression, This is the combination of two interviews with Barbara Bradshaw., Tultex, Vietnam, Virginia, Waterloo, Wolf Creek, Wolfcreek, Woody, WPA
Junior Shockley
Tags: 1942, 254, 5/20/99, Adam Akers/Zane Perkins, Aldeman, Austinville, baseball, Basketball, bicycle, Biographical interview conducted with Junior Shockley., Biography, Bird Farm, Bland County, Bobby Bane, boot camp, Buckner’s Bay, buggy, Cambridge Maryland, Carroll County, chores, Christmas, coal heating, Coolidge, country store, dairy farms, Dale Smith Shockley, dates, Debbie Davis, Department of Agriculture, destroyer escort., Dolores Thompson, Dorothy Shaffers Humphry, Easter, electricity, Ellis Alderman, Family/People, Farming, feeding, fire crackers, fishing, floods, Fourth of July, Fredericksburg, games, garden, George Bird, Grayson County, Halloween, highway department, Hillsville, Hillsville Theater, hogs, holidays, honeymoon, Japan, John Smith Shockley, Junior Shockley, King George, lead mines, marbles, Max Meadows, milk cows, movies, Navy, New River, oil lamps, Pacific, pranks, Pulaski Hospital, Rex Morehead, Roosevelt, Roy Rogers, running water, Shockley School, sled, snow storms, Soil Conservation Agent, Spotsylvania, spring, Stafford, Tates, tennis, Texas, toys, Virginia Beach, wagon, Wytheville
Charles Moore
Tags: 255, 9/9/99, Bastian, Big Walker Mountain, Bland, Bland Co., Bland Co. Fair, Bluefield, Brent Moore, Bruce Niece, Bruce’s Station, Bus Line, Campbell City, Ceres, Charles Moore, Chevrolet, Clear Fork, Depression, Dow Davis, Fair interview, General Motors, Grey Hound, Guy Niece, Joe Lambert, John Dodson, Model T, Moore Brothers, Pinch Creek, Red Oak church, Reed Creek, Richmond, South Gap, St. Luke, State Corporation Commission, Stony Fork, Studibaker, Walker Creek, Winston Salem, Work Tickle, Wytheville
Lorraine Tolbert
Tags: 256, 9/10/99, Allen Woodyard, Arthur King, Auburn, Barbara Place, Basketball, Bastian, Bill, Bill Monroe, Biology, Bland Correctional Center, Bland High School, Bob, bookkeeping, canning, CCC, Ceres, Charles, Charlie Barbara Farm, Charlie Barbers, Chemistry, chores, Christmas, churning butter, Correctional, creek, Dollins, Dr. Kegley, Dr. Webner, Dublin, Dublin High School, Dublin Theatre, Earl, Edna May, electricity, Elvis, Emeryl, English, Fanning Farm, Farming, FDR, fishing, Florence Gertrude Hamilton Jenning, Fred, games, gardening, GED, George Farris, Georgie Bird, Giles, Grand ‘Ole Opry, Great Depression, Greenville Farm, Hamlen Jenning, heat, Highland, Hoover, Jack King, Jane Stafford, John Wayne, Korean War, Laura Bridges, Life and the Bland County Fair, Lorraine Tolbert, Lou, lunch, Maggie Leona, Margaret Thompson, Martha Pruett, Mary Stuart, Math, Mechanicsburg, Methodist Church, Motten B, Mr. Ed Hamlen, Mrs Franklin, Mrs. Labellops, Mrs. Via, Ms, Ms. Ethel Billops, Ms. Gregory, Ms. Hilly Munsey, Ms. Lydia Stuart, Ms. Meryl Stuart, Ms. Ramsey, National Gypsum, Nellie Live, Orson Willy Jenning, Pearl Harbor, plumbing, President Johnson, President Kennedy, Pulaski, PWA, Radford, Rev. Anderson, Rita Locust, Robbie Morehead, Rocky Gap High School, Roosevelt, rummie, running water, School, Science, Shorthand, snow, stock market, telephone, Thanksgiving, Tommy Dollins, toys, TV, Typing, Walker Creek, Walker School House, Wally Edna Jenning, West Virginia, White Gate, World War I, World War II, WPA, wrestling
Ben Bird Jr.
Tags: 257, 4-H club, 9/11/99, Armor Dial, Backstreet, Bay of Pigs, Beer Garden, Ben Bird Jr., Ben Lee Bird, Bland Co., Bland Co. Fair, Bland High School, Bob Larson, Bristol, Buck Collins, Carl Stock, Carolyn Baine, CBS, Claude Stowers, Clyde Elliott, Dall Davis, Daniel Boone District, Depression, Dramatics Club, Dunn Motors, Eastern Kentucky, Eddie Hubb, Fayette Grayson, FFA, Florida, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Game Commission of Virginia, Germans, Glenwood Park, Gone With the Wind, Grover Hamilton, Guy Dunn, Halloween, Helen Harley, Hercules Potter Co., Hollybrook, Hop-Along Cassidy, Ike Pauley, Illinois, Inland Fisheries, J.T. Dunn, Jack Kennedy, Japan, Jim Munsey, Kidd Chevrolet, King College, Korean campaign, Life and the Bland County Fair, Lux Soap, Lux Theatre, Margie Blankenship, Mechanicsburg, Nannie Burton Bird, Nanny Sawyer, North Carolina, Patrick Co., Pearl Harbor, Pete Newberry, Poplar Hill, President Kennedy, Radford, Radford Arsenal, Ralph Reynolds, Richmond, Roanoke, Robbie Morehead, Rocky Marciano, Rosa Jones Bird, Rosa Mann, Ruth Kegley, Server King, Sid Caesar, Southwest Virginia, TN, Tom Dunn, Tommy Dunn, Victor Gilly, Virginia Brown, Virginia Grayson, Wagner Auditorium, Walker Creek, Warren Newberry, Wayne Thompson, Whitt Price, William Washington Bird, Wilwald Theatre, Woodrow Bird, Woodson Thompson, World War II
Nancy Tate
Tags: 258, 9/11/99, AFC office, and working for the Post Office., bars, Bastian, Big Walker, Bland, Bland County Fair, Bland Messanger, Bland Post Office, Bluefield, Bob Davis, Bobby Newberry, Brushy, Cawana’s Club, Clearfork, clerk for Draft Board, Cloyd’s Mountain, Colonial Fields, courthouse, deferment, discrimination against blacks, Dr. Kegley, Draft Board, East River, Ed, Elmo Silo, exhibits, FFA, fights, Frankie Newberry, grouse, Henry Ratcliff, horses, Hunting, John Dodson, John Dodson and Robbie Morehead, Koren War, Life and the Bland County Fair, Mig Hoges, Miss. Repass, Moorehead’s, Mr. Gilley, Mr. Hardy, Mr. Roy Kidd, Nancy Tate, NAPA, Ohio, Pierce Kegley, Post Master, quail, Richardsons, rides, Roanoke, Robbie Morehead, Social Services, Suzanne, Tech, Ted, This is an inteview with Nancy Tate. She talks about life in Bland, Vietnam War, Washington County, West Virginia, working for the Draft Board, Wright’s, Wytheville, Yonce’s
Mellisie Kidd Gibson
Tags: 10/25/99, 1950’s, 260, advice, arithmatic, Bastian, Bastian Elementary School, Bibliography, bicycles, Biographical interview of Mellissie, Bland High School, Bluefield, Ceres, children, Chinese Checkers, chores, Christiansburg, Christmas, Commissioner of Revenue, courting, Cynthia Akers and Kara Perkins, David Newberry Kidd, electricity, games, Halloween, Helen Hardy, hide and seek, Ira S. Kidd, Jimmy Ray Gibson, John W. Kidd, John Wayne, Kidd Cheverolet, Korean War, life in Bland Co, lunch, Mary Margaret, Mellisie Kidd Gibson, Mildred Newberry Kidd, movies, Mr. Dow Davis, Mrs. Marie Groseclose, Mrs. Rosa Byrd, mud pies, Narrows, Old Maid, out house, paper dolls, party lines, peer pressure, pranks, President Eisenhower, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Truman, Pulaski Community Hospital, punishment, radio, Railroad, rationing, Red Skeleton, Riner, Rook, Saw Mill, shape the world is in, shows, telephone, television, Valentine’s Day, vdgetables, Virginia, W.S. Newberry, Watergate, weather, writing, WWII
Faye A. Hodges
Tags: 10/20/99, 261, April Fools, Army, baseball, Berkhart and Carrol, Biographical interview with Ms. Faye A. Hodges. Mrs. Hodges has lived up Laurel Fork her whole life., Biography, Blanche Alkers, Bland County, Bluefield, Calvin Coolidge, carpentry, Carrol Bros. Store, cattle, CCC, checkers, chores, Christmas, Conley’s Store, Danridge Akers, Darthena Akers, dating, Democrat, Dublin, Easter, electricity, Everett B. Akers, family/ people, Farming, Faye A. Hodges, Faye Hodge’s Grocery, Fourth of July, foxtrot, games, Giles County, Halloween, Herbert Hoover, Hubert Wilson Hodges, Jessica DeHart and Tiffany Munson, Juanita Akers Updike, Laurel Fork, Mable Leverson, Mable Pruett, Margaret Gleason Akers, Marilyn Monroe, Mary Blanche Musick, New Deal, P.E. Goodman, Patrick B. Akers, planes, plays, plumbing, President Roosevelt, Pulaski County, PWA, radio, Republican, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap High School, rooke, School, setback, snowstorms, South Carolina, Spartenburg, stock market crash, suffrage, Thanksgiving, The Great Depression, turkey raising, TV, Valentine’s Day, waltz, WDA, West Virginia Hotel, William David Akers, William Hubert Hodges
Nina Childress
Tags: 10/6/99, 262, 93 years., apple peeling, Bastian, Biographical interview with Mrs. Nina Childress. Mrs. Childress’s has lived in Bland County for her entire life, Biography, Carl Walker, Cecil Hicks, Charles Morehead, Chest Carter, dare base, Family/People, Floyd Childress, Frank McCologon, Henry Childress, Hicksville, Howard Walker, Louise Shrader, Miss. Lineymoo, Nattasha Looney, Nina Childress, Nina Hicks Walker, Nina Hicks Walker Childress, pretty girl station, Russell Childress, scout camp, Shirley Mascara, Sis Darley
Stella Stowers
Tags: 10/19/99, 263, Agnes Virginia Wolfe, Annabelle Pruitt Messy, Bernice Stowers Childress, Betty Stowers Sheets, Biographical interview with Stella Stowers. Mrs. Stower’s moved to Bland County after marrying in 1943., Biorgraphy, Burkes Garden, carmen, Casey Stowers, Charles Martin Stowers, Charlie Pruitt, Darelyn Stowers, David Pruitt, Delaware, Dimpsey School: Charles Bernard Stowers, Dreama Stowers Setzer, Drop the handkerchief, Emma Pruitt Lily, Family/People, Fedwell, Henry Pruitt, Joan Pruitt Griffith, Jodus Pruitt, Kelly Lee Pruitt, Kenny Stowers, nationed food, Nattasha Looney, Nora Pruitt Ward, Olla Pruitt Tolbert, Pearl Harbor, Radford, Richard Stowers, Rocky Gap High, Roscoe Pruitt, Stella Bea Pruitt Stowers, Stella Stowers, Vades Pruitt, WV
Nell Kidd
Tags: 11/5/98, 264, Alaska, Albert Dalton, Amos and Andy, Annie Over, Archie Covington, arithmetic, atom bomb, baseball, Bill Leonard, Biography, Bland County, Bob Mittslefelt, Burkes Garden, canning, CCC Camps, Chestnut Grove Christian Church, chores, Christmas, Church, Clearfork, Darrel Kidd, David Scarce, Deavers, Easter, electricity, Ellis Dickens, English, Everett Looney, Family/People, Farming, Finley Dalton, fishing, gardening, Gene Dalton, geography, Germany, Gertrude Dalton, Grapefield Church of God, Grattan, Great Depression, Gunsmoke, Halloween, hide and go seek, history, Holly Smith, Hughe Cox, James Kidd, James Whitten, Japanese, Kenneth Kidd, Korean War, Laramie, LeeRoy Beckner, Leone Dalton, Lum and Abner, marbles, Margaret Hager, Margaret Hallory, Methodist Parsonage, Mickey Kidd, Miss Lou Gillespie, Misty Balas, Misty Balas and Holly Smith, Nancy Dalton, Nancy Kidd, Nell Kidd, Northwest Passage, Ony Dickens, packing lunch, Pearl Harbor, phone, population boom, pranks, Pulaski County, radio, raising children, rations, reading, Richard Kidd, Rocky Gap, Rofus Dalton, Ruby Dalton, Sadam Hussein, Santa Clause, School, sharecropping, sleighing, spelling, Springville, Stanley Dalton, stock market, Sweeney, tag, Tazewell County, Tazewell Road, television, The Gulf War, Valentine’s Day, Wagon Train, Whitten’s Mill, winter, writing, WWI, WWII
Hazel Tynes
Tags: 11/9/99, 265, Airplane Crash, Atlanta, Beckley, Biography, Bland, Bluefield, Cemetaries, Charlie Tiller, Christmas, Church, Clumbus, Dickenson, Dryfork, Emma Gordon, Engleside, Family/People, Flordia, Floyd, Gardens, Grayson, Halifax, Hazel Tynes, Houses, Hunting, Jack Tynes, John and Bonnie Dodson, Loan Company, Maryland, May Queen contest, Mercer, Monroe, Mr. Cunningham’s, Mullins, Narrows, New Jersey, Ohio, Pete Ferguson, Portsmouth OH, radio, Railroad, Roaoke, Rocky Gap, Schools, segration, slave, Smiths Saw Mill, Tazwell, Verdel Gordon, Virgina, West Virgina, Wolfcreek, Wythe
Freda Scruggs
Tags: 11/14/99, 1923, 266, Archie, Biography, Bland, Bland County, Bluefield, Dry Fork, Family/People, Floyd County, Fred, Freda Scruggs, Harrison, JC Penneys, Jonh Dodson, July the 21st, Katherine Sanders, Martha Cobb, Mrs. Morehead, North Carolina, Pal Saunders, Raleigh, Richmond, Robert, Rocky Gap, Route 1. Box 104A, Tyne’s Chapel Church, Virginia
Pete Ferguson
Tags: 11/14/99, 1930, 267, August 12th, Billy French, Biography, Bland County, Box 334, buggy and two horses, cafeteria, Charleton, Clearfork, court house, Dr. Davidson’s, Dry Fork, Dry Fork Road, East River, East River Mountain, Family/People, Farming, Floyd, Franklin County, French, George Clever, Gibson, Graham Bell, Hunting, J.B Belcher, J.J. Davidson, James, Jarod, John Dodson, Laurel, logs, Mac Daniel, Mac T, Maryland, Ohio, Pete Ferguson, petition, Post Office, Price, Rocky Gap VA, Ruban Ferguson’s, Saunders, School, Slavery, spring, Steel mill, Texas, Timber, train, Tunnel, Virginia Tech, Washington, West Virginia, Wilderness, Wolfcreek
Mary Little
Tags: 11/18/99, 268, Ann Stowers, Baptist church., Biography, Booker, Brazilia Ferguson, Dryfork, East River Mountain, Family/People, ghosts, Gladice Gore, John Dodson, M. H. Ferguson, Mac Ferguson, MacDaniel Ferguson, Mary Little, Railroad, Raleigh, Reba Charelton, Rueben Ferguson, Salisbury, Spencer, Union Baptist Church
Lee Tynes/Toots Tynes
Tags: 11/14/99, 269, Billy French, Biography, Bland, Bluefield, Brunce Brewer, canning, Castle Wood, Churches, Cleveland Ohio, Dryfork, EastEnd Church, Family/People, Floyd, Gardens, Grayson, Great Depression, Hardy Clolumbus Ohio, Homes, Jack Tynes, Jersey City, Jim Hill, John Dodson, Judge Sexton, Lee Tynes/Toots Tynes, Low Gap, Making Whiskey, Maryland, moonshine, Mr. Mack Daniel, Mullins, Noahy Charlton, plane crash, Princenton, Railroad, Rocky Gap, Roy Day, Sam Mitchem, Saw Mills, School Field Trips, Schools, Sutphin Grocery, Tazewell, Virgina, West Virgina, WWII, Wytheville
George and Lee Tynes
Tags: 11/14/99, 1930, 270, Airport Road, Akers, Andrew Ferguson, Athens, Atlanta, Baptist Church, Bill Henry Wagner, Biography, Blacksburg, Bland, Bland County, Blessing, Bluefeild Avenue, Bluefield, Bobby Scroqqs, Bramwell, Captain Saunders, Carter Street, Christiansburg, Christmas Pararde, Columbus, Connie, Cunningham, Danny Kinder, Dave Charlie Taylor, Deer Day, Depression, Doctor Davidson, Dodge Truck, Dodson, Dry Fork Creek, East River Mountain, Ellis Street, Estella, Family/People, Fischer, Floyd County, Ford, George, George and Lee Tynes, Georgia, Gladys Ferguson, Granny Woods, Grayson County, Harris, Hazel, Hector, Helen, Helvers, Helvey, Henry, Highway, Huckleberry, Huckleberry Myers, Jack Tynes, James, January, John Dodson, John Neal, Kimberling, Lee, Liqour, Lois, Lucky Strike, Mac Dowell County, Marvin, Mary Little, mines, moonshine, Mr. Delores, Mr. Hagan, Mullins, Nale log school house, Narrows, Neal Hagan, October, Ohio, Old New Ground, Pal, Pal Saunders, Pinch Creek, Polaroid Camera, Railroad, Ramsey, Rocky Gap, Santa Clause, Saunders., Saw Mills, Shawalters, Smith Lumber Company, Sutphins, Tazewell, Timbering, Tynes, Tynes Chapel, Violea graveyards, Virginia, West Virginia, Whiskey Bottles, Wilderness, Wolf Creek, Woods, World War I, World War II, Wytheville
Aubrey Gore
Tags: 11/19/99, 271, Andrew Ferguson, Aubrey Gore, Bishop, Blacksburg, Blaires, Bland Correctional Center, Bland County, Bluefield Virginia, Boscal, Charleston, Chicago, Colorado, Columbus Ohio, David Howthorne, Denver, Dry Fork, East River Mountain, Ed Saunders, Edwards, Family/People, Ingleside, Jack Kellerman, John Dodson, Judge Kegley, Leroy, Life, Lordies, Mack Ferguson, Mary Little, Mercer County, Miss Naomi Wilson, Mr. Bringham, Mr. Worrel, Narrows, New River Valley, No Business, Norfolk, Pearisburg, Pond Mountain, Reverend Saunders, Richard Ferguson’s, Rocky Gap, South Carolina, Tazewell County, Tollers, Tom Churnik, Virginia, Wilderness Citizen Refuge, William Charleton, Wolf Creek
Nate Charleton
Tags: 11/30/99, 272, Airforce Base, Arch Saunders, Army, Bluefield, Camp Cars, Charles Acres, Community, Dry Fork, E.T. Burton, Florida, Fred Brunalon, Fred Saunders, garden, Greenville, Hogan Ferguson, Jack Tyne, Jessie Pruney, John Dodson, Johnny Sea, Laurel, Life, Logging, Moonshining, Mr. Hunt, Nate Charleton, Norfolk, Old Man Hunt, Portsmouth, Princeton, Prison, Railroad, Rocky Gap, Sack Daddy, Sawmills, South Carolina, Still, Virgina, Washington, Whiteville, Wolf Creek
Mary Little
Tags: 275, 5/1/98, Biography, Bluefeild, Dry Fork, Family/People, John Dodson, Mary Little, West Virginia