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Tags: 2/19/96, 210, Barnes, Bastian, Bastian Church of God, Bible, Biography, Bishop, Bland, Bland County, Bluefield, Botetourt County, Burkes Garden, chores, Christmas, Clark Gable, Clearfork, Cove Creek, dating, Easter, Edna, Eisenhower, Ella Burton, Ethel Ball, Ethel Neel, Family/People, Franklin D. Roosevelt, fun, garden, George Buchanan, George C. Fox, Gerald Walker, Gilbert, Graton, Great Depression, Green Valley, Halloween, Harriet Elvira, Harriet Stump Buchanan, John, John & Harriet Blessing, John Blessing, Korean War, Levi Neel, Macie Ethel Kidd, Marla Pruett, Mary Walker Neel, Misty Balas, Mount Olivet, Narrows, News Center 6, Oakville, Pearl Harbor, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Truman, Ray Neel, Rich Snapp, Roanoke, Robert Clay Kidd, Rocky Gap, Roy Roger, Ruth, Stella Blessing, Tazewell County, Thanksgiving, This is an interview with John & Harriet Blessing about their life., Tina, Tultex, Valentines Day, Vietnam War, Virginia, Watergate, Wolf Creek, World War II

Tags: 2/11/99, 632, John C. Reed Sr., This is part of a series that Wayne Quesenberry completed on the people of Bland County., Wayne Quesenberry

Tags: 5/24/10, 636, Adam Kidd, Alex Wright, Blake Stowers, John Hagy

Tags: 712, 9/9/11, Bland High School, Hunter Stanley, John Michael Mustard, JTPA Program, Life in Bland County, Police, Rockets

Tags: 135, 5/4/97, Amie Lee, Bland County, Bob Hope, Cam Ranh, Cam Ranh Bay, Comsake Logistic Support Center, Dorsey N. Caracawa, Fort Gordon, Fort Knox, GA, John Reed, Kentucky, Lang Bian, Lua, PFC, Saigon, Saigon., South Vietnamese Army, This is an interview with John Reed about the Vietnam War., USO, Vietnam, Vietnam War, War

Tags: 05.24.07, 545, John Stafford, Nathan Cox and Jacob Mercer

Tags: '39 Chevrolet, 166, 1951 Oldsmobile, 4/30/97, atom bomb, Augusta County Virginia, Betty, Biography, Bland County, Brushy Mountain, California, Ceres, Ceres High School, Chaplin, Christmas, Civil War, entertainment, Eugene Orr, Family/People, Farming, fire department, flooding, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Fred Simpkins, Gary Cooper, Gayle Matthews, Germans, Goldsboro, Gordon Junior High, Gwen Thompson, Halloween, household chores, Japanese, Jews, John Atwell, John Thompson, Laura Atwell, Laurel Fork Creek, Mangus Lee Thompson, Marion, McDonald Douglas, Mount Vernon High School, Mr. Thomas, Mrs, Mrs. White, Navy, North Carolina, Oldsmobile Star fire '88, Patrick Pace, Pearl Harbor, Poor Valley, Radio Shack, rationing, Robert MacMillan, Rocky Gap, Roger Suda, Russians, Sarah, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, snow storms, South Carolina, Starger, This is an interview with John Thompson about growing up in Washington D.C. and Ceres, Tom and Lily King, United States, victory gardens, Virginia, Virginia., Waddle, Walkers Mountain, Washington D.C., William Thompson, World War II, Wytheville

Tags: 1/7/03, 401, Biographical, Jessica Cox, Johnny Meadows, This is an interview with Johnny Meadows about the Big Walker Mountain Tunnel., Tunnel

Tags: 0078, 1/5/95, 78, Ardelia Jane Wolford Mitchell, Aunt Lila, Civil War, Colonel John Compton, Colonel John R. Compton, Community, Compton, Dismal Creek, Gap View, Hattie Compton, Indian Trails, J.B. Upduke, J.R. Compton, Joe Compton, Joseph Carr/Doris Carr, Lizzy Miller, Mechanicsburg, Misses Fannie, Montgomery Ward, Mountain Watchman, Mr. C.T. Hanks, Mr. Hanks., Mr. Houston Compton, Mr. J. Wiley Thorn, Mrs. Compton, National Forest, Rev. J.E. Naft, Sawmill, Squire Thorn, Stephanie Compton, The Old Gap View Home, This is an interview with Joseph Carr and Doris Carr about the history of the old home of Colonel John Compton and surrounding areas., Virginia Militia, Wardmill, Wolford's

Tags: 6/16/12, 722, Angel Leftwich, Joyce Hayes

Tags: 07.19.08, 544, Heather Looney and Blake Stowers, Joyce Ramsey Childress and Bud Childress, Rocky Gap High School

Tags: 11/28/99, 298, Biographical, Bland Correction Center, cattle, Christiansburg, Clearfork, Crackers Neck, cucumbers, farm, fishing, Flowers, Hunting, Joyce Tickle, lettue, Life in Bland County, onion, Patrick Henry, Robbie Morehead, Rocky Gap, Secretary, Summer, taxes, This is an interview with Joyce Tickle about her life in Bland County., tomatoes, Valley, Virginia, Walkers Creek

Tags: "Sonny Boy" Al Jolson, 152, 4/29/96, Alice Coburn Shrader, Amos and Andy, Appalachain Power Company, Aunt Bess, Bill Brewer, Biography, Bland, Bland County, Bluefield, Buck Jones, Bunce Brewer, Carroll Store, CCC, Christmas, early transportation, East River Mountain Road, Easter, Family/People, Fibber McGhee and Molly., Ford School Bus, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Fred Astaire, Giles, Ginger Rogers, Grandmother Coburn, Hagen Graham, Halloween Carnival, Hitler, Homer Brewer, Honaker's Post Office, Horace H. Brewer, Howard Stowers, Josephine, Juanita Brewer, Korean War, Margie Bumpkin, Megan Freeborn, Mr. Staford, Mrs. Jane, Narrows, Nickatie Shrader, Niday, Pearl Harbor, Ponderosa, President Eisenhower, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Truman, PWA, Randy Brewer, Rocky Gap, Round Bottom, Round Bottom Church, Sally Brewer, T-Model Ford Truck, Tennessee Valley Authority Dam, The Realto, This is an interview with Juanita "Bunce" Brewer about her life in Bland County., United States, Valentine's Day, Virginia, West Virginia, William Clovis Shrader, Wolf Creek, WPA, WWII

Tags: 4/2/04, 461, Biographical, Brenda Blankenship, Judy Bailey, Life in Bland County

Tags: 1/10/08, 646, Judy Clark, Opie Lamie

Tags: 4/23/03, 456, Biographical, Blake Stowers, June Sands, Life in Bland County

Tags: 0098, 5/21/95, 98, Ashley Akers, Big Walker Mountain Tunnel, Bland, Blizzard of 1993, Brian Lawson, Brushy Mountain, Canada, Canadians, Deputy Sheriff, Gary Cutlip, Junior Akers/Gerry Stowers, Kentucky, Kevin Lawson, Michigan, Misc., Ohio, Rocky Gap, Route 606, Snow., Southbound rest area, state policemen, Teddy Simpkins, This is an interview with Junior Akers and Gerry Stowers about the Blizzard of 1993 in Bland County., Tim Harless, Trent's Grocery, VDOT workers, Wolf Creek

Tags: 4/26/09, 571, Bibliography, Junior Buckner, Trevor Newman and Ben Bradshaw

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

Tags: 713, 9/25/11, Basketball, Bland County Fair, Blue Print Cinemas, Bluefield, Chris Seal, Clockedman Wheels, Clover Cafe, Collein Muncy, Craned, Danny Harden, Easter, Erica Muncy, Football, Forth of July, Ida Dillow Havens, Imagine Harden, James Melvin, Karen Faulkner, Karen Faulkner’s life in Bland County., Lauren Faulkner, Life in Bland County, Lindsey Faulkner, Margie Shepherd, Marvin Havens, Norma Gene, Paul Burners, Radford University, Rocko Planes, Roger Faulkner, Ronald Reagan, Sue Cattron, tennis, Terri Lynn, United Methodist Church, VA, Wytheville, Zeal Harden

Tags: 0105, 10/29/97, 105, Alfred Andrew Thompson, atom bomb, Biography, Bland County, Bland County schools, Bland Street, Bluefield, Bluefield Sanitarium, CCC Camp, Central School, Christmas, Clarence Wooldrige, Davis Munsey, Doctor William Spiero, Eddie Edith, Egypt, Ethyl Blythe, Family/People, First National Bank, Franklin Roosevelt, Germans, Great Depression, Greta Munsey, Halloween, Japanese, Jenay Thompson, Johnson sisters, Kate Thompson, Kennedy, Korean War, Learners, Maryland, Melissa Leedy, Miss O'Neal, Ms. Scott, New Deal, Ollie Virginia Munsey, Pearl Harbor, President Johnson, President Nixon, President Truman, Presient Eisenhower, Princeton, Ramsey School, Ramsey Street, Reed, Rialto Theater, Roanoke, Rocky Gap, Rogers Street, Shirley Temple, Social Security, Stan Sweet, Stumpy Bottom, Tazewell, This is an interview with Kate Thompson about her life., Vernon Munsey, Vietnam War, Virginia, Wade School, Watergate., West Virginia, William Robert Munsey, Woodrow Munsey, WPA

Tags: 165, 4/25/96, America, Bastian, Bastian Hotel, Beverly Hall and Vicki Wyatt, Biography, Bland County, Bruces, California, Catholic, Christmas, Dunn's, Easter, Family/People, GIV, Italy, JFK, Katrina Jackson, Katrina Jackson talks about growing up in Italy and coming to America as a war bride. She also tells about her life in Bland County., Korean War, Leftwiches, Massachusetts, Naples, New York City, Polio, San Francisco, Statue of Liberty, trolley, Tultex, Valentines Day, Vietnam, WWII, Wytheville, Yugoslavia

Tags: 11/17/06, 651, Jared Hagan, Kelly Burriss

Tags: 192, 3/19/96, Americans, Bob Hope, Chad Kidd, Five Forty First Transportation Company, Fort Bragg, Fort Jackson, Fort Sill, Kenneth Kidd, Korea, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Quanan, Saigon, South Carolina, This is an interview with Kenneth Kidd about serving in Vietnam., Vietnam, War

Tags: 3/5/08, 543, Amanda Sargent, Kenny and Mona May