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Rose Payne

Clara Atha

Violea Ferguson

Raymond Stowers

David Williams

Anthony Rife

Tags: 10/26/97, 205, Anthony Rife, Bland County, Jewell Valley, John L. Lewis, Melissa Rife, This is an interview with Anthony Rife about World War II and coal mining., UMWA, Virginia, War & Work, World War II, World War II & Coal Mining

Charles Fore

Tags: 2/2/94, 206, Big Walker Mountain Tunnel, Charles Fore, Charlotte., Department of Transportation, East River Mountain Tunnel, Kevin DeHart, Superintendent, The East River Mountain Tunnel, This is an interview with Charles Fore about the history of the East River Mountain Tunnel. First Fire in this tunnel, Tunnels

Terry Nelson

Jim Davidson

Tags: 1/10/98, 208, Acme Supermarket, Allegheny County, Andrew Davidson, Appomattox, Bastian, Battle of Five Forks, Benjamin Harrison, Betty Jane Harmon, Bland, Bland County, Bluefield, Brush Mountain, Brushfork, Brushy Mountian, Burkes Garden, Camp Alexander, Canada, CCC Camp, Chrissy Ethel Johnston, Civil War, Cold War, Compton House, Consolidation Coal, County Surveyor, Courtney Longworth, D.C., Dublin, East River Mountain, Eugene Davidson, Eva Davidson, Family/People, Federal Government, Flat Top, Flat Top Mountain, Frank Hall, Gene Davidson, General, General Toland, German, Giles County, Hogback, Hogback Mountain, Hollybrook, Indians, Ireland, James Carpman, James Davidson, Jay Fred Hall, Jim Davidson, John Allen, John Bailey, John Davidson, John Goolman Davidson, Joseph Davidson, Kate Bailey, Katie Davidson, Kimberling, Lamberts, Laurel, Lee, Lees and McVitty Timber Company, Leise and McBitty Timber Company, Little Creek, Mac Davidson, Martha Davidson, Mercer County, Miller, Molly Tynes, Mountain Lake, Mr. Johnston, Narrow, Narrows, Nashville, National Forest, New River Bridge, Norfolk and Western Railroad, Norforld and Western Railroad, Novis, Ohio, Otto Stange, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pocahontas Fuel Company, Poor Valley, Radford, Revolutionary War, Rice, Robert, Round Mountain, Russia, Rutherford B. Hayes, Smyth, Smyth County, South Gap, Southern Ohio, Soviet Union, Suiter, Tazewell, Temple Hill Cemetery, Tennessee, This is an interview with Jim Davidson about his ancestors and natural resources in Bland County., Virginia, Virginia Hardware Lumber Company, Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company, W. W. Harmon, Washington, Washington D.C., West Virginia, West Virginia Courthouse, Wilderness, Wise County, Wolf Creek, World War I, Wythe County, Wytheville

Maretta & Otho Looney

Tags: 10/25/97, 209, Annette Kidd, Beverly Gay Looney, Biography, Bland, Bland County, Bland County School, Bland Methodist Church, Bluefield, Bluefield State Theater, Bobbie Lindamood, Brintle, Bristol, Buchanan County, Christmas, Courtney Brizendine, Cynthia Wynn Kidd, Debbie Looney, Easter, Edna Looney, Elma Ruth Looney, entertainment, Everett Looney, Family/People, Farming, Florene Spence Dillow, garden, Gary Allen Looney, Grapefield, Green Valley Methodist Church of God, Guernsey, Guy Dunn Motors, Hampshire, Helen Carter, Hick Looney, International, Ira Rada Lindamood, Jersey, Jimmy Stewart, Justice of the Peace, Lana Turner, Lena Kidd Looney, Linda Sue Looney, Lowell Dean Looney, Maretta & Otho Looney, Maretta Looney, Margaret Blankenship, Margaret Lou Emma Dillow, Narrows, Otho Looney, Paris Looney, Plymouth Rock, Poulan China, Redbrush School, Robert Lindamood, Robert Taylor, Roger Kelley Looney, Sammy Lindamood, Sandra Looney, Sidney Kidd, St. Luke's Hospital, Tazewell, Tennessee, Theodore Roosevelt, This is an interview with Maretta and Otho Looney about their lives., Thomas Grayson Dillow, Vica Stiltner Looney, William Maxwell Lindamood, Wytheville

John & Harriet Blessing

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

Alice Neal Maneval

Tags: 11/14/97, 212, 4-H Camp, Alice Neal Maneval, Basketball, Bell Atlantic Holiday Tournament, Berwick, Beth Dunkenberger, Blue Star Camp, Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Bowie State, California, Charlotte, Cheyney State, Clemson, Coach Debbie Ryan, Coach Gary Orr, Coach Joe Sanchez, Coach Rick Cormany, Coverse, Dr. Feliciano Jusay, Duke, Five Star Camp, Florida, Floyd County, Fort Chiswell, Foul Shooting Award, Gino Auriemma, Holly Boone, Hotshot Award, Hustle Award, Iowa Ammana Hawkeye Classic, James Madison University, Jamie, Julie Hull, JuneBug Penn, Kansas, Kathy Havens, Kathy Turner, Linda Moses, Mandy Pauley, Maryland, Milky Way, Mountain Empire District, Mr. Kaylor, N.C. State, North Carolina, Patty Smith, Pennsylvania, Player of the Year, Radford University, Recreation, Rita Hankins, Roanoke College, Rocky Gap Combined School, Rocky Gap United Methodist Church, Rudgers, Santa Clara Pepsi Classic, Sara Boone, Shawsville High School, South Florida Classic, Southwest Missouri State, Sports Illustrated, Stetson Lady Hatter Classic, Tazewell, Tobacco Road Classic, Tracy Kegley, Troy Maneval, University of Tennessee, USA Today, UVA, Wake Forest, WDBJ Channel 7, William and Mary, Wytheville

Tom Hudson

Nate Charleton

Tags: 214, 3/15/98, AME Zion Church, Andrew Boyd, Austria, Bastian, Bed Check Charlie, Billy French, Billy Lockhart, Biography, Bland, Bluefield, Bonnie Dodson, Boston, Caldwell’s, California, CCC Camp, Cecil Charlton, Cecil Webb, Dave Terrence Tolbert, Deacon’s Board, Doctor Davidson, Dr. Boggle, Dryfork, Elgood, Elizabeth Stevenson Charlton, Eveline Charlton, Family/People, Flordia, France, Honaker’s, John and Bonnie Dodson, John Dodson, Kentucky, Lieutenant Landers, London, Marvin Tynes, Mason French, May Pole, Mr. Gibson, Nate Charleton, Nate Charlton, Noah Charlton, Ohio, Pal Saunders, Paris, Pete Ferguson, Portsmouth, Rhine River, Rocky Gap, Rubin, Sam Webb, Serita Burce, Shoalter, Slaughter’s, Taylors, This is an interview with Nate Charlton about his life., Tiffany Manor, Tolbert’s, Tuggles, Tynes Chapel, Wheeler Boyd, Williamson, Willie Charlton, Yorktown

Nancy Payne

Maria Brunk

Francis Nelson

Fred Saunders; Estella Saunders; Pal Saunders; Delores Harris

Tags: 218, 3/15/98, A. D. Burton, A. J. Tynes, Acme, Adair, AME Zion Church, armies, Army, army stuff, baby, Baptist Church, beans, Bell Spring, Bill Charleton, Biography, Bland, Bland County, Blankenship, Bluefield, Bluefield State College, boat, Bonnie Dodson, book, books, bootlegger, brakeman, brass buttons, Brewer family, brick houses, bull, Burgesses, camp, candy, car, Carla, cattle, Charletons, chestnuts, chickens, Christiansburg Institute, Church, churned butter, Cleveland, corn, cost of land, covered wagon, cows, Dana Mitchell, Delores (Minnie) Saunders, Delores Harris, Dick Tracey, diploma, doctor Rob, Dolores, Dry Fork, East River Mountain, Emma Tynes, employees., Estella Saunders, Estellia Saunders, Evelyn Charleton, Family/People, farm, farmed, farmer, farming techniques, Ferguson land, Fergusons, festival, Florida, flour, Floyd County, Football, forest, Franklin County, Fred Saunders, G. I. Bill, General Lee, Gladice Gore, gold, governor, grain mill, Grist mill, Hershey Bars, Hill House, history, history book, Hogans, hogs, horse, horses, house, ice cream, Indian Valley, Jersey, Jews, Jim Hill House, John & Bonnie Dodson, John Dodson, John Harris, Kimberling, Korean War, Laddie ????, Laurel Fork, lighter knot, Lillly’s, liquer, Lloyd Charleton, loader, log school, Lonnie Saunders, lumber, Mac Ferguson, Mac H. Ferguson, MacDaniel, MacDaniel Ferguson, Maggie, Margie, Marion, marriage, Marvin ????, mattresses, milk, mines, Minnesota, Mire Branch, Molly Tynes, Molly Tynes ride, moonshine, mountains, Mr. Henry Gray, Mr. Hogan, Mr. Humphrey Hogan, Mr. MacDaniel, Mrs. MacDaniel, Mudfork, Nat Ferguson, Nate Charleton, New River, New York, nursing, nursing school, oats, Ohio, Oil lighter, outhouse, oxen, Pal Saunders, pastor, Phil Lilly, pigs, Pinch Creek, pond, pop, Powell Saunders, powerline, president, Princeton, Pulaski, Railroad, Ramsey farm, Reed Creek, reunion, Reverend J. --G.W. Wells, Richlands, Richmond, rock houses, Rocky Gap, rodeo, Roney Nunn, Rosenthal, Round Bottom, Ruben Ferguson, saddle, Saunder’s farm, Saunders, Sawmill, sawmill construction, School, schoolhouse, Scruggs, Sealy mattress, Secretary, service, shanty, sheep, Silas Greene Show, Smyth County, soldiers, South Carolina, St. Paul, steam engine, store, stram engine, sugar, Taylor’s Mill, Tazewell, Tazewell County, Tazewell County High School, teaching, tick beds, ticks, Timber, tin cans, Tom, Tom Lilly, train, treasurer, Trustees, TV, Tynes, Tynes Chapel, Tynes house, Uncle Ned, Virginia, Vocational School, Wagners, wagon, War, Wert Harris, Wesley ????, West Virginia, wheats, whiskey, wife, William Ferguson, Willis, winter, Wolf Creek, wood stove, Woods, Woodysville Spring, Wytheville, Yankees

Bobby Woody

Tags: 219, 4/26/98, and Phyllis Woody, Bluefield, Bobby Woody, Carroll Groceries, Charles Branson, Charlie Preston Woody, Check Point Charlie, chores, Christmas, Cisco Kid, Clearfork, coalmines, College Avenue, Colorado, Denver, Digin Jones, Dreama Woody, East River Mountain, Eisenhower, Elvis Presley, Eric Thompson, Family/People, Fourth of July, games, garden, Gene Autry, Gene Shepbarger’s Groceries, Germans, GI Blues, Halloween, Hollybrook, Ickman, Japanese, John L. Lewis, John Woody, Korean War, Life / Coalmines / War, Marion, Mary Elizabeth Woody, Miss Gregory, Miss Hassel Stowers, Miss Pruett, Miss Simpson, Miss Turner, Miss Updike, movies, North Carolina, O.B., Ohio, Ora Gray Stowers, Pearl Harbor, Pocohontas, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Truman, Raymond, Rescue Squad, Rocky Gap, Roy Rogers, Rural Retreat, Sherman, Taylor’s, Turkey Gap, UMWA, Vietnam War, Vinnie Dot Woody, Virginia, Watha, West Virginia, Wolfcreek, Wytheville, Zorro

Lula Barnette

Tags: 220, 4/10/96, Adner, Alonzo, Amos, Andy, Arver and Ollie Barnett, auction, baby shirts, Bastian, Bastian factory, Bastian Sports Wear, beds, Belcher’s Bridge, Betsy Dent, Beverly Floyd Hall, Beverly Hall, Bill Monroe, Biographical, biscuts, blackberries, Bland, bleach, blue ribbon, Bluefield, bread, bus, butter, cakes, canning book, car, carrots, chairs, Charleston, checkers, chicken, children, chimneys, chores, Christmas tree, Church, churn, cigars, Clarence, Clinton, Color Francis, cooker stove, corn, Corner Diner, country music, cow, creek, custards, Dave, Denita Blankenship, desk, Diamond School, dinner, dish pan, dolls, Dolly, East End School, education, Effie, electricity, factory, Family/People, fire, Florida, flower, food, fox and the goose, Frank Sinatra, fried potatoes, G. I. Joe, garden, garments, Garneth Havens, Grand Ol’ Oprey, grandpa Hall (Joe), Graton, groceries, Hardwood place, hatchet, hide-and-go-seek, holidays, house, Huntington, Icem, infant clothes, Jack, Jan, Jay Fred’s store, Jean Autry, jelly, Jew, Jimmy Dickens., Joe, Kate, Kate Long, kettles, kitchen, lard, Laura, Leonard, Lonzo, Lula Barnette, lumber grader, lunch, Macy Havens, marbles, meal, meals, men’s shirts, milk, Minnie Pearl, movie, Mr. Garret, Mr. Icem, Mr. Lawrence Lurber, Mr. Risen, Mrs. Havens, Mrs. Peery, music, Nell Katherine, New York, news, Nub, oil lamp, oven, paddle, peanut-butter sandwich, peas, Perry Como, phone, pop, popcorn, porch, pot-bellied stove, potatoes, preacher, radio, railroad ties, Railroad track, Reba, record player, Regina Harmon, restaurant, Rich School, Roanoke Fashion, Robert Hottie, Ronnie, Roy Acuff, Roy Rogers, Ruben, Ruby, Santa Clause, Saw Mill, school house, service, seventh grade, show, shows, Shufflebarger’s Store, Shufflebargers, singer, sink, store, stoves, street, tables, tag, taxes, Tazewell, teachers, television, tomatoes, town, toys, trailer, train, trimming, Trina Jackson, Virginia, wash board, wash dishes, West Graham, West Virginia, Witcher Creek, wood stove, Wytheville

Flora Lee Beckner

James Sink

Tags: 222, 4/29/98, Avon, Bilouiox, Bland Beta Club, Bland County School Board, Bland High School, Buchanan, Central Office, conventions, Courtney Simpkins, dances, Dr. John Harris, English, Florida, Fort McGruder, Fred Simpkins, George Washington Inn, Georgia, Harry Millirons, Holly Boone, James Sink, John Marshall Hotel, Kathy Mauldin, Marion Senior High School, Mississippi, Mr. Garland UpDyke, Mr. Ron Pauley, Mrs. Maryanne Davidson, Nashville, National Beta Convention, Norfolk, Opry Land Hotel, Orlando, Quiz Bowl, raising money, Ralphy Kidd, Ramada, Rex Morehead, Richmond, Roanoke, Robert Starks, Rocky Gap Beta History, Rocky Gap High School, Ruth Belcher Morehead, Sara Boone, School, Scrapbook, Scrapbook Award, Senior Beta Club, Shenandoah, South Carolina, Spartanburg, Sweepstake Trophy, Tennesee, This is a history of the Beta Club of Rocky Gap High School, Tim Havens, Tracy Walker, Valentine’s Day, Virginia, Virginia Beta Council, Williamsburg

Donald Brizendine

Tags: 223, 5/5/98, Anthony Brizendine, Ban Mill, Barry Brizendine, Bastian, Bastian Elementary School, Bastian Post Office, Bastian Union Church, Bessy Brizendine, Betty Blessing, Biographical, Biography, Bland County, Bland High School, Blessing Brothers, Bluefield, Bluefield Sanitarium Hospital, Brenda Brizendine Porter, Bruce Farm, Camilla Dunn, Carter Cemetary, Chuck Barter’s Store, Civilian Conservation Camps, Colley’s Service Station, Courtney Brizendine, Craft, Craig County, dating, David Malden, Doctor Davidson, Doctor Walker, Donald Brizendine, Earle Crabtree, Edith Snow Dunn, Erma Stowers Brizendine, Family/People, Farming, Faye Kidd, Forest Fire Trails, Fort Chiswell, Garland Updike, GIV, Hardwood Company, Harold Brizendine, Hercules Powder, holidays, Hunting Camp Creek, Jay Fred’s store, Judy Brizendine Puckett, Kay Chiller’s Restaurant, Kidd’s Grocery Store, Miss. Umbarger, Mrs. Altizer, Mrs. George Peery, Mrs. Munsey, NC., New Castle, Ohio, Renia Conley Compton, Robert E. Dunn, Robin Brizendine, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap High School, Rosie Gordon, school subjects, Smokey Mountains, Sparta, Sports, State Theater, Tazewell, Tultex, Walter Brizendine, Woodrow Brizendine, WV., Wytheville

George Sink and James Sink

Tags: 224, 5/6/98, Alberta Harmon, Alvin Sink, Baptist Parsonage, Betty Sue Groseclose, Beulah Brunk, Biographical / Mechanicsburg, Bland, Bland County, Bland Messanger, Boutetart County, Brother Sheffey, Burns Chapel, Carolyn Mustard, Carroll County, Christmas, Church, Clarence Sink, Cloyd’s Mountain, crops, Doris Stowers, Elsie Sink, Emory and Henry College, Family/People, Farming, food, George Sink, George Sink and James Sink, Giles County, Great Depression, Harry Bird, holidays, Holly Smith, James Sink, Joe Sink, Little Creek, log cabins, Lucille Sink, Marvin Sink, Mattie Bishop, meat cutting, Mechanicsburg, Mechanicsburg Cannery, Mechanicsburg Fire, Methodist, Mill Tillis, Miss Louise Bird, Miss Maud Allen, Miss Penly, Miss Sexton, Misty Balas, Misty Balas and Holly Smith, Morgan House, Mr. Brunk, Ms. Pearl Franklin, Newberry Haircut, Nice Wonder Meeting House, Oldie Sink, Patrick Henry Hotel, Phyllis Sue Sink, President Kennedy, Pulaski County, radio entertainment, Roanoke County, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap Methodist Church, Roy’s Lunch, Sam and Jack Newberry, school in Mechanicsburg, snowstorms, t.v. entertainment, tenant farming, This is a conversation with George Sink and his son James. They are residents of Mechanicsburg., Vance Bird, Viola Sink, Wabash Meeting Place, wages, Walkers Creek, Walkers Mountain, Wilmer Sink, Wilson Sink, World War II

Pete Ferguson

Tags: 225, 3/7/98, ABC’s, Ada, AEP, Appalachian, apple pies, Arnett, bank, barn, barnyard, baseball, Bastian, bed, bedroom, Belcher, Belcher Furniture, Belcher Lumber Company, Biographical / Dry Fork, Bishop, Blanche Ferguson, Bland, Bland County, Bluefield, bonnet, Bonnie Dodson, brach, Bramwell, Brazil, bread, brick oven, brothers, Buckhorn Mountain, cabbages, cabinets, cakes, carpenter, Cashew Hill, cast iron, cemeteries, chain saw, Charlie Taylor, cheesecloth, chimney, China, Christmas, Church, cloak room, cloth, coal miner, Columbia French, cookies, corn, cover, crane, Creole, D.C., desks, devotion, diningroom, dishes, doctor, dresser, Earth, Eisenhouer, families, Family/People, farm, farm equipment, farmed, farmer, Farming, Fort Chiswell, Franklin County, Fred, French, furniture, games, garden, Georgia, GlenLynn, God, Gordons, government, grades, graduation ceremony, grandma’s, grandpa, Halloween, hay, hearth, Hector, Hill Top, hogs, Honaker’s Store, horse, horses, hospital, house, Howard Stowers, Howard’s Store, Hubert Gordon, Jack Tynes, James, Jefferson National Forest, John and Bonnie Dodson, John Dodson, Junie, kids, kitchen, kraut, land, Lee, Lee’s, Lewis Ferguson, livingroom, log barn, logs, Lord, lunch, M. H. Ferguson, Mac, Mac Ferguson, MacDaniel Ferguson, Mack Harfney Ferguson, mahogany wood, Martha Cobb, Marvin Tynes, Maryland, mattresses, May, May Charles, meat, meat house, mechanic, Mervetta, mild, militia, milk, mill, Miss Black, Miss Morehead, Miss Whitney, Monday, mother, mountain, mountains, movies, Mr. Charles, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Gray, Mr. Honaker, Mr. Honaker., Mr. Robinson, Mr. Tynes, Mr. Will Gray, mules, Murray, New Orleans, North Carolina, note, nurse, Ohio, one room school, open heart surgery, path, Pearl Gordon, Pennsylvania, Pete Ferguson, pies, pipe, pneumonia, ponies, porch, Post Office, potatoes, pots, pound cake, Prices, Princeton, property, props, punish, recess, record, Reuben Ferguson, Roberta, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap School, Roosevelt, Ruben Edward, Santa Clause, saw mill, Saw Mill, School, scraper, seed, shanties, Simpson, sink, sisters, slate rock, slave, slavery government, sled, Social Security, songs, South Carolina, spring, spring box, spring house, spring water, stove, straw, substitute teachers, sulpher spring, taxi cab, Tazewell, Tazewell County, teacher, Thelma Smith, This interview is biographical in nature and focuses on life on Dry Fork., tic mattress, Timber, time, trailer, trailers, trees, trench, trough, truck, VA, vegetables, Vernon Cobb, Virginia, Virginia Hardwood, Wagners, wagons, Washington, water, weeds, well water, wheat straw, Willie, winter, wood stove, Work, WV

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