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- Collection: Interviews
Zareda Earnest
Tags: 249, 4/8/99, Amy Green, Aunt Cecil, Bastian, Bastian Sportswear Factory, Bland High School, CCC Camp, Cecil Robin Bruce, Cedar, Daniel Earnest, Dr. Jane Walker, Eugene Davidson, George Starks, God, Hicksville, Hicksville Train Station, Hotel, Hungry Mother Park, Hunting Camp, Iffy Bastian, Jesse Munsey, John Ashey, John Dale Bruce, John Tolbert Kidd, Johnstown Flood, Kimberling, Maple Atwell Sufflebarger, Mary Belcher, Mrs. Birdie Green Walker, Mrs. Heidi Stowers, Nationwide, New York, Parker Hornbarg, Parkersburg, Paul Looney, Post Office, Railroad, Randolph, School Board Office, Starks family, store, Town Square, VA Hardwood Company, Virginia, Walnut Avenue, Walnut Tree, Yankees, Zareda Earnest
Zareda Earnest
Tags: 1/30/96, 140, and much more. Many good stories., Bastian, Belle Bruce, Beverly Hall, Bob Bruce, Bobby Newberry, Clear Fork, Community, Daniel Earhest, Dr. Walker, England, Gary Elswick, George Starks, Giles, Greta Garbo, Helen Leftwich, History of Bastian, Jessee James, John Bruce, Johnstown Flood, Jr., Kimberling, Kimberling Corp. Virginia Hardwood Lumber Co., Liverpool, Liz Taylor, Liz Taylor., Mr. Chase Atkins, Mr. Managi, Mr. Ray Weston, Mr. Wagner, Mrs. Wimmer, Narrows, New River & Holston Railroad, New River Pennsylvania, Roy Leftwich, Salem, the Bastian Hotel, the railroad, This interview covers the history of Bastian. It includes the Virginia Hardwood Mill, Zareda Earnest
Zane Stowers
Tags: 12/12/09, 665, Ethan Stowers, Zane Stowers
Wylie W. Akers
Tags: 2/21/99, 241, Adam Akers, Army, Bland County, Bluefield, cars, Central Europe, Charles Akers, Christmas, Earl Terry Akers, Ella Lambert, England, Fort Veldare, France, General George S. Patton, Germans, Germany, Hazel Stowers, Helen Morehead, Italians, Jake Akers, James B. Akers, Laurel, Lee Akers, Loretta Richardson, Lucille Akers, Lucille Walters, Luella Akers, lunch, Luxenburg, Mae Akers, Mary Akers, Nelsene Marie Stowers, Pearl Harbor, Pee Wee Gills, President Kennedy, prisoners, Queen Mary, Rocky Gap, Roosevelt, Ryeland, Sam Lambert, Sardines, Sash and Door, School, Scotland, service, Tazewell County, Virgie Akers, Virginia, Walter Akers, weapons, Wylie W. Akers
Wylie Akers
Tags: 0050, 2/17/97, 50, Army, atom bomb, Battle of the Bulge, Biography, Bland, Bland County, Bluefield, Bluefield Burton, Bluefield Session Door working, Calvin Coolidge, Camp Reynolds, Camp Shanks, Carrol's grocery, CCC, Charles A. Akers, Christmas, Collin's Store, Columbus Lee Akers, Combat infantry, Democrats, Earl Terry Akers, Easter, Ella Lambert, England, Europe, Family/People, Ford, Fort Valvare, Fort Veldare, France, George Patton, Germany, Glass Coast, Grand Ole Opry, Great Depression, Halloween, Helen Morehead, Hitler, Italians., James Bishop, Japenese, Korean War, Laurel, Lone Ranger, Lucille Akers, Luella Akers, Mary Puckett, Matthew Akers, May Lambert, Midwesterners, Mussolini, Nelsey Marie Stowers, New Deal, New York, Pacific, Paso, Pearl Harbor, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, President Eisenhower, President Harding, President Hoover, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Roosevelt, President Truman, PWA, Queen Mary, Republicans, Rocky Gap, Sam Lambert, Sardines Rieland Central Europe, Scotland, stock market crash, Tazewell County, Tea Pot Dome Scandal, This is an interview with Wylie Akers about his life and WWII., United States, Valentine's Day, Vietnam War, Virginia, Walter Eugene Akers, Wanda Stowers, Watergate, West Virginia, WPA, WWI, WWII, Wylie Akers, Yankees
Winifred Blankenship
Tags: 2/28/08, 518, Alton Nelson, Andrew Ferguson, Anthony Nelson, Archie Nelson, Aury Nelson, Bill Nelson, Bland, Bland County, Bluefield, Charlie Taylor, Cheyenne, Christmas, Eisenhower, Elbert, Ethel Nelson, Freddy, Giles Memorial, God, Halloween, Japanese, Jope, Josephine Nelson, Lawrence Welk, Life in Bland County, Lucile Ball, Marilyn, Milky Way, Molly Nelson, Mr. Bailey, Mr. Gregory, Ms. Nanny Rose Tiller, Ms. Nilly, Ms. Stiltner, Newton, Palma Carol, Pearl Harbor, Perry Como, Roanoke, This is an interview with Winifred Blankenship about her life in Bland County., Tony, Tony Curtis, TV, Vinny Nelson, white, Winifred, Winifred Blankenship, Wolf Creek, World War II
Wilson W. Belcher
Tags: 0324, 1/7/01, 324, Apple Trees, Apricot Trees, Barley, Beef Cattle, Biographical, Bluefield, canned food, Carroll, chickens, Church, Conley’s, cows, Farming, Ferguson, Fire Wood, garden, Grayson Turnpike, Hillside Farm, hogs, Holiness Church, Honaker, Honaker Chapel, horses, Interstate 77, Johnny Bogle Honaker, Jonathan Winters, Killings, Life in Bland County, Mc Dowell County, Methodist, Molasses, Mollie Neal, Mr. Wilson Belcher, Narrows, New Deal, North Gap, Oakie French, oats, outhouse, POW, Puckett, Raleigh, Rock Quarry, Rocky Gap, Root Cellar, Round Bottom, Sawmill, Sheriff, sorghum, spring house, Sutphin, This is an interview with Wilson W. Belcher about his life in Bland County., TV, wheat, Wilson Place, Wilson W. Belcher, WWII, Wytheville
Wilson Belcher/ Mary Belcher
Tags: 0083, 5/29/94, 83, artifacts, Bastian, Bland County Railroad, Chappel, Dry Fork, first ford, Giles County, Hicksville, Kevin DeHart, Laurel, Lees and McVitty of Salem, Merrimack Lumber Company, Mr. F.E. Bastian, Narrows, Niday, Northfolk & Western., Novis (South Gap), Penvir, Post Office, Railroad, Rocky Gap, Round Bottom, Suiter, Sunlight Oil Company, Talmash, The History of the Bland County Railroad, This is an interview with Wilson Belcher and Mary Belcher about the history of the Bland County Railroad., Wilson Belcher/ Mary Belcher, Wilson Cliff
Wilson Belcher
Tags: 11/27/98, 235, Bill Clinton, Bluefield Hospital, Bruce Blessing, Bud Abbott, C.L. Taylor’s Store, Carroll’s Store, Charles Wilson and Linnie Kinser Wilson, Cove Creek, Fannon’s Beer Joint.Clark Gable, Giles Memorial hospital, Gulf War, Hazel Stowers, J.C. Belcher, Kennedy, Korean War, Lee Royals, Lou Costello, Mary Wilson Belcher and Joseph W. Belcher, Ms. Fogelsong, Nannie Bell Carper Belcher and William Thurston Belcher, Ora Gray Stowers, Patsy Neal, President Bush, Puckett’s Store, Round Bottom Virginia, Ruby Billups, Saddam Hussein., Sammy Belcher, Spiro Agnew, Susan Kinder, Virginia Morehead, Westgate Shopping Center, Wilson Belcher, Woodrow Stowers, World War II
Willis Dye I
Tags: 3/5/07, 509, Bland Co., Bluefield Va., Brushfork Elementary, CNA Lumber Co., Honaker Virginia, Joey Dye and Jordon Looney, Korean War, Leona & Otis Dye, Libya, Life in Bland County, Lima, New River, Ohio, Pearl Harbor, Polio Epidemic, Presedent Bush, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Truman, Russell County, Vietnam War, Willis Dye discusses growing up in Bland County., Willis Dye I, World War II
William Reed/Lucille Reed
Tags: 144, 2/6/96, Ann Reed, Biography, Blanche Walters, Bland County, Bluefield, Bobby Mae Reed, Bristol, Buckhorn Mt., CCC, Clearfork, Coburn, Dark Ages, Democratic Congress, Dora Stowers, Earl Reed, Eisenhower, Family/People, Franklin D. Roosevelt, George Smith, Germans, Great Depression, Hampton, Hazel Stowers, Helen Reed, Hoover, Howard Reed, James Reed, Jane Reed, Japanese, Jenny Reed, John Ed Smith, John Reed, Julie Stowers, Korean War, Mary Elizabeth Reed, Mary Reed, Michael Earl Edward, Minnie Laura Reed, Minnie Mullins Sayers, Missouri, Mullins, New Deal, Nicholsville, Nixon, Pearl Harbor, Phillip Reed, President Johnson, President Kennedy, PWA, Robert Sayers, Robert Taylor, Rocky Gap, Rosy Gordon, Sarah Stowers Smith, Seorge Stowers, Shirley Reed, St. Lukes Hospital, Susie Reed, Tennessee, This is an interview with Bill and Lucille Reed about their life in Bland County., Truman, Vietnam, Virginia, Watergate., West Virginia, William Cecil, William Reed, William Reed/Lucille Reed, Woodyard, WPA, WWII
Wayne Tolbert
Tags: 4/24/08, 406, Korey Kennedy, Wayne Tolbert
Wayne Peery
Tags: 1/25/96, 141, Americans, Arizona, atomic bomb, Autobahn, Bastain, Biography, Bland, Bland High School, Burkes Garden, CCC Camp, China., Christmas, Cleveland, Communists, Easter, Eisenhower, F.D.R., Family/People, Flip Wilson, Gene Godfrey, Geraldine Peery, Germans, Halloween, Hardwood Lumber Company, Harvard Law School, Hawaii, Hunting Camp Creek, Japanese, Korea, Korean War, Kristen Bradshaw, Kronkite, Lash LaRue, Lydia Peery, Marine Corps, Melanie, Mrs. Groseclose, Mrs. Muncy, North Carolina, one-room schoolhouse, Pearl Harbor, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, Reverend Byrd, Rich Creek, Roy Rogers, Rpcky Gap, Suiter, Tennessee, This is an interview with Wayne Peery about his life in Bland County., Truman, Vietnam War, Virginia, Vivian Brown, Ward Peery, Watergate, Wayne Peery
Waucella Gregory
Tags: 154, 4/24/96, Ada Simpkins, Alice Coburn, Bastian, Biography, Bland, Bluefield, CCC, Charlie Coburn, Charlie Gregory, Christie Hull, Christmas story, Clarence Millirons, Claude Stowers, cow story, Elizabeth Allen, Family/People, FDR, Germans, Grand Old Opry, Great Depression, Guss Coburn, Japanese, John and Mog Coburn, John Ed Shrader, John Gregory, Junior Coburn, Koren War, Laurel, Margie Blankenship, New Deal, Nixon, Nora Shrader, Paul Coburn, Pauline Gregory., Pearl Harbor, Preacher Parsley, President Eisenhower, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Truman, PWA, Rocky Gap, Rosa Stowers, Round Bottom, Roy Acuff, Ruth Burress, This is an interview with Waucella Gregory about her life., Vietnam War, Watergate, Waucella Gregory, West Virginia, WPA, WWI, WWII, Zelmer Coburn
Wanda Clemons
Tags: 3/10/01, 334, Biographical, Bland Co., chores, Christmas, gardening, Giles Co., Halloween, Hollybrook, Jessica Conley, Life in Bland County, Mechanicsburg Parsonage, Muster Oil, Odes Wright’s Store, Pres. Johnson, Pres. Kennedy, Pres. Nixon, Radford, This is an interview with Wanda Clemons about her life in Bland County., Wanda Clemons, Watergate
Walter Hagy
Tags: 1/5/00, 291, Angela Williams, barber shop, beans, Biographical, Bland Couny, chickens, Chritsmas, Clearfork, coal, corn, garden, green beans cucumbers, green peppers, hogs wood stove, holidays, Life in Bland County, maters, outhouse, potatoes, Preisdent Kennedy, President Johnson, President Truman, Rocky Gap, Tazwell, Thanksgiving, This is an interview with Walter Hagy about his life in Bland County., toys, Vietnam, Walter Hagy, Watergate, wood, wringer wash-manchine