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Tags: 715, 9/19/11, Bland County, Bluefield, Bobby Joe Gibson, Graham High School, Lexie Brown, Life in Bland County, Louise Gibson, Louise Gibson life in Bland County, May, Mrs. Kidd, Mrs. Perry, Mrs. Wingate, Rocky Gap

Tags: 2/28/09, 549, Bland County, Talks about hunting in Bland County as a boy and eventaully moving to Rocky Gap., Tommy Honaker, Trevor Newman

Tags: 3/4/07, 510, Audrey Blessing, Bastian, Bastian Elementary, Bastian Union Church, Bill Bruce, Bland County, Bland High School, Bluefield College, Bud Blessing, Christmas, Denise Hershel, Denver Conley, Depression, Eddie Kid, Franklin D. Roosevelt, German, GIV, Grand Ole Opry, Halloween, Harber Lumber Company, Harped Hoover, Ira Kid, Iraq, Japanese, Jim Kitts, John Bruce, John Wayne, Korean War, Larry Kid, Lob and Adner, Mark Blessing, Mildred Kid, Mr. Wright, Mrs. Dunn, Mrs. Kegley, New Deal, Pearl Harbor, President Eisenhower, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Truman, Ralph Reynolds, Stella, Stella Kits, Suiter, Sylvie Homan, VA, Vietnam War, Virginia Tech, Watergate, WW2

Tags: 3/10/08, 519, and Rocky Gap., Annie Bell Richardson, Arlie Richardson, Bessie Gills, Bland County, Bland County Fair, Bluefield, Bukhart & Carroll, Carroll County, Christmas, Danielle Jennings, Danny Ray Thompson, Dinky Track, Donna Kay Thompson, Elbert Richardson, Fay Hodges, Giles County, Grey Hound Bus, Halloween, Harry Thompson, Her earlier life in the County, I.B. Underwood, John Richardson, Korean War, Laurel Fork Church of Christ, Laurel Fork Road, Life in Bland County, Loretta talks about her earlier life in Laurel, Loretta Thompson, Louise Richardson, Riley Richardson, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap School, Roy Akers, Sarah Victoria, Valentine’s Day, Vietnam War, Virginia Richardson, Wilburn Richardson, World War 2

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

Tags: 13-Jan-08, 516, Bland County, Bland County Corectional Farm and Rocky Gap High School, Blufield, Correctional Farm, Cox, Dallas Looney, fights, inmates, Leonard Blankenship, Life in Bland County, mess hall, Mr. Bald, Mr. Blankenship, Mr. Gathright, Mr. Hilton, Mr. Jarvis, Mr. Shelton, Mr. Stowers, Mr. Updike, Mrs. Blessing, Mrs. Gregory, Mrs. Hazel Stowers, Mrs. Huffman, Mrs. Ora Gray Stowers, Mrs. Pruett, Mrs. Stowers, musicians, Ohio, prison breaks, prisoners, riots, Rocky Gap High School, Sara Looney, storytellers, This is and interview with Dallas Looney about the Bland County Corectional Farm and Rocky Gap High School., weapons

Tags: 11/4/06, 507, Annie Richardson, Beckley, Bill Gills, Bland County, Christmas, Crab Orchard, Dall Davis, Dinky Track, Floyd, Garland Updike, Grand Old Opera, Grey Hound Bus, Harley Richarson, Harry Thompson, Laura Sisson, Laurel, Laurel Fork, Life in Bland County, Loretta Thompson, Loretta Thompson discusses her life and memories in Bland County., Ohio, Palmer Carroll, Pameral Carroll’s Store, Princeton Hospital, Rocky Gap, Victoria

Tags: 499, 6/6/06, Aubrey Gore, Basketball, black, Blanche Ferguson, Bland Correctional Center, Bland County, Bluefield, Bluefield State College, bus, CB Sanders, Coal Mines, Craig Sanders, culture, descrimination, Desegregation, Dry Fork, Edna Charelton, Gloria Ferguson, Hector, integration, Intergration, Jessie Charelton, Johnny Ferguson, Martin Luther King, Marvin Times, Matt Ferguson, Nate Gore, Navy, New River Community College, racism, Rocky Gap, Ronny Charelton, School, segregation, Sports, Tazewell, This is an interview with Aubrey Gore about the integration of Bland County., Timothy Charelton, Tommy Ferguson, Tony Sanders, track, Uncle Tom, United Mine Workers Association, UVS, white

Tags: 3/25/05, 494, Alamae Gregory, Andrew Ferguson, Andrew Stowers, Arla Mae Gregory, barber, baseball, Biographical, Bland County, Carrols Grocery Store, Charlie Taylors, Christmas, Clear Fork, Clearfork, Codge, Codge Carver, combat, dating, draft, Easter, epidemic, farm, fishing, Fort Jackson, Gap, garden, Germany, haircuts, hoopie-eyed, horse, horseback riding, John Gregory, Korean War, Life in Bland County, marbles, Martin Ebert Carver, medicine, military, Miss Hazel Stowers, Mr. Pucket, Neal Lambert, Polio, Raymond Stowers, remedies, Rocky Gap, Ruby Gregory, Rutitan, skinney dippins, South Carolina, storm, Sutphins, swimming, The Great Flu epidemic, the service, This is an interview with Codge Carver about his life in Bland County., War

Tags: 3/5/06, 437, AEP, Biographical, Bland County, Bland County Powerline, Hog Back, Jachsons Ferry, Jean Claude Siroas, Life in Bland County, Max Meadows, Misty Lester, Oshana, PAR Electrical IBEW Union Hall, Ted Lester, Ted Lester/Derrick Kidd, This is an interview with Ted Lester and Derrick Kidd about the powerline.

Tags: 1/3/06, 486, Airplane Crash, Albert Miller, Albert Miller Sr., baseball, Biographical, Bland County, Church, Crandon, Daniella Harmon, dating, fair, Fergal Anderson, floods, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Giles County, Henry Nunn, Henry Sarver, Hollybrook, Isaac Franklin DeHart, John Finley, Kizzy Ward Strock, Korean War, Life in Bland County, Margaret Pruett Miller, Mustard farm, Myrtle Stuart, Newberry brothers, Park Drive In, Pearisburg, Pulaski, Raymond Havens, Roanoke, Rocky Gap, Rosy Stowers Gordon, Ruth DeHart Miller, School, Shadygrove, Sid Morehead, Sue Morehead, This is an interview with Albert Miller about his life in Bland County., Tyler Finley, Virgina Clark, Virginia Morehead, Wilburn Burton, World War II

Tags: 3/31/05, 449, Bastian, Biographical, Bland Correctional Farm, Bland County, Christmas, Earl Dunn, Easter, Electrician, Estelle Blankenship, Gene Audry, Great Depression, Halloween, Jack Blankenship, Jessie Rae Hull, Jessie Ray Hull, John F. Kennedy, Johny Ray Hull, Kate Childress, Life, Lucy Blankenship, Nicholas Farmer, Norman Hull, party lines, Pearl Harbor, Rick Hull, Ronald Hull, Seth Hull, Seth Hull and Tiffany Griffith, Shelby Hull, Tiffany Griffith, Valentines Day, William Hull, World War II

Tags: 3/8/05, 447, Ballard Burton, Bastain, Betty Stowers, Beulah Christine Bane, Biographical, Bland County, Bluefield, Clear Fork, Daniel Stowers, Emal Stowers, Frank Martin Nunley, Halloween, Harry Martin Stowers, Hary Truman, Hazel Stowers, Josh Taylor, Life, Lillian Stowers, Pamerl Carols Store, Peggy Stowers, Radford, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap School, Roy Wayne Nunley Jr., Sunny Port Methodist Church, Teresa Taylor, This is an Interview with Virginia Nunley about her life in Bland County., Thomas Stowers, Vietnam War, Virginia Nunley

Tags: 426, 5/28/03, Beuford Carver, Biographical, Bland County, Brittany Bowling/Nikiki McClemore/Thelma Sparks, Christmas, Dave Carver, Frankie Carve, Germany, James Thompson, Korean War, Laura Gay Carver, Laurel Fork Baptist Church, Life in Bland County, Marvin “Codge” Carver, Mrs. Hazel Stowers, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Truman, Robert Carver, Rocky Gap School, Sally Bell Carver, This is an interview with Marvin “Codge” Carver about his life in Bland County.

Tags: 424, 6/7/03, Audrey Cox, baseball, Biographical, Bird, Bland County, Bob Cox, Ceres, Ceres High School, chores, Christmas, Donnie Cox, farm, garden, Grand Ole Opry, guard, Halloween, Jay Cox, Jessica Cox, Juggler, Larry Cox, Life in Bland County, Mal Cox, Melvin Cox, Mr. Umbarger, Ms. Stowers, Ms. Umbarger, mustard sack, Omen Cox, Presbtyrian, Stony Gap, This is an interview with Melvin Cox about his life in Bland County., Virginia, Whitten Cox, Willie Cox

Tags: 3/24/03, 396, Andy Slaughter, Beth Slaughter, Biographical, Bland County, Carthy, Christmas, Church, Church of God, Clint Slaughter, courting, Dearly in the Sun, Dorcas Slaughter, Eisenhower, Eugene Slaughter, Fall Mills, Farming, Franklin Roosevelt, Freddie Ray Slaughter, Gina Slaughter, Haiti May Willis, Halloween, holidays, Hubert Slaughter, Johnson, Kennedy, Laurel Creek, Life in Bland County, mechanic, movies, Mr. Elsie, Mr. Looney, Mrs. Folgeson, Mrs. Pierre, Mrs. Stowers, Nixon, Pearl Harbor, Penecostal, pranks, Rocky Gap, School, Slim, Stadium Drive, Terry Slaughter, This is an interview with Eugene Slaughter about his life in Bland County., Tina Elizabeth Slaughter, Tobacco Road, Tom WIllis, Vernon Taylor, Vietnam War, War, Watergate, WWII

Tags: 1936, 1940s, 1950s, 395, 5/27/02, advice, atomic bomb, baseball, Biographical, Bland County, businesses, carpentry, CCC, Charlie Taylor, chores, Christmas, Church, Cob Willis, cows, David Taylor, David Taylor/Matthew Shrader, Dean, electric washer, electricity, farm, FDR, fishing, Franklin Roosevelt, garden, Germans, Germany, grandparents, hair cut, holiday, home remedies, housekeeper, James Jefferson Willis, Japan, Jean Sheffylbarger, jobs, JT Willis, Kevin, Laurel, Laurel Fork Church of Christ, Life in Bland County, Lisa, lob cabin, Matthew Shrader, Ms. Gregory, Ms. Phillips, Ms. Simpkins, Ms. Stowers, Ms. Tickle, Ms. Walters, New Deal, November 22, Orgray, outhouse, Palmer Carroll, Palmor Carroll’s, party lines, Pearl Harbor, President Nixon, President Truman, PWA, radio, radio shows, rationing, Ricky, Rocky Gap, Royal Mounty, Ruth Willis, School, school bus, school programs, Sherry, Slaughter, stonemason, store, technology, telephone, television, television shows, The Andy Griffith Show, This is an interview with Cob Willis about his life in Bland County., TV, vegetables, Vietnam War, washboard, Watergate, Wilma E Underwood, WPA, WWII

Tags: 393, 5/30/02, Big Walker Mountain, Biographical, Bland County, Bluefield, Core Construction, Emily Williams, Eunice Childress, frog farm, games, Giles County, Halloween, Life in Bland County, Round Mountain, This is an interview with Eunice Childress about her life in Bland County., Trube Childress, Virginia Hardwood Company, Wolf Creek, Wytheville

Tags: 390, 5/1/02, Albert Wolfe, Alice Mustard, Bell Clark, Biographical, Bland County, Carl Farlow, Christmas, Clumby Clark, Eisenhower, Fourth of July, Great Depression, Halloween, Hollybrook, Irene Faulkner, James Byrd, James Roby Byrd, John Harry Bird, Johnson, Kennedy, Korean War, Life in Bland County, Lois Bird, Lorene Updike, Macey Saunger, Mary Rosette Byrd, Nixon, Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt, Samantha French, This is an interview with James Roby Byrd., Truman, Vietnam War

Tags: 379, 5/22/02, Alfred Hitchcock, Baptist Church, Biographical, Bland County, Bob Gibson, Bristol, Charels Acres, Christmas, Dry Fork, Elvis Presley, Frank Tabor, Grand Ole Opry, Great Depression, Halloween, Hazel Stower, Jewel Spence, Jewell Spence & Bobby Gibson, Joe Lewis, Joe Wilcott, John F. Kennedy, John Wayne, Korean War, Laurel Frok, Lexington, Life in Bland County, Marille Swords, Mollie Gibsom, North Carolina, Peggy Lambert, Raymond Meadows, Rocky Gap, Rosie Gordon, Russel Asbury, Sear Roebuck Catelog, Shirley Smith, This is an interview with Jewell Spence and Bobby Gibson about their lives in Bland County., Trista Robertson, Valentines Day, Willy Gibson, WWII

Tags: 378, 5/6/02, Artie Kitts, August 11, Bastian, Becky, Ben Bird, Biographical, Bland, Bland County, Blessing, Brushy Mountain, Charley Pauley, Chevrolet, chores, Christmas, construction, courting, dating, Debbie, depot, farm, Farming, fishing, Frankfort, gas, George Allen, Gertrude Pauley, Gordon Pauley: Belle Pauley, Grand Ole Opry, Great Depression, Greens Construction, Harry E. Pauley Sr., Harry Pauley, Hoover, horehound candy, Huntington, Jane Ella Pauley, John F. Kennedy, Johnson, Junior Pauley, Kegley, Kennedy, Lebington, Levi Long, Lexington, Life in Bland County, Lone Ranger, Margret Thompson, marriage, North Carolina, Novas, Olmens, out house, Parkersburg, Pearl Harbor, Post Office, Ralph Mills, Randy Pauley, remedies, Rescue Squad, restaurant, Shrader, Shufflebarger, snow, South Gap, Southern Coal, store, storms, This is an interview with Harry E. Pauley Sr. about his life in Bland County., Thompson, town, Walker’s Creek, Walker’s Mountain, wedding, Will Neal, WWII

Tags: 373, 4/7/02, Amos and Andy Show, Anthony Conley, Bastian, Bastian School, Bill French, Biographical, Bland, Bland County, Bland High School, Bluefield Sanitarium, Bruces Hill, Brushy Mountain, Buddy Lucas, CC camp, Ceres, Christmas, Claude Stowers, Clear Fork, Colonia Theater, Delano Roosevelt, Desi and Lucy, Earnest Lucas, Errol Flynn, Farming, garden, Grace Kidd, Harry Dean Lucas, Hazel Stowers, hide and seek, Hunting Camp Creek, James W. Conley, Jamie Conley, Jevette Buchanan, kick the can, Life in Bland County, Lillith Kidd, lumberman, Miss Flora Eagle, Miss Hattie Stowers, Miss Phyllis Kidd, Miss Ruth Groseclose, Mollie Neal & Dusty Williams, Mr. & Mrs. Henderson Kidd, Patty Whitehead, Pearl Harbor, Phyllis Conley, President Eisenhower, Ruth Groseclose, Shewie, Snow Ice Cream, Suiter School, This is an interview with Bill French about his life in Bland County., Wolf Creek, Woolworths five and dime

Tags: 12/29/01, 350, Amy Johnson, Bane, Beta Club, Betsey Olla Lusk Shrewbury, Biographical, Bland County, Bluefield, Bush, Christian, Christmas, Cunningham, Donald Shresbury, Donna Smith, Dot, Easter, Ed Lusk, Eisenhower, Glenda Shrewsbury McCloud, Hill Top Batist Church, Joyce Anders, Kansas, Katherine Dunn, Life in Bland County, Louis Vest, Maggie, Mammie Lusk, Margaret Wiley, Martha Wiley, Mt. Zion United Methodis Church, Paris Earl Shrewsbury, Paul Deward Wiley, Presbyterian, President Kennedy, Richard Hamlin, South Carolina, Spanishburg, Spanishburg Elementry, Summersville, This is an interview with Margaret Wiley about her life in Bland County., Time Finance Company, Valentines Day, Vietnam War, Virginia, West Virginia, White Gate, Wolf Creek

Tags: 12/29/01, 349, Adria, Bastain, Bastain Union, Biographical, Bland County, Bland High School, Bluefield, Briston, Burkes Gardn, CCC, Christmas, Elizabeth Neal, Great Depression, Harvy Rasnake, Hunting Camp Creek, James Edward Rasnake, Korean War, Life in Bland County, Mary’s Adventist, Mattie Elizabeth Bogle, N&W, Narrows, Pearl Harbor, President Truman, Ronoke, Rosa Pruett, Rosie Miles, Rufus Bogle, Russell County, Sylvia Pauley, Tazewell County, Tennessee, This is an interview with Rosa Pruett about her life in Bland County., Tyler Pruett, Valentines Day, Virginia, Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company, WPA, WWII

Tags: 10/29/01, 348, Abbs Valley, Ala May Gregory, Billie Jean McCartney, Biographical, Birdie Tabor, Bland County, Bland Reverend Russell Asbury, Bluefield, Bluefield Sanitarium, Bobby & Louise Gibson, Bobby Joe Gibson Jr., Bobby Joe Gibson Sr., Bossevain, Buckhannon County, Buckhorn Mountain, Charles Edward Gibson, Christmas, Donald Eugene Gibson, Dry Fork, Dry Fork Baptist Church, Dudley Elembetry, Everet Hess, Frank Tabor, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Grahm, Hazel Stowers, Helen Marrar Gibson, Helen Verlinni Phipps, Jack Burton, James Richard Hess, Jessica Bowen, Jewel Gibson, Jone Gibson, Joseph Franklin Hess, Jpanesse, Korean War, Laurel, Laurel Fork, Lester Phipps, Lexington, Life in Bland County, Louise Gibson, Louise Hess, Lucille Walters, Luther Hamilton Hess, Molly Gibson, Molly Phipps, New Years, North Carolin, Ora Grey Stowers, Pearl Harbor, President Esinhower, President Hoover, Reverend Alton Jesse, Richard Gibson, Rocky Gap, Round Bottom Church, Tazewell County, Thanksgiving, This is an interview with Bobby Jo & Louise Gibson about their lives in Bland County., Tip Top, United Methodist Laundry, United States Steel, Willie Gibson, WWII