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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: 4-H, 714, 9/6/11, Accountin, Alexander Mercer Peters, Allison Morgan, Angela Rose Mercer, Angie Morgan Mercer, Anne Mercer, Anne Mercer life in Bland County, Basketball, Bastian, Bland County Fair, Bluefield, Chad Peters, Christopher Lee Mercer, East River Mountain, Erica Muncy, FBLA, FCLA, ferris wheel, FFA, Financing, Football, Harma Woodward Jr, Jacob Fulton Mercer, Japanese exchange student, Jerry Lee Mercer, June Rish Woodward, Junko, Laurel, Life in Bland County, Lodge Drive, Radford University, Rocky Gap, Saw Mill, Shelby Morgan, Sheridan Anne Mercer, Suiter, volleyball, WV and VA

Tags: 3/18/08, 525, Charlie Puckett, Josh Shrader, Kris Kennedy, Kyle Kennedy, Rocky Gap

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: 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: 5/29/06, 501, and John Ferguson about desegregation., Beckley County, Bland High School, Bluefield, Bluefield State, Desegregation, Dry Fork, Edna Bosham, Gloria Bonds, Gordons, Grand Ole Opery, Hinton, John Ferguson, John Kaylor, Matt Ferguson, Nate Gore, Newberry Funeral Home, Roanoke, Rocky Gap, School, Sports, Tazewell County High School, This is an interview with Gloria Bonds, Upward Bound, Virginia Tech, West Virginia State Fair, Wytheville

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: 4/9/06, 497, AK 47s, Army, basic training, Bill Hodge, Biographical, Calvary, Dayon, draft, farm, Farming, Fort Brag, hospitals, Laos, military, New York, Plieku, Richard Millhouse, Rocky Gap, Saigon, Stormy & Joseph Collins, This is an interview with Bill Hodge about the Vietnam War., Vietnam, Vietnam War

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: :Valentines Day, 1/15/06, 487, 83 infentry, Amy Sutphin, Anthony Sutphin, Biographical, Bland Co, Bland Co Fair, Blufield W.V., Charles Sutphin, Christmas, Clearfork, Deanie Sutphin, DMZ, Edward Sutphin, Halloween, Heather Barker, Hilda Sutphin, Horse Show, Irene Gregory, Jeremy Sutphin, Korean War, Larry Sutphin, Laurel, Life in Bland County, Linda Sarver, Louis Bolling, Louis Neal, Mavis Davis, Michale Sutphin, moonshine, President Kennedy, Ray Davis, Richard Neal, Richlands, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap Methodist Church, Samantha Sutphin, Shirley Sutphin, Tazwell Va, Thanksgiving, This is an interview with Larry Sutphin about his life in Bland County., Trubie Gregory, Verina Sutphin

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: “Bubby”, 11/7/05, 482, ball, Baptist Church, Bessie, Biographical, Bob Nelson, Bubby, carnival, Caroll’s Store, Christmas, cornfields, Earl Crabtree, Earnest Blankenship, Elizabeth Clark, fall festival, farm, farmed, fish, Fred Simpkins, Freddie Blankenship, Giles, Halloween, Heather Looney, Herman Malden, Lester Flatt, Letha Nelson Blankenship, Life in Bland County, Lucile Walters, Methodist, Mr. Watt, Ms. Altizer, Ms. Gordon, Ms. Gregory, Ms. Hazel Stowers, Ms. Mable Pruett, Ms. Ora Gray Stowers, Ms. Turner, Ms. Walters, Narrows, North Carolina, Pilmer Carrol, pranks, Pruett, Railroad, revivals, Richard Blankenship, Robert Nelson, Rocky Gap, Round Bottom Methodist, School, Shrader, Skeens, swim, Taylor’s Store, The Little Pig Restaurant, The Sunset Drive, This is an interview with Richard Blankenship about his life in Bland County., Will Davis

Tags: 477, 5/29/05, Alvis, Amanda Sargent, Anthony, Anthony Rife, Ashley Rife, B.J. Davis, Biographical, Buckhannon County, checkers, chores, Christmas, Church, Compton Mountain, Daniel Stowers, Democrat, Eisenhower, electricity, farm, Farming, Fuzz, games, garden, Gerald Payne, Gilda Gay Kennedy, Granville Lundy Rife, Halloween, Hilda, home remedies, Joe Rife, John Crockett, John Glen, John Wayne, Johnson, Jolo, Josh Taylor, Juanita, Junior Keene, Kennedy, Knox Creek, Korean War, Lammon Atwell, Laura June Coleman, Life in Bland County, Louise Octavi Cooper Rife, Lucy, marbles, Marie, Marietta Islands, Marilyn, McDowell County, Merrill, Nixon, Oakie Rife, Orville Gay Hale, Pearl Harbor, Penecostal, pranks, Rocky Gap, Roosevelt, Rosie, School, Sheridan Rife, shooters, slingshot, South Pacific, The Great Depression, Thelma Sparks, This is an interview with Daniel Stowers about his life in Bland County., toys, Travis Rife, Truman, Vietnam, Virginia, wagon, Walter Rife, War, Watergate, White Mountain, Willard Rife, Winnie Elkins Rife, WWII

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: 418, 5/16/03, Afganistan, Alabama, Biographical, David Taylor and Matthew Shrader, Great Lakes, Ilinois, Iraq, Life in Bland County, Navy, Newport News, Rocky Gap, Roy Wayne Nunley, This is an interview with Roy Wayne Nunley about his life in Bland County., U.S.S. Enterprise, Vietnam, Virginia

Tags: 1/6/03, 400, Biographical, Bland, Charles Davidson, Charlotte AnnElliot, Christmas, Church, Dinky, Donald Gibson, Dry Fork Baptist Church, games, Gene Schefferbarter, Halloween, holidays, Kayla Gibson/Jessica Barnette, Life in Bland County, movie, movies, Mr. Cummon, Newton, Palmer Carols, pranks, Rocky Gap, School, Series, Steve Gibson, Sunday School, This is an interview with Donald Gibson about his life in Bland County., Tim Gibson, Toler’s, Walter Davidson

Tags: 2/15/03, 399, Arvin Shrader, Bastian Union Church, Biographical, Blanche Shrader, Britany Bowling/Nikki McLeamore, Christmas, Daniel Shrader, Elis Shrader, Franklin Roosevelt, Halloween, Hazel Stowers, Hipe Crabtree, Joseph Shrader, Katherine Shrader, Kathy Billis, Leslie Cochran, Life in Bland County, Louise Compton, Lyndsey Shrader Cochrane, Mark Shrader, Mary Crabtree, Mike Shrader, Narrows, President Kennedy, President Nixon, Rocky Gap, Round Bottom, Round Bottom Methodist Church, Susan Crabtree, Unis Shrader, William Sharder Burton, Wolf Creek, World War II

Tags: 1938, 397, 6/10/03, Agnes Saunders, B.B. Saunders, baseball, Basketball, Biographical, Bluefield, Brooklyn, Calloway, Campbell Cecil, Carlotta, CC Camps, Chappell, checkers, Chicago, chores, Christmas, Church, Church of Christ, coal mining, Connie T. Cecil, courting, cut grass, dancing, dating, Della Fergeson, Dewey, Dickie Sessoms, Eastern Parkway, Ed Sullivan, Eisenhower, Elanor Roosevelt, Eli Myhand, Erasmus High School, Erica, farm, fights, Floyd County, Football, Frank Parker, Franklin County, Franklin Roosevelt, garden, gris mill, Halloween, hockey, holidays, home remedies, housewife, Ida Cecil, Ida Saunders, Jackie Robinson, Jersey City, Jesica, Jewell Cecil, Johnson, Kennedy, Kim, Korean War, Kyle, Lee Powell Saunders, Lexington Avenue, Life in Bland County, Lonnie Price Saunders, Manhattan, Marc, May 24, Memorial Day, memories, mental institution, Monica, Moochie, Morstine, Morstine Colclough, movies, Ms.Lewis, New Deal, New Year’s, New York, Newark, Nixon, Octavia, Petersburg, Pitkin Avenue, Postal Service, pranks, President Truman, restaurant, rock battles, Rocky Gap, Sawmill, School, shows, snowball fight, snowstorm, Sports, Tazewell, telephone, television, This is an interview with Connie T. Cecil about his life in Bland County., toys, train set, Veteran, Vietnam War, Virginia, Watergate, Williamsburg, Willie Mays, WWII

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: 391, 5/15/02, Betty Lambert, Biographical, Burt Reynolds, Burton School, Christmas, Clara Helvey, Cloyd Blankenship, Della Blankenship, Eisenhower, Elbert Clovis, Elise Wright, games, Harry Fogglesong, Harry Shrader, Helen Bowling, James Muncy Lambert, Jennings Lambert, John Wayne, Johnson, Kennedy, Korean War, Life in Bland County, Luther Bivens, Lynnie Allen Bivens, Margie Stowers, Mollie Neal/Dusty Williams, Nixon, Ora Grey Stowers, Pearl Harbor, Railroad, Rocky Gap, Roosevelt, Round Bottom United Methodist Church, Roy Clovis, School, Sports, This is an interview with Virgie Bailey about her lfie in Bland County., THomas Lambert, Truman, Valentine’s Day, Vietnam War, Virgie Bailey, Watergate, Wolf Creek, Womsley’s General Store, Woodrow Stowers

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: 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

Tags: 345, 5/6/01, Ada Simpkins, Aden Nelson, Annie Rudd, Appalachian Power Company, Arnold Scott Htchinson, Bailey Lumber Company, Bastain, Bedford, Bessie Alderman Shrader, Beta Club, Betsy Alderman Shrader, Bill Lawbert, Biographical, Bland Correctioal Center, Bland County, Bluefield, Bobbie Jo DeHart & Peggy Sutphin, Bobby Joe DeHart, Boots Tiller, Bubby Shrader, Captain Bailey, Caroline County, Charles Patrick Sutphin, Charlie Levitt, Christmas, College Avenue, Colonial Theater, Commonwealth of Virginia, Confederate, Cover Hollar, Dal Davis, Deroit, Dicky Ratliffe, Dorothy Glly, Doroty Irene Shrader, Dorthy Gilly, Dr. JJ Davidson, Dry Fork, East River Mountain, Easter, Eleanor Goad, Ellen Newton, England Germany, English Channel, Ester Williams, Florida, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Gene Sands, George Lessie Htchinson, Georgia Lumber Company, Granada Theater, Harry Truman, Hawthorne, Hazel Stowers, Helsey Springer, Honaker Baptist Church, Hoseph Watson, Irene Gregory, Jessica DeHart, John Henery Pruett, Joseph Watson, Joseph Watson Shrader, Kings Dominion, Kresky’s, Lee Royal, Life in Bland County, Lucille Waltes, Lucy Litton, Maggiecovern, Marian Childress Simpkins, Marvin Bowling, Mary Gertrude Bailey Hutchinson, New River, New York, Newport News, Niday, Norma Jean Bird, Normandy, North Carolina, Ora Grey Stowers, Paul Joseph Shrader, Peggy Sutphin, Pete Sands, Radford Arsenal, Richard DeHart, Richmond, Ripes Crossing, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap Church, Round Bottom Church, Ruby Billips, Ruby Carrie Shrader, Ruth Fisher, Schwinn, Stanfrd Signs, State Theater, Summers County, Thanksgiving, The Eagle Eye, This is an interview with Bobbie Jo DeHart & Peggy Sutphin about their lives in Bland County., US Army, Van Johnson, Vick Giley, Virginia Ruth Morehead, Washington Street, Wessendock Churck, West Virginia, Western Auto, Wolf Creek, Wolfaurt Haus, WWII

Tags: 1/24/01, 330, Bastian, Bill Vanover, Biographical, Bland County, Bluefield, boxcars, Burkes Garden, Burner Gibson, CC camp, CE Thomas, Charlie Sutphin, Clearfork, Con Tuggle, Dangerfield, Dave Conley, Depression, Emory Thomas Hull, garden, Goodman Conley, Harry Smith, Hugh Baker, Iddie Nice, Jay Fred Hall, John Cantrane, John Kindser, Johnny Gibson, Kentucky, Kister, Korean War, Laurel, Levi Long, Life in Bland County, Lorraine Carpenters, lumber, Molasses, moonshine, Narrows, Old Manise Burton, Paul Hull & Matthew Dent, Pearisburg, Robey Hull, Rocky Gap, T.J. Kitts, This is an interview with Emory Thomas Hull about his life in Bland County., Trudy Lambert, VA Hospital, Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company, Washington Walter Reed Hospital, whiskey, Wiley Compton, Wolf Creek