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Bill French
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
Harry E. Pauley Sr.
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
Jewell Spence & Bobby Gibson
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
James Roby Byrd
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
Virgie Bailey
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
Gerald Hoosier
Tags: 392, 5/19/02, Arthur Winfield Hoosier, Bastain, Biographical, Bluefield, Conorock, Dorothy May Huffman, East River Mountain, Gerald Hoosier, Jason Musick, Laurel Fork Baptist Church, Life in Bland County, Little Creek, Nancy Marie Miller, Rocky Gap School, Smith County, This is an interview with Gerald Hoosier about his life in Bland County., Walker Tunnel, WJ Dickes and Son’s
Eunice Childress
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
Billy Umbarger/Bonnie Umbarger
Tags: 12/21/02, 394, 4-H, Angela Davis, Appalachian Power Company, BETA, Bill Jr., Billy Randolph Umbarger Sr., Billy Umbarger, Billy Umbarger/Bonnie Umbarger, Biographical, Bluefield, Bob Patrick, Bonnie Castle Umbarger, Bonnie Umbarger, Burkes Garden, Ceres, Ceres High School, chores, Christmas, Church, courting, Cove Creek, Doloris Anne, Don Davis, Dorothy May, Ebna Irene Lane, electricity, Emma Lane, Evelyn Groseclose, Fairview Methodist Church, FFA, Galbal Orwin, games, GLEE club, Grand Ole Opery, Halloween, Henry Harlow, Iowa Myrtle Seboat, Isaac Howard, J.T. Dunn, Jack Dunn, James Alva Castle, James Garland Castle, James Jackson, Japan, Jerold Wayne, Korea, Leatherwood Coal Company, Life in Bland County, Louise, Madison Harold, Margaret Toggle, Mark Gregory, Mary LIlly Belle Williams Castle, Mr. Thomas, Osama Bin Laden, Pearl Harbor, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Truman, Ray Davis, Red Oak Community Church, Ruth Crabtree, Saddam hussein, School, Shew Hubert Harlow, Smith County, Sports, This is an interview with Billy and Bonnie Umbarger about their lives in Bland County., Tommy Rae, Vietnam War, Watergate, weather, William James Castle, WWII, Wytheville
Cob Willis
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