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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: 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: 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: 1/12/03, 398, Army, Biographical, Blake Stowers, Camp Buckner, Clearfork, Europe, Fort Binning, Fort Mead, GA, Germans, Hitler, Hub Stowers, Maryland, NC, Pearl Harbor, This is an interview with Hub Stowers about his life in Bland County., World War II

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: 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: 1/7/03, 401, Biographical, Jessica Cox, Johnny Meadows, This is an interview with Johnny Meadows about the Big Walker Mountain Tunnel., Tunnel

Tags: 11/10/00, 402, Biographical, Farming, Jennifer Belcher, Rex Morehead, This is an interview with Rex Morehead about farming.

Tags: 11/5/00, 403, Biographical, Farming, Fred Cox, Jennifer Belcher, This is an interview with Fred Cox about farming in Bland County.

Tags: 11/4/00, 404, Biographical, Jennifer Belcher, Life in Bland County, Melinda Belcher, This is an interview with Melinda Belcher about farming in Bland County.

Tags: 10/29/00, 405, Biographical, Farming, Jennifer Belcher, Nannie Rose Tiller, This is an interview with Nannie Rose Tiller about farming in Bland County.

Tags: 415, 6/11/03, Biographical, Buddy Stowers, Clint Slaughter, Life in Rocky Gap, This is an interview with Buddy Stowers about his life in Bland County.

Tags: 416, 5/14/03, Biographical, Connie T. Cecile, Eli Myhand, Korean War, This is an interview with Connie T. Cecile about the Korean War.

Tags: 417, 6/1/03, Biographical, James Nunn, Life in Bland County, Shawn Sutphin and Kayla Gibson, This is an interview with James Nunn about his life in Bland County.

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: 419, 6/9/03, Biographical, Josh Neal & Jessica Cox, Life in Bland County, Sammy Ray Kitts, This is an interview with Sammy Ray Kitts about his life in Bland County.

Tags: 3/10/03, 420, Biographical, Blake Stowers, Life in Bland County, Nannie Rose Tiller, This is an interview with Nannie Rose Tiller about her life in Bland County.

Tags: 421, 5/27/03, Biographical, Jessica Barnett and Kayla Gibson, Life in Bland County, Peggy Sargeant, This is an interview with Peggy Sargeant about her life in Bland County.

Tags: 3/11/03, 422, Biographical, James Cox, Jessica Cox and Joshua Neal, Life in Bland Coutny, This is an interview with James Cox about his life in Bland County.

Tags: 4/15/03, 423, Bee Clark, Biographical, Christmas, Dewey B. Williams, Germany, Halloween, Hollybrook School, J.B. Wright, Jeanie Williams, Kyle Linkous, Life in Bland County, Lillian Williams, Nixon, Pearl Harbor, Pep WIlliams, Pinch Creek: Blake Williams, Shady Grove United Methodist Church, Stony Creek, This is an interview with Dewey B. Williams about his life in Bland County., VDOT:

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, 425, Clint Slaughter, Eugene Slaughter, Life in Bland County, Logging, This is an interview with Eugene Slaughter about logging.

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: 4/2/03, 427, Biographical, Jerold Blessing, Josh Blessing, Life in Bland County, This is an interview with Jerold Blessing about his life in Bland County.

Tags: 3/9/04, 428, Bibliography, David Gore, Life in Bland County, Lorene Newberry, This is an interview with Lorene Newberry about her life in Bland County.