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Tags: 224, 5/6/98, Alberta Harmon, Alvin Sink, Baptist Parsonage, Betty Sue Groseclose, Beulah Brunk, Biographical / Mechanicsburg, Bland, Bland County, Bland Messanger, Boutetart County, Brother Sheffey, Burns Chapel, Carolyn Mustard, Carroll County, Christmas, Church, Clarence Sink, Cloyd’s Mountain, crops, Doris Stowers, Elsie Sink, Emory and Henry College, Family/People, Farming, food, George Sink, George Sink and James Sink, Giles County, Great Depression, Harry Bird, holidays, Holly Smith, James Sink, Joe Sink, Little Creek, log cabins, Lucille Sink, Marvin Sink, Mattie Bishop, meat cutting, Mechanicsburg, Mechanicsburg Cannery, Mechanicsburg Fire, Methodist, Mill Tillis, Miss Louise Bird, Miss Maud Allen, Miss Penly, Miss Sexton, Misty Balas, Misty Balas and Holly Smith, Morgan House, Mr. Brunk, Ms. Pearl Franklin, Newberry Haircut, Nice Wonder Meeting House, Oldie Sink, Patrick Henry Hotel, Phyllis Sue Sink, President Kennedy, Pulaski County, radio entertainment, Roanoke County, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap Methodist Church, Roy’s Lunch, Sam and Jack Newberry, school in Mechanicsburg, snowstorms, t.v. entertainment, tenant farming, This is a conversation with George Sink and his son James. They are residents of Mechanicsburg., Vance Bird, Viola Sink, Wabash Meeting Place, wages, Walkers Creek, Walkers Mountain, Wilmer Sink, Wilson Sink, World War II

Tags: 223, 5/5/98, Anthony Brizendine, Ban Mill, Barry Brizendine, Bastian, Bastian Elementary School, Bastian Post Office, Bastian Union Church, Bessy Brizendine, Betty Blessing, Biographical, Biography, Bland County, Bland High School, Blessing Brothers, Bluefield, Bluefield Sanitarium Hospital, Brenda Brizendine Porter, Bruce Farm, Camilla Dunn, Carter Cemetary, Chuck Barter’s Store, Civilian Conservation Camps, Colley’s Service Station, Courtney Brizendine, Craft, Craig County, dating, David Malden, Doctor Davidson, Doctor Walker, Donald Brizendine, Earle Crabtree, Edith Snow Dunn, Erma Stowers Brizendine, Family/People, Farming, Faye Kidd, Forest Fire Trails, Fort Chiswell, Garland Updike, GIV, Hardwood Company, Harold Brizendine, Hercules Powder, holidays, Hunting Camp Creek, Jay Fred’s store, Judy Brizendine Puckett, Kay Chiller’s Restaurant, Kidd’s Grocery Store, Miss. Umbarger, Mrs. Altizer, Mrs. George Peery, Mrs. Munsey, NC., New Castle, Ohio, Renia Conley Compton, Robert E. Dunn, Robin Brizendine, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap High School, Rosie Gordon, school subjects, Smokey Mountains, Sparta, Sports, State Theater, Tazewell, Tultex, Walter Brizendine, Woodrow Brizendine, WV., Wytheville

Tags: 10/25/97, 209, Annette Kidd, Beverly Gay Looney, Biography, Bland, Bland County, Bland County School, Bland Methodist Church, Bluefield, Bluefield State Theater, Bobbie Lindamood, Brintle, Bristol, Buchanan County, Christmas, Courtney Brizendine, Cynthia Wynn Kidd, Debbie Looney, Easter, Edna Looney, Elma Ruth Looney, entertainment, Everett Looney, Family/People, Farming, Florene Spence Dillow, garden, Gary Allen Looney, Grapefield, Green Valley Methodist Church of God, Guernsey, Guy Dunn Motors, Hampshire, Helen Carter, Hick Looney, International, Ira Rada Lindamood, Jersey, Jimmy Stewart, Justice of the Peace, Lana Turner, Lena Kidd Looney, Linda Sue Looney, Lowell Dean Looney, Maretta & Otho Looney, Maretta Looney, Margaret Blankenship, Margaret Lou Emma Dillow, Narrows, Otho Looney, Paris Looney, Plymouth Rock, Poulan China, Redbrush School, Robert Lindamood, Robert Taylor, Roger Kelley Looney, Sammy Lindamood, Sandra Looney, Sidney Kidd, St. Luke's Hospital, Tazewell, Tennessee, Theodore Roosevelt, This is an interview with Maretta and Otho Looney about their lives., Thomas Grayson Dillow, Vica Stiltner Looney, William Maxwell Lindamood, Wytheville

Tags: 02/30/98, 202, Andrew Ferguson, Andrews Barbershop, Ashley Akers, bank, barbershop, Bland, Bluefield, Cecil Charlton, Christmas, Clara D. Cousin, coal, Community, Conley Store, Cornellia Hogan Ferguson, Dry Fork, Elgood, Eliazbeth Stevens Charlton, Engleside WVA, Eugene Charlton, Evelyn Charlton, Farming, Gladis Gore, Glenn Hare, Howard Stowers, Johnny Bogle, Mac Daniel Ferguson, Mr. Carol, Mr. Conley, Mr. Honaker, Mrs. Hazard, Mrs. Morehead, Mrs. Rayford, Myrtle Charlton, Narrows, Nathaniel Charlton, Raymond L. Boothe, razor, Richard Ferguson, Rocky Gap, Roy Ferguson, Sadie Saunders, shaving cream, Tennessee, This is an interview with Violee Ferguson about the Barbershop in Rocky Gap., Violea Ferguson, William Charlton, Wolfcreek, wood stove., WVA

Tags: 11/5/98, 196, Alec Brown, Alex Brown, Alf Umbarger, armistice, Baltmore, Barnett, Bastian, Ben Kegley, Berlin Crisis, Biography, Bland, Bland County, Bland Court House, Bluefield, British, brogan, Brown, Buck Stewart, Bud Bruce, Burkes Garden, Calais, called "A Conversation With the Past"., Camp Lee, Carroll County, Carter's store, Ceres, Charles Compton, chickens, Christmas, Civil War, Clay Pole Gap, Clear Fork, Cleve Winesett, Clinch, Crabtree Store, Dave Umbarger, Davis, Davison, dirt roads, Dr. Wooline, East River Mountain, Europe, Family/People, Fancy Gap, Farming, Floyd Crabtree, Foglesong Valley, food, Fort Chiswell, France, French, G.S Bruce and co., G.S. Grocery Company, Garden Mountain, General Lee, George Humphries, Germans, Germany, Gettysburg, Giles County, Gober Peas, Grace Carter, Grayson County, Groseclose, Grover Brown, Gulf Station, Halloween, Hicksville, Hillsville, Horner's Grocery, Ice Nails, Infantry Regiment, Jackson's Ferry, James River, Jesse, Jim Neal, Joe Compton, Joe Kinley, John Barger, Kemple, Leon Shultz, Leon's Service Station, Linsey Woolsey, Little Brushy Mountain, Little Creek, livestock, Logging, Lois, Marion, Maryland, Maude's Cove, McKinley, Mecon Bowen, Molly Tine, Mongolia, Mountain Lions, Mr. Compton, N &W Train, Narrows, Nathan Easterly, New River, Newport News, Nigger Toe, Noah Winsette, Norfolk, North Carolina, North Sea, Northern Army, Ohio, Owens & Owens, Paris, Paul Barger, Pearisburg, Pete Johnson, Petersburg, Philidelphia, Phillip Leonard, Poor Valley, produce, Red Oak, Red Oak church, Red Oak Road, Red Oak School, Roanoke, Robert E. Lee, Rocky Gap, Saltville, Sam Kegley, Saw Mill, Scol Goza, Sharon College, Sharon Springs, Sluss family, Sluss Indian Massacre, South Carolina, Spangler, steam engines, Stone House, Stonewall Jackson, Stoney Creek, Surratt, Susan Brown, Tazewell, Tazewell Pike, Tazewell-Burkes Garden Ash Road, Tazewll- Wytheville Turnpike, Temple, This is one of a series of interviews done by a Radford University student, Thompson., Tilson, Timber, Transportation, turkeys, Turner, U.S. History, Umbarfers, Union Army, Virginia History, wagons, Walking Jim Lambert, Wilderness Road, Will Kegley, Winston Salem, Wlaker Mountain, Wolf Creek, Woodlawn, World War II, Wythe County, Wytheville, Wytheville Court House, Yankee

Tags: 12/18/96, 188, Bland County, Bluefield, Buckhorn Mountain, cattle, Cindy, Darel, Eddie, Farming, fruits, gardening., Korean War, livestock, Lorane Shrader, Patty O'Brien, poultry, Roundbottom Methodist, This is an interview with Verlin Shrader about the land and farming in Bland County., Tonya Shrader, United States, vegetables, Verlin Shrader, Work

Tags: 10/27/96, 186, Bland, Bluefield, crops, farm, Farming, fruits., grains, livestock, mountain land, poultry, Rocky Gap, Round Bottom Methodist Church, Steven Black, This is an interview with Virgie Bailey about farming., Virgie Bailey, Work, Wytheville

Tags: 10/26/97, 173, 1920s, Adam Herbert Kidd, airplane, Amberst Stowers, Andy Griffith, Anette Kidd, Aunt Dumps, Barbara, Bastian, Bertha Charoltte, Bessie, Biography, Bland Courthouse, Bluefield, Bobbie Wolf, Catron House, CCC, Christmas, Clara Dell, Clearfork, Cynthia Wynn, Dorothy Looney, Dr. Hicks, Dr. Wagner, Ellie Stowers, Emmit Kidd, Ervin, Family/People, Farming, flood, Ford, Fox Christian, Frank, Franklin., Fred Harmon, Grace Day, Gulf Creek, Guy Stowers, Halloween, handy over, Helen, Heman, Henry Pete, Herbert Hoover, horseshoes, Houston, Hubbles, Ivory, Jeopardy, Lady Stowers, Linnie Looney & Macie Blessing, Lucy Akers, Mammie Burress, Marklins House Party, Marvin Kelly Kidd, Maxine Dye, Mel Davis, Melvin, Methodist Church, Minnie Carter, Misty Balas, Mrs. Levite, Ollie Kidd, Ollie Yost, Otis, Paul Looney, Pearl Harbor, President Eisenhower, President Roosevelt, Price is Right, radio, Ralph, Ray and Lottie, Ray Carter, Richard Beckner, Robert Clay, Rocky Gap, Roy, Sally, Samuel Sidney Kidd, Simon, Stacy, Tannery, Tazewell, Therman, This is an interview with Linnie Looney and Macie Blessing about their lives., Uncle Bud, Uncle Henry, Uncle Sid, Uncle Whittley, Wheel of Fortune, Willis Dye, Wolfe Creek, Wynettea Christian, Zora

Tags: 1/27/98, 167, Biography, Bland County, Buchanon County, Bula Stowers, Courtney Brizendine, Cynthia Kidd, Edna, Elma Ruth, Everett, Family/People, Farming, garden, Grapefield, Grapefield School, Harry Foglesong, Hick Looney, Lena Looney, Levica Looney, Mrs., Otho Looney, Paris Looney, Rocky Gap, Sidney Kidd, This is an interview with Otho Looney all about his life.

Tags: '39 Chevrolet, 166, 1951 Oldsmobile, 4/30/97, atom bomb, Augusta County Virginia, Betty, Biography, Bland County, Brushy Mountain, California, Ceres, Ceres High School, Chaplin, Christmas, Civil War, entertainment, Eugene Orr, Family/People, Farming, fire department, flooding, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Fred Simpkins, Gary Cooper, Gayle Matthews, Germans, Goldsboro, Gordon Junior High, Gwen Thompson, Halloween, household chores, Japanese, Jews, John Atwell, John Thompson, Laura Atwell, Laurel Fork Creek, Mangus Lee Thompson, Marion, McDonald Douglas, Mount Vernon High School, Mr. Thomas, Mrs, Mrs. White, Navy, North Carolina, Oldsmobile Star fire '88, Patrick Pace, Pearl Harbor, Poor Valley, Radio Shack, rationing, Robert MacMillan, Rocky Gap, Roger Suda, Russians, Sarah, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, snow storms, South Carolina, Starger, This is an interview with John Thompson about growing up in Washington D.C. and Ceres, Tom and Lily King, United States, victory gardens, Virginia, Virginia., Waddle, Walkers Mountain, Washington D.C., William Thompson, World War II, Wytheville

Tags: 153, 4/30/97, Bastian, Bertis, Bill Umbarger, Biography, Bluefield Business College, Brady, business school, candy, Carl, CCC Camps, chores, Civil War, Clara Burton, co0al mining, college, dog, dolls, E.C., Earl, electricity, Eli Leedy, Everett, Falls Mills, Family/People, Farming, fireplace, fun, games, Grace, H., H.M. Henderson Kidd, Hicksville, holidays, Jack, Jack Mustard, Kimberlin, livestock, Log House, Loriana, marbles, marriage, Marvin, Mary Ann and Sara French, Mary Ellen Clark, Nana Leedy, Okie, Orwen Sheffey, Peal Harbor, Pinegroove Methodist Church, Salem Church, School, shape country is in, Shawvers Mill, subjects, Suitor, Tazewell County, tea, the Depression, This is an interview with Clara Burton about life in Bland County. She grew up in Hicksville but was born and now lives in Mechanicsburg., train, trap door, weather, Work, WWI, WWII

Tags: 123, 4/22/97, Abingdon, Bastain, Bill Francisco, Bland, Bland County, Bobby Thompson, Brushfork, Buell Thompson, Calvin Francisco, Carl Thompson, Charles Thompson, Farming, Gene Autry, Glen Thompson, Hal Thompson, Hardwood Lumber Company, Hester Francisco, Japanese, Jennifer Belcher, Jimmy Thompson, Korean War, livestock, Malcom Thompson, Mary Francisco, Mr. Akers, Pearl Harbor, planting, poultry, President Eisenhower, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Roosevelt, Rita Thompson, Rocky Gap, South Pacific, stock market, Sunday School, This is an interview with Glen Thompson about his life and farming., Una Burke, vegetables, Vietnam War, Virginia, Virginia Bailey, Watergate., West Virginia, Work, World War I, World War II

Tags: 0079, 1/15/95, 79, Andrew Ferguson, Ashley Akers, barbers pole, barbershop, Barbershop in Rocky Gap, Black and Decker, Bland, Bluefield, Charles Akers, Charles Akers/Junior Akers, Clara D., Conley Store, Cornelia Hogar Ferguson, Dick Rooker, Dry Fork, Elgood, Elizabeth Stevens Charlton, Eugene Charlton, Evelyn Charlton, Farming, Ferguson, Glen Hare, hair tonic, haircuts, Howard Stowers Store, Johnny Bogle, Junior Akers, MacDaniel Ferguson, Mr. Conley, Mr. Honaker, Mr. Newberry, Mrs. Rayford, Myrtle Charlton, Nathaniel Charlton, oil stove, Palmer Carroll, Ray Williams, Raymond L. Booth, Richard Ferguson, Rocky Gap, shot guns, siren, This is an interview with Charles Akers and Junior Akers about the barbershop in Rocky Gap., Wolf Creek., wood stove, WVA

Tags: 0051, 2/13/97, 51, Bluefield, Brooksie Umbarger, Ceres, Christmas, crops, Farming, Farming on the Sharon Springs and Umbarger Farms, Kathy Starks, livestock, saw mills., Sharon Springs College, Sharon Springs Farm, Smyth County, Suiter, This is an interview with Brooksie Umbarger about farming on the Sharon Springs and the Umbarger Farm in Suiter., tobacco, Work, Wytheville

Tags: 0042, 2/15/97, 42, Agriculture, Bishop's Chapel, Blanche Compton, Bluefield., cattle, Clearfork, crops, Dr. Bishop, Easter, Fairmont Creamery Company, Farming, fruits, Jennifer Belcher, John Henry Kinser, Lyddy Strauss Higgenbotham, Misc., poultry, Preacher Lerue, Rhode Island Red chickens, Rocky Gap, Tazewell, This is an interview with Blanche Compton about agriculture., vegetables, Wytheville

Tags: "Banker John", "Miss Jones", 0028, 28, Aker's Cemetery, Aker's families, Andrew Fergeuson, Anglish-Lott, Anglish-Ott, Anglo-Shott's Lumber Co., Appalachian Power Company, Arelena McNeil, Arlena McNeil, Aunt Bettty, Aunt Lambert, Aunt Marhar, Aunt Mariah, Aunt Martian, Bastian, Bill Akers, Bland County, Blessings, Blue Ridge Overall Factory, Bluefield, Bob Newman, Brother Jeff annd Wife, Brother Walter, CCC Camp, Charlie Taylor, Charlotte, Cherry Stret, Chuckie Underwoods, Church of Christ, Clear Fork, Clifford, Coal Mines, Community, Corn Mill Plan, David Slaughter, Depression, Dorcasl, Dr. Bishop, Dr. Davidson, Dr. Jim Davis, Dry Fork, East River Mountain, electricity, Elsie Akers, Emmy, Eugene Honaker, Farming, Faye Hodge, Faye Tolbert, Florene Eagle, Floyd County, Franklin Roosevelt, Gas Stations, Gene Honaker, Hattie May, Hattie May Willis, Haven Gills, Herbert Hoover, Herman Lambert, Herschel Gleason, Hilsville, History of Rocky Gap, Honaker Baptist, Honaker's Store, hospitals, Inventions, Italy, Jack Slaughter, Jes Lambert, Jim Honaker, Jimbo, Jimmy Willis, John Lambert, Johnny and Ricky, Johnny McNeil, Lambert family, Laura Newman/Faye Tolbert, Laurel, Lily Richardson, Lucy Akers, Mac Tolley, MaClaritys, Maggie Edits, Mary'ss, May-94, Mercer Funeral Home, Miss Gurs, Miss Jones, Missionary Baptist, Model T Ford, Mr. and Mrs. HOnaker, Mr. Conley, Mr. Conley Pete, Mr. Gibson, Mr. King, Mr. Tuggle, Ms. Blessing, Ms. Florene Nelson, Ms. Gleason, Ms. Hazel Stowers, Ms. MaClaritys, Nicki White, Northfork, Odre and Wife, Pete., Preacher Aliff, Preacher Phillips, Preacher Stone, Priscilla Tree, Richard Nixon, Rick McNeil, Rocky Gap, Ronnie, Ruthie Martin Willis, Ruthie Williss, Salem, Sammy John, Samuel Willis, Sawmills, School Information, Sheriff Bill Akers, Shirley Wiley, Sussie Trigger, Symth Co., Telephone Invention, Theodore Roosevelt, This is an interview with Laura Newman and Faye Tolbert about the history of Rocky Gap., Thkomas Willis, Tina and Jack Slaughter, Tiny Slaughter, Town Information, Transportation, Uncle Haren Gills, Uncle Jimmy, Uncle Todd, Vienna Weines, Walter Guy, Walter Guy's family, West Virginia, Wheelers, Wilders, Wilma Underwood, Wolf Creek, World War II, WWII, Wythe Co.

Tags: 0016, 16, 2/24/97, A.D. Burton, Bluefield., Christiansburg, crops, Dublin, Farming, livestock, Narrows, No Business, Plymouth Rock chickens, poultry, Rex Morehead, Rhode Island Red chickens, Steven Black, Tazewell, This is an interview with A.D. Burton about farming., Wessondock church, Work, Wytheville

Tags: 0002, 2, 2/20/02, Ailene Nunn, Bill Havens, Biographical, Bland High School, Bluefield, Bussie Havens, Buzzi Havens, Charles Havens, Christine Havens, Cumberland, Doug, droughts, Eddie, electricity, Farming, firefighter, floods, Floyd Ramsey, forest fires, General Store, Great Depression, guns, James Nunn, James Nunn/Charles Havens, Janey Nunn, Logging, Lorrine Nunn, Margaret Havens, Margie Blankenship, Mary Nunn, Mire Branch, Miss Morehead, Miss Sickle, Mr. Stowers, Mrs. Mustard, Peggy Havens, Pinch Creek, radio, Robert Havens., Roney Nunn, Roy Nunn, Ruby Havens, Saddle Blankenship, Sally Nunn, School, storms, This is an interview with James Nunn & Charles Havens about their lives in Bland County.