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Tags: 12/11/95, 139, Billy Joe French, Bland County, Bluefield, Ceres, Chevrolet, Dr. Davidson, Dr. J.J. Bishop, Family/People, FLu epidemic, James Joseph Davidson, Jim Davidson, John Allen Davidson, Kimberling, Lena Grayson, Mary Beth Pennington/ Nancy Conley, Mattie Jane Harmon, Pulaski, Rocky Gap, South Gap, St. Lukes., This is an interview with Jimmy Davidson about Dr. Davidson., Veris Burton, Welch, Wilderness Creek

Tags: 12/15/95, 138, Albert Sarver, Biography, Bland, Bland County, Bluefield, Brian Ball, CCC, Cherokee Indian, Clara King, Clarence Sarver, Clark, Clyde Sarver, Conley, Craig County, Dave Conley, Dory Skeenes, Dutch, Edith Payne, Elizabeth Allen, Family/People, Floyd Sarver, Franklin Roosevelt, Geleva Bell Clark, German, Giles Sarver, Glen Ball, Great Depression, Hazel Stowers, Honaker's, Japanese, John William Sarver, Korean War, Lawrence and the wrestler, Methodist Church, Narrows, North Carolina, Old Dirt Road, Pansy Ball, Pat Nelson, Pearl Harbor, Pearl Patterson, Phyllis Umbarger, President Calvin Coolidge, President Eisenhower, President Harding, President Hoover, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Truman, Pulaski, PWA, Randy and Larry, Rev. Parks, Rocky Gap, Rosie Gordon, Round Bottom, Sherri, St. Lukes, This is an interview with Pansy Ball about her life., White House., Wolf Creek, WPA, WWI, WWII, Wytheville

Tags: 12/18/95, 136, Betina Looney, Biography, Bland County, Clark Gable, Eugene Tolbert, Family/People, Faye Tolbert, Harriet Truman, Hemphill Caples, Laurel Creek., Lois Scaggs, President Johnson, President Kennedy, Rocky Gap, Sarah Ellen Keene, This is an interview with Faye Tolbert about her life., Thomas Henry Gills, William Keene

Tags: 134, 5/3/97, Abe Saunders, Andrew Ferguson, Archie Saunders, Biography, Bland County, Bland Courthouse, Bluefield, Bluefield Sanitarium, Brizillea Berguson, Carnelia Ferguson, childhood games, Christianburg High School, Christmas, Civil Rights Movement, Corneal Saunders, dating, Dr. King, Dry Fork, Easter, Elena Ferguson, Eppie Saunders, Estellia Saunders, Evaleen Charlton, Family/People, Flemin Saunders, Floyd, Floyd County, Franklin County, Franklin Roosevelt, Fred Saunders/ Estella Saunders, Freda Scruggs, Gamelia Ferguson, garden, Ida Cecil, Jim Saunders, Kacelia Williams, Kermit Ferguson, Kwusses, Lillies, Lonnie Saunders, MacDaniel Ferguson, Martha Cobbs, Mose Saunders, NAACP, Norfolk, Octavia Tynes, Pal Saunders, President Hoover., Priscilla Ferguson, Pulaski, Raymond Boone, Rev. Boone, Rev. Raymond Boone, Rocky Gap, Roosevelt Ferguson, school life, Social Security, This is a summary of Fred and Estella's childhood and their life together. It also contains short summaries on their family history and the history of the black community on Dry Fork., Tynes Chapel, United States, Vialee Ferguson, Virginia, Virginia Ferguson, West Virginia, Willie Ferguson, Willious, Woodrow Ferguson, Wytheville

Tags: 10/15/96, 133, annie-over, Archie Olmer Lundy, atomic bomb, Betty Joyce Blessing, Biography, Bland County, blind man.'s bluff, Bluefield, Bobby George Rupert, Buckhorn Mountain, Carroll's Grocery, Charlie Tayolr's Store, Chris DeHart, Christmas, Clark Gable, Clear Fork, Craig Fannon Beer Joint, Danville, Dr. Davidson, Drop the handkerchief, Easter, Eisenhower, Family/People, Ford, Gene Autry, George Lockhard Smith, Germans, Gone With the Wind, Grand Ole Opry, Great Depression, Grenada Theater, Halloween, Halloween Carnival, Hazel Stowers, hood-de-hide, Japanese, Johnson, Julie Lundy, Kennedy, Korean War, Linda Lundy, Mabel Pruett, Maw Perkins, Mr. Malden, Mr. Porterfield, Mrs. Gregory, Mrs. Joedon, Mrs. Tickle, New Deal, Nixon, North Carolina, Ora Gray Stowers, Pearl Harbor, Priscilla Bell Widjard Smith, Robbie Gross, Robert Wilson Gorss, Rocky Gap, Roosevelt, Rosie Warden, Ruby Phillips, Ruth Morehead, Sarah Jane Elizabeth Stowers Smith, school subjects, Susie Gross, Susie Lundy, The Lone Ranger, This is an interview with Susie Gross about her life growing up in Bland County., Timmy Lundy, Truman, VA, Vietnam War, Watergate., WWII

Tags: 130, 4/30/97, Amus and Andy, Biography, Bland County, Christmas, Connie Alger, David Cooper, Democrats, Easter, Family/People, Germans, Granwell W. Rye, Halloween, James S. Alger, Kenneth Shrader, Louisi O. Cooper, Oakey Thelma Rife, President Hoover, President Johnson., President Roosevelt, Rife, Rocky Gap, Ronnie Alger, The Match Girl, Thelma Akers, This is an interview with Thelma Akers about her life., Valentine's Day, Veenie Cooper, Virginia, West Virginia, WPA

Tags: 10/15/95, 129, Alice Mustard, Billy Dunnagan, Biography, Black and White Inn, Bland County, Bland Court House, Bland High School, Bluefield, Buford Burton, CCC Camp, Celanese, Charles R. Burton, Charles Robert Burton, Christmas, Colonial Theater, Coolidge, Covington, Democrats, Easter, Eisenhower, Eleanor Burton Johnson, Elliot Burton, Eric Snow Johnson, Eugena Burton, Family/People, Garland Waggle, Gary Johnson, George Johnson, Great Depression, Halloween, Harding, Harry Burton, Hollybrook, Hoover, Iola Burton, Jane Helby Burton, Japanese, Jennings Burton, Johnson, Jr., Kennedy, Korean War, Lexington, Margie Blankenship, Mary Boggle Dunnagan, New Deal, Nixon, Pearl Harbor, Pendleton Burton, PWA, Randall Johnson, Reesee M. Dunnagan Burton, Regina Johnson, Republicans, Roanoke, Rocky Gap, Roosevelt, Steve Johnson, stock market crash, Sulfur Springs, Teapot Dome Scandal, Thelma Burton, This is an interview with Elanor Burton Johnson about her life and family history., Truman, Valentine's Day, Vietnam War, Virginia Brown, Washington, Watergate, West Virginia, White Sulfer Springs., Wilburn Burton, William Burton, WPA

Tags: 10/23/95, 128, Ada Belle Wright, Ada Viola Wright, Albert Wright, Alvis Edward Wright, Annie Marie Wright, Annie Wright, Azara Ann, Bastian, Betty Belle, Biography, Bland County, Bluefield, Bogle Cemetary, Bristol, Canada, Charles Herbert Wright, Charles M. wright, Charles Monrow, CM Wright, Cora Wright, Crandon, David Oliver Wright, David Wright, DeHart School House, Donald E. Wright, Dr. William McComas, Dr. WM Wright, Earnest Lee Wright, Edna Wright, Edward Jurgan Williams, Edwin Randall, Eilliam Olney Wright, Eisenhower, Eliza Susan wright, Emma, Emma Wright, Ethel Wright, Family/People, Flat Top Mountain, Ford, Francis Wright, francis wright Jr., Frank J. Wright, Frisk, George Wright, Giles County, Great Depression, Grover Cleveland Wright, Hollybrook, Hoover, HowardSarver, Ina Cathleen Wright, Issiah Walter Wright, Jasper, John B. Wright, John bowman, John Emerson, John Watson Chandler, John Wright, Johnson, Joseph Wrighytt, Kennedy, Kimberling, Lee Johnson, Lilla Jane Chandler, Lilly Wright, loettic Stafford, Margaret Elen, Margaret Wright, Marilda J. Ramsey Wright, Mary Jane, Maude Perkins, Mechanicsburg, Milton Stafford Wright, Minnie Williams, Miola May Wright, Morris M. Wright, Mr. Othy Priutt, Mr. William McComas Wright, Myrtle Claire Wright, Nina Jane Wright, Nixon, Oliver Wright, Pearisburg, Rena Cathleen Hall, Robert Lee Wright, Robert William Wright, Rocky Gap, Roosevelt, Ruby Lee Wright, Sarah Ann Bruce, Sarah Bruce, Shady Grove Methodist Church, Shiloh Methodist Church, Susna Bussey Wright, Tennessee., This is an account of Minnie William's life in Hollybrook and Pinch Creek told in her own words., Thomas Wright Jr., Tonya Bradshaw, Truman, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Una Myrtle Wright, Vance Ramsey, Vietnam, Virginia, Watergate, William brown Wright, William Haven Brown Bicy Cecil Stafford, WWI, WWII

Tags: 10/27/95, 127, Amy Kitts, Annie, Army, Aunt Florence, Bastian, Baz Havens, Biography, Bland, Bland County Supply, Bland Fair, Blessing Brothers, Bluebird Inn, Bluefield, Bluefield Produce, Bob Walker, Buick, CCC Camps, Chatham hill, Christmas, Chrysler, Clearfork, David crockett, Debbie j. Walker, Democrat, Democrats, Dora Cotherd Buchanan, Dr. Walker, East River Mountain, Easter, Elizabeth Honaker, emma Walker, EN Shufflebarger, English Lumber Company, Family/People, Florence Buchanan, Ford, Franklin Street, Gib Repass, Greyhound Bus, Gross Bridge, Guy Gruce, Halloween, Hicksville, Highway 21, Hogback, Holston Railroad, Hoover, Hoover Depression, Huddlely, Hunting Camp, Indian Village, Interstate 77, Iron Mountain, J. Harmon, j.S. Neal, Jack Buchanan, James Walker, Jasper Robert Walker, Jimmy Walker, Johnson Walker, JP Hurley, Judy Walker, Kennedy, Kimberling, Korean War, Kroger Grocery and Bagging Company, Laurel, Lauren Kitts, Lease and McVitty, Lois Walker, Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Robert Walker, Narrows, Nellie Childress, New Riber, Ocie Walker, Pocahontas Lnad Company, Raleigh Grayson Turnpike, Republicans, Rocky Gap, Rosie Pruett, Rosie Rasnake, Round Mountain, Sidney Neal Walker, Smyth County., Steele, Suiter, Tazewell, This is an interview with Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Robert Walker about their lives., Thomas Jefferson Neal, Tom Andrews, Tyler Kidd, Vietnam, Virginia, Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company, Wallace Bruce, Wolf Creek, Woodrow Walker, WWI, WWII, Wyrick Trail, Wytheville

Tags: 10/30/95, 126, 61 West, baptisms, Bastian, Brother Leslie, BYF, Christmas, Churches, Clear Fork, East Tazewell District., Eileen Kinser, Elizabeth Hickenbottom, Forrest Kinser Chapel, Fox families, Gregorys, History of Nebo Methodist Church, III, Kinsers, Laurel, Methodist Youth Fellowship, Mr. Wiley Stowers, MYF, Neals, Nebo Cemetery, Nebo Methodist Church, Phillip E. Reed, Phillis Stowers, revivals, Rocky Gap, Roy Akers, Shirley Harless, Sisons, Sotwers Cemetery, Steele Cemetery, Steeles, Stowers, Sunday School, Tazewell' Brother Leslie, This is an interview with Shirley Harless about the history of Nebo Methodist Church.

Tags: 10/30/95, 125, Alexander, atomic bomb, Belroy Hospital, Biography, Bland, CCC, Christine Sheets, Estil Corman Narrows, Estil Cormen, Family/People, Florida Sheets, Fort Belvoy Hospital, Gary Cooper, Germans, Giles County, Great Depression, Helen Ilene Sheets, Hobert Sheets, James Sheets, Japanese, Jean H. Conley, Jim Bumgarderer, Jim M. Sheets, Jimmy R. Sheets, Johnson, Kelly Gussey Sheets, Kennedy, Korean War, Korean War., Magy M. Sheets, Marvin Crabtree, May Bumgardener, Medical Center in Prince William Co., Mrs. Arsin, Mrs. Hazel Stowers, Mrs. Helen Neal, Nixon, President Eisenhower, President Hoover, PWA, Robert L. Sheets, Rocky Gap, Roosevelt, State Highway Department, stock market crash, Tazewell County, This is an interview with Hobert Sheets about his life., Truman, Virginia, World War, WPA, 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: 10/13/95, 122, 1920's, Amus and Andy, Author Looney, Bastian, Betina Looney, Biography, Bland County, Boggles school, Buchannan County, Burt Stowers, Calvin Coolidge, CCC, CCC Camp, Claude Stowers, Clear Fork, Clyde Graver Looney, David Duane Looney, Debra Gene Looney, Eisenhower, Elizabeth Groseclose, Elizabeth Hamilton, Euva Lee Looney, Family/People, FDR, Germans, Germans., Gladys Elma Harmon, Glen Wood Park, Great Depression, Guy Edward Looney, Harding, Harry Foglesong, Hoover, Japanese, Johnson, Karen Beth Looney, Kennedy, Korean, Oscar Hicks Looney, Pearl Harbor, Ralph Looney, Rocky Gap, Roosevelt, Sandlick West Virginia, Sandlick WVa, St. Lukes Hospital, This is an interview with Wallace Randolph Looney about his life., Vietnam, Virginia, Wallace Randolph Looney, Wallace Randolph Looney Jr., Wayne Looney, Wolf Creek, WWII

Tags: 10/20/95, 121, 1913 Cadillac, A. Lincoln, Ash County, Augusta Military Academy, Basketball, Bastian, Biography, boxcars, Bristol, CCC Camp, Civil War, coal, Depression, diesel engines, drug store, Family/People, Grett Mustard, Henry S. Bowen, Hobo's, Hoover, horse buggies, horseshoes, Huckleberry, Maiden Springs, Mary Ellen Bowen, Mary Mustard, Mary Mustard Bowen, Narrows, NC, Norfolk and Southern, Princeton., Reece Tate Bowen, Reese Bowen, Republican, Rocky Gap, Sarah Burge, Sr., Sr. about his life., Stanton, steam engines, Suitor, T-Model Ford, Tazewell, Teapot Dome Scandal, This is an interview with Reece Tate Bowen, Union Mine Workers of America, VA, Wittens Mills, WWI

Tags: 10/25/95, 120, beerjoint, Bluefield, cable, casino, East River Mountain Lookout, gift shop, information center, interstate, log cabin, Mr. Poe., museum, overlook, perk, picnic areas, radio towers, Raymond Woody, Recreation, Rocky Gap, scenic railroad, Tabitha Roesch, telephone, television, This is an interview with Raymond Woody about the East River Mountain Lookout.

Tags: 0116, 10/31/95, 116, Arthur Bruce, B.A. Wimmer, Bastian, Bastian., Beverly Hall, Bland, Bluefield, Ceres, Church of God, Community, Daniel Ernest, doctor, Dr. Perry, Dr. Walker, George Starks, Hardwood Lumber Company, Helen Bruce, Mr. Starks, Mrs. Wimmer, Ms. Morehead, Narrows, Radler, Railroad, Ralph Kidd, Roanoke, Rocky Gap, Roy Leftwich, Thanksgiving, This is an interview with Ralph Kidd about the Bastian area and the Bastian Hotel., undertaker, Walker's Creek, Walkers

Tags: 0115, 10/19/95, 115, Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Community, Crystal Woody, Hillsville, North Carolina, Phyllis Looney/ Watha Woody, Raymond Woody, Rocky Gap, Rt. 52, This is an interview with Phyllis Looney and Watha Woody about Charley Woody's produce market., tunnel., Woody's Produce Market

Tags: 0114, 10/30/95, 114, Biography, Bluefield, Bluestone, Christiansburg, Elkhorn, Eunice Lambert, Family/People, Graham, Hillsboro, Nick Bruffey, Pearl Shawver, Pricey Waterhouse., Robert Thomas, Rocky Gap, Sally Creig, Shawver's Store, Tazewell, This is an interview with Pearl Shawver about her life., Vivian, William B. Mitchem, William B. Yost, World War I, World War II, WV

Tags: 0113, 11/5/95, 113, Arnold Sarver, Benton Stowers, Biography, Bland County, Craig County, Family/People, George Smith, How Stowers, Michael Lundy, Molly Stowers, Mr. Mold, Ms. Hazel Davis, Ms. Rosy Gordon, Nanny Belle Smith Stowers, Ora Grey Stowers, President Kennedy., R.D. Davis, Rocky Gap, Suzie Smith, Vietnam War, Virgie Stowers

Tags: 0112, 11/5/99, 112, 22 Rifle, A.D. Burton, A.J. Tynes, Anders, Benny Lockhart, Bland, Bluefield, Buckhorn Mountain, Carleton, Charley Taylor, Cobbs, Crackers Neck, Dryfork, East River Mountain, Elizabeth Tynes, Family/People, Fergusons, Gardens, George Tynes, Glen Lynn, Hazel Tynes, Hector Tynes, Highway 42, Hodges, Hunting, Jerry Clark, Jerry Thompson, John Dodson, Las Tynes, Lee Tynes, Mark Edwards, Molly Thompson, Narrows, New River, Ohio, Paul Saunders, Rarspuets, Rich Creek, ridge, Rita Gibson, Rocky Gap, Saunders, Sheep Holler, Virgina Tech, Walker Mountain, West Virgina, Wolf Creek

Tags: 0111, 10/31/95, 111, Betty Blankenship, Biography, Bland, Bluefield, Burton School House, CCC, Charlie Taylor, Della Blankenship, Elmer Vadis Bailey, Family/People, Flibber McGee, Flibber McGee., Great Depression, James Earnest, James Muncy Lambert, Korean War, Linnie Bivens Lambert, Luther Bivens, Niday, Palmer Carroll, Pearisburg, Pearl Harbor, Rocky Gap, Steven Black, This is an interview with Virgie Bailey about her life., Virgie Bailey, Wolf Creek

Tags: 0109, 10/22/95, 109, Bertha May VanBlaricom, Biography, Bland, Blemen Chester Lambert, Bristol, Charlie Taylor, Church of Christ, Della VanBlaricom, Earl Lambert, electricity., Family/People, Florence Ann VanBlaricom, George Elmer VanBlaricam, Herman Lambert, Korean War, Laurel Fork, Laurie Ann Lambert, Megan Freeborn, Palmer Carroll, Rebecca Willis, Rocky Gap, Ronny Clay VanBlaricom, Tazewell County, This is an interview with Della VanBlaricom about her life in Rocky Gap., Vietnam War, WWII

Tags: 0108, 108, 4/30/97, Bland Lodge, Chad T. Williams, Clare Williams., Clarence Starks, Community, David E. Williams and Jean N. Williams, Eastern Star, Edna Lambert, Edna Turner, George Washington, Grand Lodge, Independence of Declaration, John Lambert, Mabel Pruett, Masonic Lodge, Pike Shrader, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap Eastern Star, This is an interview with David E. Williams and Jean N. Williams about the Rocky Gap Order of Eastern Star.

Tags: 0107, 10/17/96, 107, Bastian., Bluefield, East River Mountain Tunnel, Jim Lundy, Nathaniel Lundy, Rocky Gap, This is an interview with Jim Lundy about the building of the East River Mountain Tunnel., Tunnels, Wytheville

Tags: "Bosch Kaput", 0106, 106, 55th Quarter Master, 6/6/95, Angers, Annapolis, Army, Avranches, basic training, Battle of the Bulge, Bloody Muddy Moselle, British, Brittany Peninsula, Camp Buckener, Camp Dodge, Camp Pickett, Captian Smith, Channel, Charleston, Chartres, Chattanooga, Chinamen, Cincinnati, CMTC, Cossacks, Czechoslovakia, Danube, Deacon Bailey, Depression, Diekrirch, Ed Dillon, eighth division, Eisenhower, England, Europe, Eva Braun, FDR, fifth division, Fifth Infantry, Fontainebleau, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Fort Custard, Fort Meade, Fort Oglethorpe, Fort Thomas, France, Frankfort, Franklin D. Roosevelt, General Bradley, George C. Scott, Germany, GMC's, Gomez, Grenada, H Company, highlanders, Hitler, Holocaust, Holsthum., Iceland, Indiana, Italy, Jacqulin Rose, Japan, Jim Tolbert, John Harris, Keflavik, Korea, Krauts, KY, Lieutenant Davis, Lorraine, Louisiana, Luxembourg, MacArthur, Marvin G. Kennedy, MI, Montereao, Mussolini, Mustang, New England, New York, ninety-fifth division, Normandy, Nova Scotia, Paris, Patton, Pearl Harbor, PFC, Princeton Avenue, Raleigh Martin, Rhine, Rhineland, Richmond, Robert Taylor, Rocky Gap, Russians, Saar Campaign, Saint Lo, Scotch, Spitfire, Stockem, Tenth Infantry, This is an interview with Rawley Martin about his life and experiences in World War II., Verdun, Vidouville, Vincent Sheean, WAC Camp, War, Washington, Waterloo, World War II, WWII