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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: 713, 9/25/11, Basketball, Bland County Fair, Blue Print Cinemas, Bluefield, Chris Seal, Clockedman Wheels, Clover Cafe, Collein Muncy, Craned, Danny Harden, Easter, Erica Muncy, Football, Forth of July, Ida Dillow Havens, Imagine Harden, James Melvin, Karen Faulkner, Karen Faulkner’s life in Bland County., Lauren Faulkner, Life in Bland County, Lindsey Faulkner, Margie Shepherd, Marvin Havens, Norma Gene, Paul Burners, Radford University, Rocko Planes, Roger Faulkner, Ronald Reagan, Sue Cattron, tennis, Terri Lynn, United Methodist Church, VA, Wytheville, Zeal Harden

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: 2/28/08, 518, Alton Nelson, Andrew Ferguson, Anthony Nelson, Archie Nelson, Aury Nelson, Bill Nelson, Bland, Bland County, Bluefield, Charlie Taylor, Cheyenne, Christmas, Eisenhower, Elbert, Ethel Nelson, Freddy, Giles Memorial, God, Halloween, Japanese, Jope, Josephine Nelson, Lawrence Welk, Life in Bland County, Lucile Ball, Marilyn, Milky Way, Molly Nelson, Mr. Bailey, Mr. Gregory, Ms. Nanny Rose Tiller, Ms. Nilly, Ms. Stiltner, Newton, Palma Carol, Pearl Harbor, Perry Como, Roanoke, This is an interview with Winifred Blankenship about her life in Bland County., Tony, Tony Curtis, TV, Vinny Nelson, white, Winifred, Winifred Blankenship, Wolf Creek, World War II

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: 10/26/05, 483, Biographical, Bluefield, C.J. Thompson, Camador Thompson, Cathlen Leoanna Carter Thompson, Denise Michael Thompson, Dewey C. Thompson, Gladys Mona Wright Thompson, Grapefield, Halloween, Hunting Camp, Iraq, J.R. Thompson, James Thompson, Judith Ann Thompson, Jullien Kidd, Korean War, Life in Bland County, Melissa Bea Thompsonp, Melvin Ugene Thompson, Michael Bea Thompson, Nancy Ella Thompson, Paul Kidd, Sloane Linament, Snohomish, Tad James Thompson, This is an interview with James Thompson about his life in Bland County., Vietnam, Wolf Creek, 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: 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: 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

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

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

Tags: 12/29/01, 350, Amy Johnson, Bane, Beta Club, Betsey Olla Lusk Shrewbury, Biographical, Bland County, Bluefield, Bush, Christian, Christmas, Cunningham, Donald Shresbury, Donna Smith, Dot, Easter, Ed Lusk, Eisenhower, Glenda Shrewsbury McCloud, Hill Top Batist Church, Joyce Anders, Kansas, Katherine Dunn, Life in Bland County, Louis Vest, Maggie, Mammie Lusk, Margaret Wiley, Martha Wiley, Mt. Zion United Methodis Church, Paris Earl Shrewsbury, Paul Deward Wiley, Presbyterian, President Kennedy, Richard Hamlin, South Carolina, Spanishburg, Spanishburg Elementry, Summersville, This is an interview with Margaret Wiley about her life in Bland County., Time Finance Company, Valentines Day, Vietnam War, Virginia, West Virginia, White Gate, Wolf Creek

Tags: 12/29/01, 349, Adria, Bastain, Bastain Union, Biographical, Bland County, Bland High School, Bluefield, Briston, Burkes Gardn, CCC, Christmas, Elizabeth Neal, Great Depression, Harvy Rasnake, Hunting Camp Creek, James Edward Rasnake, Korean War, Life in Bland County, Mary’s Adventist, Mattie Elizabeth Bogle, N&W, Narrows, Pearl Harbor, President Truman, Ronoke, Rosa Pruett, Rosie Miles, Rufus Bogle, Russell County, Sylvia Pauley, Tazewell County, Tennessee, This is an interview with Rosa Pruett about her life in Bland County., Tyler Pruett, Valentines Day, Virginia, Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company, WPA, 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: 347, 5/15/01, Aaron Wolfe, Bastain, Berry Wane Dent, Bessie Estep, Biographical, Bluefield, Bluefield Hospital, Brenda Billings, Brenda Dent, Camay Bowls, Danny Dent, Danny Ray Dent, Diana Cadal, Don Candler, Easter, Hollybrook, Janel Parks, Jay Fred Hall, Lee Haggie, Life in Bland County, Matthew Dent, Michele Den, Peterstown, Randy Dent, Ray Dent, RC Cola Plant, Sheila May Dent, Shufflebargers, This is an interview with Danny Dent about his life in Bland County., Tony Dent, West Virsinia, Wist County

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: & Judy Elmore, & Judy Elmore about their lives in Bland County., 2/24/01, 331, Adriana Faulkner, berry picking, Biographical, Bland Co., Bland High School, Bluefield, Christmas, Doris Bradshaw, Doris Dillow, Easter, gardening, Gone With the Wind, Halloween, Hollybrook, John Wayne, Korean War, Lana Turner, Life in Bland County, Marylyn Monroe, Mechanicsburg, Mickey Mantle, NC, Pinch Creek, playground games, Pres. Eisenhower, Pres. Nixon, Pres. Roosevelt, Pres. Truman, Pulaski Co., Reba Bradshaw, Rufus Havens, Sparta, Texas, Thanksgiving, This is an interview with Reba Bradshaw, Watergate, Wytheville

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

Tags: 0326, 2/17/01, 326, American Indians, baptisms, Baptist Church, Bessie Smith, Big Farmers Market, Biographical, Bland, Bluefield, Blues, Boyd French, California, Camp Pendleton, carpenter, Carroll, Charleston, Charlie Robinson, City of Berkley, Clark’s Place, Denmark, Deoietha Ferguson, Doc. Brown, Dry Fork, Eggleston, Elgood, Epps Saunders, Ethel, Europe, farm, Faulkner, Ferge Tynes, Fred Saunders, Free Slave, Gardens, Glen Lynn, Hardy, house, Iceboxes, Ingleside, Internet, John Dodson, Kay Couch, Life in Bland County, Lorenze Robinson, Mack Furguson, Marine Corp., Marmet, Mary Fannie, Mary Robinson, Molasses, Moon shining, Mormon Church, Mr. Ace Toler, Mr. Bukhart, Mr. White, Mud Fork, Nathaniel, New York City, Norfolk, North Carolina, Palmer, Percy Robinson, Pete Furguson, pigs, Plumber, Powell Saunders, preacher, Rail Road, Roanoke, Rocky Gap, Roy Clark, Ruben Ferguson, Sawmill, slave, spring house, Sugar Cane, switch, Tazewell County, The Buff, This is an interview with Percy Robinson about his life in Bland County., tobacco, train, Tynes Chapel, Virginia, wagon, Warren Gray, Webster, West Virginia, Western Rail Road, Wolf Creek

Tags: 0325, 12/14/00, 325, Bastian, Bastian Elementary, Betsey Ross Bakery, Biographical, Blessing Brothers Grocery, Bluefield, Chatham hill, chores, Christmas, Cussin Hollow, Depression, Dora Coulthard, East River Mountain, Easter, Edna Sarver, Franklin D. Roosevelt, gardening, Grand Ole Opry, Halloween, Jon Sarver, Kingsport, Korean War, Life in Bland County, Little Women, Louisa May Elcot, Marion, Marion Clem Buchanan, Nashville, New Deal, Pearl Harbor, Pres. Eisenhower, Pres. Johnson, Pres. Kennedy, Pres. Nixon, Pres. Truman, Pulaski, Reynolds Aluminum, Roy Rogers, Rural Retreat, school programs, Smith Co., Social Security, This is an interview with Edna Sarver about her life in Bland County., TN, Vietnam War, Watergate

Tags: 0324, 1/7/01, 324, Apple Trees, Apricot Trees, Barley, Beef Cattle, Biographical, Bluefield, canned food, Carroll, chickens, Church, Conley’s, cows, Farming, Ferguson, Fire Wood, garden, Grayson Turnpike, Hillside Farm, hogs, Holiness Church, Honaker, Honaker Chapel, horses, Interstate 77, Johnny Bogle Honaker, Jonathan Winters, Killings, Life in Bland County, Mc Dowell County, Methodist, Molasses, Mollie Neal, Mr. Wilson Belcher, Narrows, New Deal, North Gap, Oakie French, oats, outhouse, POW, Puckett, Raleigh, Rock Quarry, Rocky Gap, Root Cellar, Round Bottom, Sawmill, Sheriff, sorghum, spring house, Sutphin, This is an interview with Wilson W. Belcher about his life in Bland County., TV, wheat, Wilson Place, Wilson W. Belcher, WWII, Wytheville

Tags: 0321, 12/31/00, 321, Amanda Looney, arithmetic, Bastian, Biographical, Bland County, Bluefield, Bogle School, Buchanan County, CC camp, Crockett Looney, East River Mountain, Eisenhower, English, Eribe Looney, garden, geography, Gladys, Granada Theater, Grand Ole Opry, Harless Looney, Hick Looney, history, Hollybrook, Joe Childress, Kennedy, Kent Looney, Korean War, Life in Bland County, Lucille Looney, Margaret Looney, Marice Devors. Vickie Lynn, Marvin, Marvin Looney, Plantnick Brothers, Pricey Jane Looney, Randy Lee, reading, Roanoke, Rufus Looney, This is an interview with Kent Looney about his life in Bland County., Vick Looney, Vietnam War Nixon, Virgina on 614, Virginia, Watergate., West Virginia, Wolf Creek, writing

Tags: 0314, 314, 5/24/00, Arlan Burton, baseball, Baxter Moorehead, bicycle, Biographical, Blacksburg, Bland County, Bluefield, cars, Ceres, cow, dairy buisness, Dalton farm, Defense Powder Plant, electricity, Europe, FDR, firewood, Germans, Great Depression, Hollybrook, iron kettle, Japanese, Joe Lewis, John Burton, Josephine DeHart, Kate Moorehead, Korean War, Lake Moorehead, Life in Bland County, Mr. Maynard Joyce, Natasha Looney & Terra Bradshaw, No Buisness creek, No Business, outhouse, Pearl Harbor, President Eisenhower, President Kennedy, Radford, Repass, Rex Morehead, Rocky Gap, Ruth Sharon Belcher, stock market crash, telephone, televison, This is an interview with Rex Morehead about his life in Bland County., Troy Moorehead, Truman, Valley, Vietnam War, Wilderness, Wolf Creek Mountain, woodstove, WWII