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Tags: "Blue Ridge Basketball Team", 3/14/94, 455, Auburn, Bastian High, Benny DeAtley, Blaine Worell, Blue Ridge, Bramwell, Castle Coliseum, Ceres, Charlie Puckett, Cole Cousins-Whitewood, Dick Neal, Floyd, Franky Alice, Gary Johnson, George Washington, Hankins, Harold Taylor, Henry Blessing, Holston, Jack Nunn, Jeff Lambert, Joe Shrader, Loveday, Lowell Reed, Matoaka, Melvin Wolf, Montcalm, Montross., Mr. Gilly, Nathan Blessing, New Castle, Oakville, Reverend Lee Ellis, Richard Lawson, Rick Lane, Robert Kegley, Rocky Gap High, Schools, Stan Puckett, The Champs of ‘65, This is an interview with Rick Lane, Vincent Morehead, Washington and Lee scrimmage, West Twins, Whitewood, William Byrd High School, Woodson Bradshaw

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: 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: 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

Tags: 1/13/02, 1930’s, 359, Barry, Biographical, Bland High School, Bluefield West Virginia, Burkes Garden, Burkes Garden High School, Ceres, cheese, Cow Milking, dairy farm, Davis Pruett, Frasier, garden, Great Depression, Hugh and Sadie Akers, Hunting, Jean Lambert, Lambert, Levi Shuy, Life in Bland County, Mamie Neal, Morton, Mrs. Jeanie Gore, outhouse, Pearl Harbor, Pete Newberry, Shakespeare, Tazewell County, Terrence Gore, This is an interview with Mrs. Jeanie Gore about her life in Bland County., Wagner Auditorium, Woodrow Boone, World War II, Wytheville

Tags: 2/21/01, 332, Bastian, Bastian Elementary, Biographical, Bland High, Burkes Garden, Ceres, chores, Christmas, courting, Halloween, Life in Bland County, Margie Songer, Mollie Neal, Pearl Harbor, Pres. Kennedy, Pres. Nixon, This is an interview with Margie Songer about her life in Bland County., Watergate, Wytheville

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

Tags: 1/2/00, 290, Benjamin Leighton & Jeffrey Johnson, Biographical, Bland, Bland High School, Bluefield, Ceres, Christmas, Christmas program, Darnell Miller, Divides, Don Umbarger, Easter, Eleanor Johnson, fruit basket, Harry Byrd, Hollybrook, Hollybrook School, homecoming, J.D. Clark, Jesus, John Finley, Life in Bland County, Lodeska French, Lord’s Prayer, McNeal Church, Mechanicsburg, Nettie French, No Business, one-room school, Pearl Harbor, Pledge of Allegiance, Pumpkin Center, Radford school, Rev. Don White, Rev. Kegley, revival, Rocky Gap, Route 606, Route 608, Ruth Crabtree, Silver Creek, South Gap, tap plans, Ted Anders, television, This is an interview with Eleanor Johnson about her life in Bland County., Virginia Brown, Walkers Creek, weather, Wessendock United Methodist Church, White Sulphur Spring, Wilderness Road

Tags: 12/27/99, 280, Biography, Bland County, Brushfork, Burke’s Garden, Burkeville, Ceres, Comptor, Davidson Farm, Dismal Falls, Family/People, Frerzzer, garden, Giles, Harmon, Hickory Hill, Hogback Mountain, Hollybrook, Jennifer Belcher, Joe Compton, Mechanicsburg, Mercer, Monroe, Morehead, Narrows, Norfolk Virgina, Ohio, Peggy Trump, Peggy Trumph, Piedmont area, Rich Mountain, Rocky Gap, Rt. 42, Saltville, Shucking Machine, Tazewell County, Timber, Tompsons, Tunnel, West Virgina, Will Davidson, Willow Brook, Wlaker’s Creek, Wolfe creek Vally, Wythe

Tags: 10/25/99, 1950’s, 260, advice, arithmatic, Bastian, Bastian Elementary School, Bibliography, bicycles, Biographical interview of Mellissie, Bland High School, Bluefield, Ceres, children, Chinese Checkers, chores, Christiansburg, Christmas, Commissioner of Revenue, courting, Cynthia Akers and Kara Perkins, David Newberry Kidd, electricity, games, Halloween, Helen Hardy, hide and seek, Ira S. Kidd, Jimmy Ray Gibson, John W. Kidd, John Wayne, Kidd Cheverolet, Korean War, life in Bland Co, lunch, Mary Margaret, Mellisie Kidd Gibson, Mildred Newberry Kidd, movies, Mr. Dow Davis, Mrs. Marie Groseclose, Mrs. Rosa Byrd, mud pies, Narrows, Old Maid, out house, paper dolls, party lines, peer pressure, pranks, President Eisenhower, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Truman, Pulaski Community Hospital, punishment, radio, Railroad, rationing, Red Skeleton, Riner, Rook, Saw Mill, shape the world is in, shows, telephone, television, Valentine’s Day, vdgetables, Virginia, W.S. Newberry, Watergate, weather, writing, WWII

Tags: 256, 9/10/99, Allen Woodyard, Arthur King, Auburn, Barbara Place, Basketball, Bastian, Bill, Bill Monroe, Biology, Bland Correctional Center, Bland High School, Bob, bookkeeping, canning, CCC, Ceres, Charles, Charlie Barbara Farm, Charlie Barbers, Chemistry, chores, Christmas, churning butter, Correctional, creek, Dollins, Dr. Kegley, Dr. Webner, Dublin, Dublin High School, Dublin Theatre, Earl, Edna May, electricity, Elvis, Emeryl, English, Fanning Farm, Farming, FDR, fishing, Florence Gertrude Hamilton Jenning, Fred, games, gardening, GED, George Farris, Georgie Bird, Giles, Grand ‘Ole Opry, Great Depression, Greenville Farm, Hamlen Jenning, heat, Highland, Hoover, Jack King, Jane Stafford, John Wayne, Korean War, Laura Bridges, Life and the Bland County Fair, Lorraine Tolbert, Lou, lunch, Maggie Leona, Margaret Thompson, Martha Pruett, Mary Stuart, Math, Mechanicsburg, Methodist Church, Motten B, Mr. Ed Hamlen, Mrs Franklin, Mrs. Labellops, Mrs. Via, Ms, Ms. Ethel Billops, Ms. Gregory, Ms. Hilly Munsey, Ms. Lydia Stuart, Ms. Meryl Stuart, Ms. Ramsey, National Gypsum, Nellie Live, Orson Willy Jenning, Pearl Harbor, plumbing, President Johnson, President Kennedy, Pulaski, PWA, Radford, Rev. Anderson, Rita Locust, Robbie Morehead, Rocky Gap High School, Roosevelt, rummie, running water, School, Science, Shorthand, snow, stock market, telephone, Thanksgiving, Tommy Dollins, toys, TV, Typing, Walker Creek, Walker School House, Wally Edna Jenning, West Virginia, White Gate, World War I, World War II, WPA, wrestling

Tags: 255, 9/9/99, Bastian, Big Walker Mountain, Bland, Bland Co., Bland Co. Fair, Bluefield, Brent Moore, Bruce Niece, Bruce’s Station, Bus Line, Campbell City, Ceres, Charles Moore, Chevrolet, Clear Fork, Depression, Dow Davis, Fair interview, General Motors, Grey Hound, Guy Niece, Joe Lambert, John Dodson, Model T, Moore Brothers, Pinch Creek, Red Oak church, Reed Creek, Richmond, South Gap, St. Luke, State Corporation Commission, Stony Fork, Studibaker, Walker Creek, Winston Salem, Work Tickle, Wytheville

Tags: 246, 4/10/99, Appalachian Power Company, Bastian, Bland County, Bland County Courthouse, Bobby Gross, Ceres, Charles Jasper Miller Starks, Clarence Starks, Dr. Hicks, Eunice Childress, Geneva HIcks Starks, Hicksville, Jessee Wade Hicks, Joseph T. Hicks, Mariah Henderson Maxwell Hicks, Mattiline Starks family, Mechanicsburg, Methodist Church, Pine Grove Methodist Church, railroad depot, Ralph Kidd, Ralph M. Kidd, Rebecca Hicks, Robert Miller Starks, Rocky Gap, Ruby Hylton Kidd, Saw Mills, Susie Gross, Tracey Dye, Tracey M. Dye, Tyler Kidd, voting, Wolf Creek

Tags: 12/21/98, 240, Amanda Kitts, Ardelia Repass, Arten Repass, Bastian, Bland, Blessing’s Store, Bruce Repass, Cathleen, Ceres, Charen and Lutheran cemetery, Christmas, Clark Gable, Delaware, Digsby Repass, Eula Kitts Repass, food, France, Freta Repass, games, garden, garmet factory, Holston River, Jimmy Berg, jobs, Lesley Umbarger, Mallie Tibbs, Manuela Young, Mary Belcher, Masonic Lodge, Megenisk’s, Mr. Wagner, Nannie Rose, National Cemetery, North Fork, Odd Fellows, Pete Sands, Ray Tibbs, Rocky Gap, Roger Arten Repass, Rural Retreat, Santa, School, Shirley Temple, Sluss, Smyth County, Sports, St. Lou, Tillson Farm, VA, Valentine’s Day, Will Rogers, Wilmington, Wytheville

Tags: 12/8/98, 234, American Power Company, Baptist Valley, Bastian, Bland, Bogle School, Burkes Garden, Ceres, Claypool Hill, Dr. Walker, Dry Fork., Georgie Havens, GIV.Clark Gable, Grand Ole Opry, Jami Price & Tonia White, Kingsport, Korean War, Lawerence Welt, M.C. and Beatrice Stacy, Macness Products, Narrows, Pembrooke, President Nixon and Watergate, President Truman, Princeton, PWA and CCC, Roosevelt, Suitor, Tony, Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company, Wise County, Wolfe Creek, WPA

Tags: 10/29/97, 204, ABB, Bastian, Bland County, Bland High School, Ceres, Chad Williams, Christmas, David Williams, Earl Scrubs, English, God, Hollybrook School, John Harry Bird, Lester Flat, Marge Blankenship, Mechanicsburg, Miss Billups, Mr. Grallen Updike, Mr. James Sink, Mr. Whitt, Mrs. Louise Bird, Mrs. Nora Ramsey, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap High School, Schools, Thanksgiving, This is an interview with David Williams about going to school at Hollybrook., Tomcat Thomas

Tags: 10/29/98, 199, Bastain, Big Walker Mountain, Big Walker Tunnel, Biography, Bland County, Bluefield, Burkes Garden, called "A Conversation With the Past"., CC Road, Ceres, Charles Compton, Crockett Yonce, Eagle Oak Farm, Family/People, Foglesong Valley, Galax, Laurel, Lynchburg., M.S. Junior Bowman, Marion, Nell Hudson, Nita Hudson, Orey's Knob, Paul Crabtree, Phillip Leonard, Rich Valley, Round Mountain, Sharon Springs, Shewey Valley, Smythe County, Stony Fork, This is one of a series of interviews done by a Radford University student, Waddel, Walker Mountain, Walkers Creek, Walter Scott, West Virginia, Wythe County, Wytheville

Tags: 11/12/98, 198, Appalachain Trail, Ash Umbarger, Bastain, Biography, Blacksburg, Blair and Ruth Groseclose, Bland, Brushy Mountain, Buck Place, Burkes Garden, called "A Conversation With the Past"., Ceres, Charles Compton, Dodd Benjamin Groseclose, Elizabeth Groseclose, Family/People, Francic Compton, Galax, Garden Mountain, Giles County, Harrows, Henrietta Bruce, Isaac Thompson, Jack Higgins, Jefferson's Ridge, Jessee Groseclose, Lamberts, Leonard House, Low Gap, Lynchburg, Mabel Compton, Mac Thomas, May Groseclose, Mr. Cornett, Narrows, New York, Oaks Chapel, Paul Crabtree, Paul Foglesong, Pendleton's Construction Company, Perry Groseclose, Peter Groseclose, Phillip Leonard, Poor Valley, Red Oak church, Rich Valley, Rich Valley Cattle Company, Rural Retreat, Ruth Groseclose., Tennessee, This is one of a series of interviews done by a Radford University student, VPI, Wilderness Road, Wythe County, Yost

Tags: 11/5/98, 197, Andrew Castle, Aunt Nanny, Bastain, Biography, Bland, Blue Ridge Parkway, Bluefield Sanitarium, Brown House, Bruce Cassell, Brushy Mountain, Burkes Garden, Burkes Garden School, called "A Conversation With the Past"., Ceres, Charles Watson, Charlie Umbarger, Cornett, Dobson, Dr. Winesett, Dr. Wooline, Ernie Briggs, Family/People, Frank Compton, Galax, Gammons, Garden Mountain, Harry Foglesong, Hicksville, Holston, Holston Turnpike, James Francis, Jessee Monson., Kegley, Kellie Mane, Kidds, Louise Cassell, Luke Scott, Lula Kegley, Marion Francis, Miller Brown, Miss Nealy Repass, Mr. Groaks, Mr. Montgomery, Mrs. Atwell, Mt. Airy, Muncy, Nanny Davidson, Nell Hudson, North Carolina, Orville Harner, Paul Barger, Paul Dillman, Phillip Leonard, Rodger Repass, Rody Mane, Rural Retreat, Smythe, Suitor, Tazewell, The Crougy Place, The Scotts, The Smokies, This is one of a series of interviews done by a Radford University student, Union Bank, Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company, Will Allen, Willow Brook Tourist Farm, Wolf Creek, Wytheville

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: 10/14/98, 195, Ade Muster, Bane Crabtree, Bethany Church, Biography, Black Lick, Bland County, Brew, Brown Bevel, Bud Bruce, Burkes Garden, called "A Conversation With the Past"., Ceres, Ceres High School, Ceres Store, Charlie Compton, Christmas, Clear Creek, Compton Mines, Coon Hunter's Association., Crawfish, Creek Road, Davis, Doctor Griner, Dr. Wooline, Family/People, FHA, Foglesong Valley, Groseclose, Holston River, Howell, Hubble, Indian Tales, Joe Foglesong, John Hudson, Little Chapel, Louise Compton, lumber company, Lutheran Chruch, Mabel Groseclose, Mandy Spangler, Mason Lodge, Mr. Groseclose, Nebo, Nell Hudson, Newberry, North Fork, Old Fellows Lodge, Paul Crabtree, Peery Groseclose, Peter Spangler, Phillip Leonard, Poor Valley Road, Pulaski, Robert Paul Crabtree, Rural Retreat, Saltville, Sharon College, Sluss Massacre, Smyth County, Soap Creek, Spangler Fort, Stoney Fork, T-Model Ford, Tazewell County, Tazewell Street, This is one of a series of interviews done by a Radford University student, Umbarger, Waddells, Walker Mountain, Walking Jim Lambert, William Compton, World War I, Wythe County, Wytheville

Tags: 12/12/96, 187, A.D. Burton, Ailees Wright, Anne Bivens, Bastain, Bill Tracy, Bland, Bluefield, Bobby Newberry, Brushy Mountain, Burton School House, Carol's, Ceres, Chapel, East River Mountain, Elian Kinser, Elmer, Ethel Weddle, Evelyn French, Everette, Geneva Stowers, Helen Bowling, Hollybrook, John, Junior King., Kelly Wolfe, Margie Stowers, Mechanicsburg, Narrows, New River Rebels, Nona Turner, Pembrook, Penver, Recreation, Richcreek, Ripplemead, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap School, Round Bottom, Sports, Steven Black, This is an interview with Virgie Bailey about sports at Rocky Gap School many years ago., VA, Virgie Bailey, Ward Wolfe, Wolf Creek

Tags: 10/29/96, 180, Africa, Andrew, Angela, Annie, atomic bomb, Biography, Bland County, Bluefield, CCC Camp, Ceres, Christmas, Conley, Conley Twigg Dillow, D-Day, Deborah, Della Elizabeth Tickle, Democrats, Diana Huddle, English Channel, Europe, Family/People, France, Franklin Roosevelt, German, Gleaves, Great Depression, Greenhill, Groucho Marx, Guy, Halloween, J.T. Dunn, Jackie Gleason Show, Japanese, Korean War, Kristen Bradshaw, Liberty School, Linda, Lucille Foglesong, Mary, Mennis, Myrtle Stuart, Navy, New Deal, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Philippine Islands, President Calvin Coolidge, President Eisenhower, President Harding, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Truman, Republicans, Rhonda, Rocky Gap, Roy Dillow, San Francisco, Teapot Dome Scandal, This is an interview with Roy Dillow about his life., Thurleen, Tula Stowers, Valentines Day, Vietnam War, Virginia, Watergate., WWI, WWII, Wytheville

Tags: 171, 5/4/96, Ada and Frank Conner, atomic bomb, Bastian, Biography, Bland County, Bluefield, brick bank building in Rocky Gap, Buford Tiller, Burmice Virginia Conley, Camp Obediah, Ceres, Chapel, checkers, Chris Harless, Cindy Harless, Clearfork, Cleveland, Conley Mercantile Store, Conley Store, D.E. Conley, Dee Dee Harless, Deer Run Estates, Dillard Taylor Conley, Dr. Davidson, Dry Fork, Elizabeth Rodgens, English Ott Sawmill, Esso store, Family/People, FDR, Filler McGee, Gadriel heater, Germans, Glen D. Harless, Grand Ole Opry, Honakers store, Howard Stower's store, J.C. Tuggle, James Josepf Davidson, Japanese, John Barker, Josh Havens, Korean War, Lena Gracen Davidson, Life of Shirley Harless, Marietta Conley, Medical College of Richmond, Michael Harless, Model-T, Monroe County, Mr. B. Murph, Mr. Beamer, Mr. Bill Hail, Mr. Bud Hail, Mr. Carroll's store, Mr. Charlie Taylor, Mr. Clyde Coeburn, Mr. D.E. Conley, Mr. English Ott, Mr. Greens Dangerfield, Mr. Henderson, Mr. John Lambert, Mr. John M. Tuggle, Mr. Juan McGinnley, Mr. Lambert, Mr. Nelson, Mr. S. Robinson, Mr. Tom Wall, Mr. Tuggle, Mr. Wolfe, Mrs. Hazel Stowers, Mrs. Honaker, Narrows, Nelson house, Norfolk, North-Western Railroad, Ohio, Parisburg, Pearl Harbor, President Eisenhower, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Truman, Princeton, Randy, Rocky Gap, Sears & Roebuck, Sharon College, Shirley Harless, Shufflebargers, Susan Sands Blessing, Sutphin's, Taylor's store, Tazewell County, The Royal Mounty, Timothy Harless, Today Show, Tonight Show, Vietnam War, Virginia, Water Hole, Watergate., West Virginia, Western Railway, Wolf Creek, World War II

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