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Richard Blankenship

Tags: “Bubby”, 11/7/05, 482, ball, Baptist Church, Bessie, Biographical, Bob Nelson, Bubby, carnival, Caroll’s Store, Christmas, cornfields, Earl Crabtree, Earnest Blankenship, Elizabeth Clark, fall festival, farm, farmed, fish, Fred Simpkins, Freddie Blankenship, Giles, Halloween, Heather Looney, Herman Malden, Lester Flatt, Letha Nelson Blankenship, Life in Bland County, Lucile Walters, Methodist, Mr. Watt, Ms. Altizer, Ms. Gordon, Ms. Gregory, Ms. Hazel Stowers, Ms. Mable Pruett, Ms. Ora Gray Stowers, Ms. Turner, Ms. Walters, Narrows, North Carolina, Pilmer Carrol, pranks, Pruett, Railroad, revivals, Richard Blankenship, Robert Nelson, Rocky Gap, Round Bottom Methodist, School, Shrader, Skeens, swim, Taylor’s Store, The Little Pig Restaurant, The Sunset Drive, This is an interview with Richard Blankenship about his life in Bland County., Will Davis

Lyndsey Shrader Cochrane

Rosa Pruett

Emory Thomas Hull

Homer Lee Wright

Wilson W. Belcher

Bessie Dent

Marvin Tynes

302 Marvin Tynes.pdf

Tags: 0302, 2/15/00, 302, A.J. Tynes, acre, arithmetic, barn, beans, bears, Big Emmet, Biographical, Bland, Bluefield, Bluefield State, Bristol Adams, Burkes Garden, canemill, cat, Charlie Taylor, Charolette Saunders, chestnuts, Conrad Tuggle, deer, Dry Fork, Emma Gordon Tynes, England, Ernie Ford, Ferguson Cemetary, flags, flour, Franklin County, garden, geography, Georgia, Grand Ole Opry, Grayson County, Greenville, hams, hogs, Indian Burial Ground, Jack Tynes, Jerry Nidday, Jim Harless, John Dodson, Julia Clark, kitchen, Lawerance Welk Show, leather britches, Life in Bland County, literature, Little Emmet, log cabin, Mack H. Ferguson, Marvin Tynes, Narrows, Nashville, Newberry’s Funeral Home, Octavia Saunders, Ohio, Pete Ferguson, pigs, Portsmouth, Powell Saunders, prayers, Princeton, rabbit, Railroad, recordshop, Rocky Gap, Round Bottom, Sawmill, slave, sled runner, Smith and Cannon, songs, sorghum, South Carolina, spring, store, Tazewell, Tennesse, This is an interview with Marvin Tynes about his life in Bland County., Thompson, train’ Columbus, Uncle Elige, United Central, Virginia, West Virginia, wheat, Williamson, Wolfe Creek

Peggy Trump

Aubrey Gore

George and Lee Tynes

Tags: 11/14/99, 1930, 270, Airport Road, Akers, Andrew Ferguson, Athens, Atlanta, Baptist Church, Bill Henry Wagner, Biography, Blacksburg, Bland, Bland County, Blessing, Bluefeild Avenue, Bluefield, Bobby Scroqqs, Bramwell, Captain Saunders, Carter Street, Christiansburg, Christmas Pararde, Columbus, Connie, Cunningham, Danny Kinder, Dave Charlie Taylor, Deer Day, Depression, Doctor Davidson, Dodge Truck, Dodson, Dry Fork Creek, East River Mountain, Ellis Street, Estella, Family/People, Fischer, Floyd County, Ford, George, George and Lee Tynes, Georgia, Gladys Ferguson, Granny Woods, Grayson County, Harris, Hazel, Hector, Helen, Helvers, Helvey, Henry, Highway, Huckleberry, Huckleberry Myers, Jack Tynes, James, January, John Dodson, John Neal, Kimberling, Lee, Liqour, Lois, Lucky Strike, Mac Dowell County, Marvin, Mary Little, mines, moonshine, Mr. Delores, Mr. Hagan, Mullins, Nale log school house, Narrows, Neal Hagan, October, Ohio, Old New Ground, Pal, Pal Saunders, Pinch Creek, Polaroid Camera, Railroad, Ramsey, Rocky Gap, Santa Clause, Saunders., Saw Mills, Shawalters, Smith Lumber Company, Sutphins, Tazewell, Timbering, Tynes, Tynes Chapel, Violea graveyards, Virginia, West Virginia, Whiskey Bottles, Wilderness, Wolf Creek, Woods, World War I, World War II, Wytheville

Hazel Tynes

Mellisie Kidd Gibson

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

Minnie Williams

Georgie Havens

John & Harriet Blessing

Tags: 2/19/96, 210, Barnes, Bastian, Bastian Church of God, Bible, Biography, Bishop, Bland, Bland County, Bluefield, Botetourt County, Burkes Garden, chores, Christmas, Clark Gable, Clearfork, Cove Creek, dating, Easter, Edna, Eisenhower, Ella Burton, Ethel Ball, Ethel Neel, Family/People, Franklin D. Roosevelt, fun, garden, George Buchanan, George C. Fox, Gerald Walker, Gilbert, Graton, Great Depression, Green Valley, Halloween, Harriet Elvira, Harriet Stump Buchanan, John, John & Harriet Blessing, John Blessing, Korean War, Levi Neel, Macie Ethel Kidd, Marla Pruett, Mary Walker Neel, Misty Balas, Mount Olivet, Narrows, News Center 6, Oakville, Pearl Harbor, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Truman, Ray Neel, Rich Snapp, Roanoke, Robert Clay Kidd, Rocky Gap, Roy Roger, Ruth, Stella Blessing, Tazewell County, Thanksgiving, This is an interview with John & Harriet Blessing about their life., Tina, Tultex, Valentines Day, Vietnam War, Virginia, Watergate, Wolf Creek, World War II

Maretta & Otho Looney

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

Jim Davidson

Tags: 1/10/98, 208, Acme Supermarket, Allegheny County, Andrew Davidson, Appomattox, Bastian, Battle of Five Forks, Benjamin Harrison, Betty Jane Harmon, Bland, Bland County, Bluefield, Brush Mountain, Brushfork, Brushy Mountian, Burkes Garden, Camp Alexander, Canada, CCC Camp, Chrissy Ethel Johnston, Civil War, Cold War, Compton House, Consolidation Coal, County Surveyor, Courtney Longworth, D.C., Dublin, East River Mountain, Eugene Davidson, Eva Davidson, Family/People, Federal Government, Flat Top, Flat Top Mountain, Frank Hall, Gene Davidson, General, General Toland, German, Giles County, Hogback, Hogback Mountain, Hollybrook, Indians, Ireland, James Carpman, James Davidson, Jay Fred Hall, Jim Davidson, John Allen, John Bailey, John Davidson, John Goolman Davidson, Joseph Davidson, Kate Bailey, Katie Davidson, Kimberling, Lamberts, Laurel, Lee, Lees and McVitty Timber Company, Leise and McBitty Timber Company, Little Creek, Mac Davidson, Martha Davidson, Mercer County, Miller, Molly Tynes, Mountain Lake, Mr. Johnston, Narrow, Narrows, Nashville, National Forest, New River Bridge, Norfolk and Western Railroad, Norforld and Western Railroad, Novis, Ohio, Otto Stange, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pocahontas Fuel Company, Poor Valley, Radford, Revolutionary War, Rice, Robert, Round Mountain, Russia, Rutherford B. Hayes, Smyth, Smyth County, South Gap, Southern Ohio, Soviet Union, Suiter, Tazewell, Temple Hill Cemetery, Tennessee, This is an interview with Jim Davidson about his ancestors and natural resources in Bland County., Virginia, Virginia Hardware Lumber Company, Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company, W. W. Harmon, Washington, Washington D.C., West Virginia, West Virginia Courthouse, Wilderness, Wise County, Wolf Creek, World War I, Wythe County, Wytheville

Violea Ferguson

Blair and Ruth Groseclose

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

Cleve Winesett

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

George Harless

Tags: 10/19/96, 189, Ada Walters, Archie Bunker., Atlantic Coast Line, atomic bomb, Bastian, Battle of the Bulge, Bland County, Bluefield, Camp Lugeon, CCC, Celaness, Celinese, China, civilian life, Clark Gable, Claudit Colebear, Democrat, Depression, Elbert Minick, elementary school, Europe, Evert Harless, Evert Ward Harless, France, Fred Simpkins, General Shepherd, George Harless, Germany, Giles County, Glen Harless, Goodwins Fairy, Greggador, Gregonno, Guam, Guata Canal, Harry Folson, Helen Wadell, Herbert Hoover, high school, Hitler, Hunting Camp, Indianhead, Iris Harless, Japan, Japanese, Julie Parnell, Junior Harless, kamikaze attacks, Korean War, Lina Minick Harless, Luther Harless, Luther Junior Harless, Lynchburg, Marine Corps, Marion, Maryland, Melvin Aliff, Mr. Graham, Narrows, New Deal, New River, Norfolk, North Carolina, Okinawa, old Caldwell place, Oriville Harless, Pacific, Paris Island, Paul Goodman, Paul Harless, Paul Updike, Pearl Harbor, Phillipines, Porter Stafford, President Eisenhower, President Harding, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Roosevelt, President Truman, Princeton, PWA, Realto, Rebel, Republican, Ricki, Rocky Gap, Rosey Gordon, San Francisco, Sitan, South Carolina, This is an interview with George Harless about World War II., Treasure Island, Tyron Power, U.S. AT Sea Fitaler, Vietnam War, Violet Harless, Virginia, War, Washington, Washington D.C., Watergate, West Virginia, Winding Gulf, World War II, WPA, WWI, WWII, Yankees

Virgie Bailey

Glen Harless

Tags: 172, 5/4/96, A-Model, Albert Mennick, Bastian Hardwood Mill, Billy Moore, Biography, Bland County, Bluefield, Brushy Mountain, Burton, Carl Dehart Sawmill, CCC Camp, chainsaws, Charlie Taylor Sawmill, Clearfork, Cleveland, Corregidor, D.E. Conley Sawmill, Dane Havens, Ed Havens, Eggleston, Eisenhower, English Ott Sawmill, Everett Harless, Family/People, FDR, George Harless, Glen Harless, Gravel shooter, Groptoes Virginia, Hal Gills, Hazel Stowers, Henry Sarver Sawmill, Hicksville, Home-Lite, Iris Harless, Johnson, Josh Havens, Kennedy, Kimberling, Korean War, Laurel, Lena Mennicks Harless, Logging, Luther Harless Jr., Luther M. Harless, Martainsville, Marylin Harless, Matoka, Miller Sawmill, Mrs. John Pruett, Ms. Davis, Narrows, Nixon, Norfolk and Western, Ohio, Ora Gray Stowers, Orville Harless, Otis Nelson, Paul Harless, Pearl Harbor, Phillipines., Poulan, Radford Arsenal, Railroad, rocks, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap High School, Route 21-52, School, South Gap, Stihl, Suiter, T-Model, Talide C. Carball, This is an interview with Glen Harless about his life., Tom Harless, Truman, UMWA, United Transportation Union, Vataan, Vietnam War, Violet Harless, Virginia, Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company, Virginia Ruth Foglesong, Watergate, West Virginia, Williamson, Winchester, WW2, Wytheville

Shirley Harless

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

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