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Tags: 3/25/05, 494, Alamae Gregory, Andrew Ferguson, Andrew Stowers, Arla Mae Gregory, barber, baseball, Biographical, Bland County, Carrols Grocery Store, Charlie Taylors, Christmas, Clear Fork, Clearfork, Codge, Codge Carver, combat, dating, draft, Easter, epidemic, farm, fishing, Fort Jackson, Gap, garden, Germany, haircuts, hoopie-eyed, horse, horseback riding, John Gregory, Korean War, Life in Bland County, marbles, Martin Ebert Carver, medicine, military, Miss Hazel Stowers, Mr. Pucket, Neal Lambert, Polio, Raymond Stowers, remedies, Rocky Gap, Ruby Gregory, Rutitan, skinney dippins, South Carolina, storm, Sutphins, swimming, The Great Flu epidemic, the service, This is an interview with Codge Carver about his life in Bland County., War

Tags: 477, 5/29/05, Alvis, Amanda Sargent, Anthony, Anthony Rife, Ashley Rife, B.J. Davis, Biographical, Buckhannon County, checkers, chores, Christmas, Church, Compton Mountain, Daniel Stowers, Democrat, Eisenhower, electricity, farm, Farming, Fuzz, games, garden, Gerald Payne, Gilda Gay Kennedy, Granville Lundy Rife, Halloween, Hilda, home remedies, Joe Rife, John Crockett, John Glen, John Wayne, Johnson, Jolo, Josh Taylor, Juanita, Junior Keene, Kennedy, Knox Creek, Korean War, Lammon Atwell, Laura June Coleman, Life in Bland County, Louise Octavi Cooper Rife, Lucy, marbles, Marie, Marietta Islands, Marilyn, McDowell County, Merrill, Nixon, Oakie Rife, Orville Gay Hale, Pearl Harbor, Penecostal, pranks, Rocky Gap, Roosevelt, Rosie, School, Sheridan Rife, shooters, slingshot, South Pacific, The Great Depression, Thelma Sparks, This is an interview with Daniel Stowers about his life in Bland County., toys, Travis Rife, Truman, Vietnam, Virginia, wagon, Walter Rife, War, Watergate, White Mountain, Willard Rife, Winnie Elkins Rife, WWII

Tags: 441, 6/1/04, Amber Looney/Melissa Hagy, Arnold Parnell, Arthur Parnell, B.J. Parnell, Bastian, Bastian Union Church, Betty, Betty Looney, Betty Parnell Looney, Bible School, Bill Parnell, Bob Parnell, Caples, chores, Church of God, Coal Mines, Delcie Parnell, Ellie Newsome, Ethel Parnell, Fay Kidd, Fred Newsome, garden, Gordon Parnell, Himp Hill West Virginia, Hobert Parnell, housewife, Lawrence Parnell, Leonard Parnell, Life, Life in Bland County, Mary Munsey, Minny Parnell, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Eagle, Mrs. Kidd, Mrs. Umbarger, Ol Susanna, paddle, pranks, Ralph Kidd, remedies, Sandra Willis, School, Sports, Steven Fosters, stores, This is an interview with Betty Looney about her life in Bland County., Vivian Brown, Westly Parnell, Will Parnell, Wolf Creek

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: 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: 1936, 1940s, 1950s, 395, 5/27/02, advice, atomic bomb, baseball, Biographical, Bland County, businesses, carpentry, CCC, Charlie Taylor, chores, Christmas, Church, Cob Willis, cows, David Taylor, David Taylor/Matthew Shrader, Dean, electric washer, electricity, farm, FDR, fishing, Franklin Roosevelt, garden, Germans, Germany, grandparents, hair cut, holiday, home remedies, housekeeper, James Jefferson Willis, Japan, Jean Sheffylbarger, jobs, JT Willis, Kevin, Laurel, Laurel Fork Church of Christ, Life in Bland County, Lisa, lob cabin, Matthew Shrader, Ms. Gregory, Ms. Phillips, Ms. Simpkins, Ms. Stowers, Ms. Tickle, Ms. Walters, New Deal, November 22, Orgray, outhouse, Palmer Carroll, Palmor Carroll’s, party lines, Pearl Harbor, President Nixon, President Truman, PWA, radio, radio shows, rationing, Ricky, Rocky Gap, Royal Mounty, Ruth Willis, School, school bus, school programs, Sherry, Slaughter, stonemason, store, technology, telephone, television, television shows, The Andy Griffith Show, This is an interview with Cob Willis about his life in Bland County., TV, vegetables, Vietnam War, washboard, Watergate, Wilma E Underwood, WPA, WWII

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: 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: 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: 315, 5/23/00, Biographical, Bland County, CCC, Clearfork, Cynthia Akers & Kara Perkins, Eva Tuggle, Farmers, First radios, garden, Great Depression, John Davis, New Deal, Rose Davis, Rose Stempson, School Cafeteria, televison, This is an interview with Eva Tuggle about the School Cafeteria.

Tags: 3/1/00, 305, arithmetic, Beulah Morehead, Biographical, Bishop Chapel, Blanche Comptom, Bland County, Bland Fair, Bluefield, Bluefield Sanitarium, Bruden Dranolick, Casablanca, CCC Camps, Christmas, Clearfork, coal stove, Conley Store, crack the whip, Craig County, Depression, electricity, English Army, Enlgish, farmer, fireplace, Fort Oglethorpe, garden, geography, Georgia, Germany, Grandma Hutchinson, Halloween, history, Honaker Store, hopscotch, Japan, Jessica DeHart & Tiffany Munson, Life in Bland County, marbles, MP, Nannie Rose Tiller, New Deal, New Years Eve, nigger, Nixon, Oscar W. Caldwell, Pearl Harbor, President Eisenhower, Ralph Tiller, Raymond Stowers, Rocky Gap, Roosevelt, RT Reynolds, Ruth Crabtree, Sally Anne Bird, Sleigh riding, St. Lukes Hospital, This is an interview with Beulah Morehead about her life in Bland County., Timberman, WAC, washing board, William Clarence Morehead Jr., Women’s Auxilary Corps, WPA

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

Tags: 1/5/00, 291, Angela Williams, barber shop, beans, Biographical, Bland Couny, chickens, Chritsmas, Clearfork, coal, corn, garden, green beans cucumbers, green peppers, hogs wood stove, holidays, Life in Bland County, maters, outhouse, potatoes, Preisdent Kennedy, President Johnson, President Truman, Rocky Gap, Tazwell, Thanksgiving, This is an interview with Walter Hagy about his life in Bland County., toys, Vietnam, Walter Hagy, Watergate, wood, wringer wash-manchine

Tags: 12/20/99, 286, Ashley & Sue Lilly, Ask, Atlanta, Betty K. Munsey, Big Walker Mountain, Biographical, Bland, Blue Spruce, Bluefield, Buick, Christiansburg, College in Continuing Education, Colorado, Doug Lester, Dry Fork, Ford, garden, Greenville, Hawthorn Shrubs, Indian Village, Jack Compton, Life in Bland County, McCoy, Milwaukee, Montgomery County, Mr. Ellis, New River, North Carolina, Norway Spruce, Raleigh, Roanoke, Salem, South Carolina, This is an interview with Ashley & Sue Lilly about their lives in Bland County., Virgina, Walker’s Creek, White Pine, Winston, Wytheville Community College

Tags: 11/30/99, 283, Betty K. Munsey, Biographical, Bird Cemetary, Bland, Bland High School, Cemetery, Dairy Cows, Elizabeth Bird, farm, Floyd County, garden, Indian Village, Life in Bland County, Montana, Mr. George Bird, Mr. Woodrow, North Carolina, Radford College, Range Eternal, Richmond, Rural Electrification, This is an interview with Elizabeth Bird about her life in Bland County., Virgina, Walker Mountain, Washington area, Wolfe Creek

Tags: 12/28/99, 281, Abingdon, Bastian, Billie Jean Carty, Biography, Bland, Charois Beef Cattle, Civil War, Durham, Family/People, farm, fishing, garden, Hicksville, Hunting, Jennifer Belcher, Live Stock, North Carolina, Pearisburg, Pine Grove Church, Rich Mountain, Richmond, Veterinarian, Virgina, Washington County Farm, Wildlife

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: 11/30/99, 272, Airforce Base, Arch Saunders, Army, Bluefield, Camp Cars, Charles Acres, Community, Dry Fork, E.T. Burton, Florida, Fred Brunalon, Fred Saunders, garden, Greenville, Hogan Ferguson, Jack Tyne, Jessie Pruney, John Dodson, Johnny Sea, Laurel, Life, Logging, Moonshining, Mr. Hunt, Nate Charleton, Norfolk, Old Man Hunt, Portsmouth, Princeton, Prison, Railroad, Rocky Gap, Sack Daddy, Sawmills, South Carolina, Still, Virgina, Washington, Whiteville, Wolf Creek

Tags: 1942, 254, 5/20/99, Adam Akers/Zane Perkins, Aldeman, Austinville, baseball, Basketball, bicycle, Biographical interview conducted with Junior Shockley., Biography, Bird Farm, Bland County, Bobby Bane, boot camp, Buckner’s Bay, buggy, Cambridge Maryland, Carroll County, chores, Christmas, coal heating, Coolidge, country store, dairy farms, Dale Smith Shockley, dates, Debbie Davis, Department of Agriculture, destroyer escort., Dolores Thompson, Dorothy Shaffers Humphry, Easter, electricity, Ellis Alderman, Family/People, Farming, feeding, fire crackers, fishing, floods, Fourth of July, Fredericksburg, games, garden, George Bird, Grayson County, Halloween, highway department, Hillsville, Hillsville Theater, hogs, holidays, honeymoon, Japan, John Smith Shockley, Junior Shockley, King George, lead mines, marbles, Max Meadows, milk cows, movies, Navy, New River, oil lamps, Pacific, pranks, Pulaski Hospital, Rex Morehead, Roosevelt, Roy Rogers, running water, Shockley School, sled, snow storms, Soil Conservation Agent, Spotsylvania, spring, Stafford, Tates, tennis, Texas, toys, Virginia Beach, wagon, Wytheville

Tags: 247, 5/15/99, Alvie Tabor, Amos Tabor, Arnold Tabor, Barbara Harless, BIll Walter’s place, Birdie Tabor, Bland, Bland County, businesses, Christmas, Clearfork, David Harless, Davidson place, Doug Harless, Dryfork, Earl Tabor, Elsie Harless, Frank Gordon Tabor, Franklin Roosevelt, garden, Grace Tabor, Great Depression, Halloween, Helen Marar Wolfe, Helen Tabor, Homer Tabor, Hoover, James Tabor, Jesse Tabor, Josh Kidd, Josh Kidd & Zane Perkins, Judy Harless, Kimberlin, Korean War, Marion Lee Harless, Myrtle Tabor, Nanny Tabor, Patty Harless, Peggy Harless, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Truman, Richlands, Roy Tabor, Ruth Tabor, Santa Clause, Skip Harless, Watergate., Wolfe Creek, Zane Perkins

Tags: 245, 3/22/99, Anguis, April Love, Bedford County, Betty K. Munsey, Bland County, Bluefield, Bob Munsey, Botetaut County, Caba Methodist, Constance Whitt, Craig County, Debbie Munsey, Don Dubrant, Dwight D. Eisenhower, garden, Good Friday, Halloween, June Keffier, Kataba Sanotarium, Katopa, Kayaba, Kennbeck, Mason Keffier, May, Michael Munsey, Miner Keffier, Montgomery County, North Side High School, Oren Spin, Pat Boone, Pecks of Otter, Princeton, Roanoke, Seattle., Shirley Jone, Southern States pig feed, St. Patrick’s Day, Thelma Spin, Top Elementary, VA, Viowa Keffier, Virginia Tech, Wayne Keffier

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: 2/22/99, 239, Alvy Taber, Amos Taber, Arnold Taber, Bertie Taber, Bishop Chapel, Bland, Bland Courthouse, Bluefield, Bob Gibson, Brother Taylor, Christmas, Clearfork, dating, Donald Gibson, Ed Gibson, Elsie Taber, Farming, Frank Taber, games, garden, George Washington, Glenn Hare, Grace Taber, Halloween, Helen Gibson, Helen Taber, Helen Wolf, Homer Taber, house, Jane Gibson, Jewel Gibson, Johnson, Josh Kidd & Zane Perkins, Kennedy, Korean War, Laurel Fork, Lincoln, Mayberry, movies, Myrtle Taber, Nanny Taber, Nixon, Pearl Harbor, radio, Richard Gibson, Rocky Gap, Russia, Ruth Taber, school subjects, Sherwood Goleycomb, Stowersville, Tazewel, Truman, VA, Watergate, Wolfcreek, World War II