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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: 426, 5/28/03, Beuford Carver, Biographical, Bland County, Brittany Bowling/Nikiki McClemore/Thelma Sparks, Christmas, Dave Carver, Frankie Carve, Germany, James Thompson, Korean War, Laura Gay Carver, Laurel Fork Baptist Church, Life in Bland County, Marvin “Codge” Carver, Mrs. Hazel Stowers, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Truman, Robert Carver, Rocky Gap School, Sally Bell Carver, This is an interview with Marvin “Codge” Carver about his life in Bland County.

Tags: 4/15/03, 423, Bee Clark, Biographical, Christmas, Dewey B. Williams, Germany, Halloween, Hollybrook School, J.B. Wright, Jeanie Williams, Kyle Linkous, Life in Bland County, Lillian Williams, Nixon, Pearl Harbor, Pep WIlliams, Pinch Creek: Blake Williams, Shady Grove United Methodist Church, Stony Creek, This is an interview with Dewey B. Williams about his life in Bland County., VDOT:

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: 05\26\2000, 309, Africa, Algiers, Army, basic traning, Beulah Morehead, campaigns, constantine, Estern Africa, Georgia, Germany, Italy, middle-eastern, Naples, Normandy., North Africa, Oglethorpe, Omar Bradly, s army auxiliary corps, Simore Corp Platoon, This is an interview with Beulah Morehead about World War II., Tiffany Munson and Jessica DeHart, WAACMP, WAACS, War, women, worl war II, World War II

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: 11/5/98, 264, Alaska, Albert Dalton, Amos and Andy, Annie Over, Archie Covington, arithmetic, atom bomb, baseball, Bill Leonard, Biography, Bland County, Bob Mittslefelt, Burkes Garden, canning, CCC Camps, Chestnut Grove Christian Church, chores, Christmas, Church, Clearfork, Darrel Kidd, David Scarce, Deavers, Easter, electricity, Ellis Dickens, English, Everett Looney, Family/People, Farming, Finley Dalton, fishing, gardening, Gene Dalton, geography, Germany, Gertrude Dalton, Grapefield Church of God, Grattan, Great Depression, Gunsmoke, Halloween, hide and go seek, history, Holly Smith, Hughe Cox, James Kidd, James Whitten, Japanese, Kenneth Kidd, Korean War, Laramie, LeeRoy Beckner, Leone Dalton, Lum and Abner, marbles, Margaret Hager, Margaret Hallory, Methodist Parsonage, Mickey Kidd, Miss Lou Gillespie, Misty Balas, Misty Balas and Holly Smith, Nancy Dalton, Nancy Kidd, Nell Kidd, Northwest Passage, Ony Dickens, packing lunch, Pearl Harbor, phone, population boom, pranks, Pulaski County, radio, raising children, rations, reading, Richard Kidd, Rocky Gap, Rofus Dalton, Ruby Dalton, Sadam Hussein, Santa Clause, School, sharecropping, sleighing, spelling, Springville, Stanley Dalton, stock market, Sweeney, tag, Tazewell County, Tazewell Road, television, The Gulf War, Valentine’s Day, Wagon Train, Whitten’s Mill, winter, writing, WWI, WWII

Tags: 2/21/99, 241, Adam Akers, Army, Bland County, Bluefield, cars, Central Europe, Charles Akers, Christmas, Earl Terry Akers, Ella Lambert, England, Fort Veldare, France, General George S. Patton, Germans, Germany, Hazel Stowers, Helen Morehead, Italians, Jake Akers, James B. Akers, Laurel, Lee Akers, Loretta Richardson, Lucille Akers, Lucille Walters, Luella Akers, lunch, Luxenburg, Mae Akers, Mary Akers, Nelsene Marie Stowers, Pearl Harbor, Pee Wee Gills, President Kennedy, prisoners, Queen Mary, Rocky Gap, Roosevelt, Ryeland, Sam Lambert, Sardines, Sash and Door, School, Scotland, service, Tazewell County, Virgie Akers, Virginia, Walter Akers, weapons, Wylie W. Akers

Tags: 12/19/96, 1928, 215, Alan Paine, Alice Johnson, Arch Rowe, atomic bomb, Biography, Bland County, chores, Christmas, Coal Mine, court, dates, Family/People, farm, games, garden, Gerald Pain, Germany, Halloween, holidays, house wife, Ivy Johnson, Korean War, Lana Alley, Lana Sue, Larry Paine, Laurel, Lexie Brammer, Marcella Paine, March 20, McDowell, McKinley Paine, movie, Mr. Pain, Nancy Margaret Payne, Nancy Payne, Nancy Rowe, Opal Coleman, Pain, Paine, Pauline Cantrell, Payne, Pearl Harbor, pranks, president, Robert Paine, Robin Payne, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap School, Roosevelt, School, sewing factory, snow, stories, Terry Paine, Three Stooges, toys, Tracy Browning, War, weather

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: 10/19/96, 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

Tags: 12/24/96, 164, and II, Bastian, Bastian Union Church, Battle of the Bulge, Beckly, Biography, Bland, Bluefield, Cecil Buchanan Andrews, Charleston, China, Degual, Eisenhower, Elizabeth A. Lambet, F.D.R., Family/People, Germany, God, Heaven, Hollybrook, Japan, Jessie Bell Lambert, June A. Lawson, Kennedy, Korean War, Manley Andrews, Mary Beth Pennington/ Nancy Conley, Mr. Hoover, Mt. Airy, Narrows, North Carolina, Ora Gray Simpkons, Page Bowling, Patman, Pearl Harbor, President Johnson, Roadway Express, Rocky Gap, Round Mountain., Russia, Salem, Sherry Bowling, SS Trooper, Tazewell, The life of Manley Andrews in Bland County., The Waltons, Thomas A. Andrews, Vietnam War, William J. Lambert, Winston, Wolf Creek, WPA, WWI, Wytheville

Tags: 148, 3/28/99, a resident of the Pinch Creek section of Bland County., Angela Willams, Anheuser Busch, Barbra, best times, Biographical interview with Jack Agee, Biography, Bland County, Bob Patrick, Boggle Hollow, Brenda, Buick, Christmas, Clark Stowers, Claude Stowers, Cody, Colorado, Corpus Christi, D.C., Dale City, Dale Davis, Dallas, deer hunting, Donald Curr, Dorothy Agee, Easter, Eddison Blankenship’s store, Eleanor Robson, Ethel Phillips, Floyd County, Georgia Mustard, Germany, Giles County, Grundy, Halloween, Havillena pigs, Hollybrook, Jack Agee, James Agee, Jessica, Jr., Kathy, Khruschev, Kimberling Branch, Kimberling Creek, Kimberling Valley, Lauren Faulkner, Lena Burton, Louisiana, Marge Blankenship, Marge Thompson, Marie Groseclose, Marsha, May Day demonstrations, Memorial Day, Mont Miller, Montana, Mrs. Mustard, Mrs. Stewart, Myrtle Stewart, New Orleans, New Year’s Day, North Carolina, old Bland High School, Paul Agee, Pocahontas Fuel Company, Pocy Fuel, Pontiac, Portugal, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, Princeton, Reston, Rose Agee, Rossa Smith, Rt. 612, Russians, Slate Creek, Texas, Thanksgiving, United States, Vietnam War, Virginia, Virginia Hardwood, Virginia Stafford, Volkswagen, Wagner Auditorium, Washington, Watergate, West Virginia, Wise County, Wolf Creek, worst times, Wyoming

Tags: 146, 4/12/96, Agent Orange, Appalachian Power Company, Biography, Bland County, Bluefield, Bluefield Chamber of Commerce, CCC, Chicago, Clear Fork, D-Day, Donna Finger, Eisenhower, Ethal Maison, Exxon Company, Falls Mills, Family/People, FDR, Flordia, Florida, Germany, Grayson County, Grayson Compton, Harriet Kinser, Hazel Starks, Henry Ratliff, Henry Starks, Jane Kinser, Japanese, Jeannine Starks, Johnson, Kennedy, Korean War, Little French Beauty Academy, Margret Luveny Wagner, Mary Starks, Mattiline Starks, Myrtle Starks, Nell Webster, New Deal, Nice Frnce, Nixon, Ohio, Paul Finger, Pearisburg, Pearl Harbor, People's Loan Company, Phyllis Gregory, Pure Oil Company, PWA, Roanoke Fashions, Robert Starks, Ronaoke
Gracie Mae Wagner, Shawvers Mill, South Carolina, Southern Bell Telephone Company, St. Paul's Methodist Church, Stafford Wagner, Tazewell High School, This is an interview with Mattiline Starks about her life., Truman, Tultex, Vietnam, Virginia, Virginia Beach, Watergate., West Virginia, West Virginia Business College, Wiley Robinson Compton, Wilmington, Wolf Creek, WPA, WWII, Wytheville

Tags: 143, 2/5/96, Anderson, Bluefield, Camp Upton, Clarance Hannan, D-Day, Don Bigalow, Europe, Fort Bellvour, Fulton, General Hurtiny Hodges, General Omar Bradley, George Bowling, Germany, Hitler, Japanese, Kentucky, Mussolini, New York, Paraboe, Pearl Harbor, Pennsylvania, President Truman, President Truman., Scotland, This is a summary of World War II with George Bowling., Vicki Wyatt, Virginia, War, West Virginia, Wisconsin, World War II

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

Tags: 0102, 10/26/97, 102, Anthony Rife, Bradshaw, Buchannan County, Carrol's Groceries, Christmas, Easter., Germany, Hitler, Ieager, Japan, Jolo, Knox Creek, Laura Jane Coleman Rife, Longbottom, McDowell County, Mussolini, Navy Seabees, North Gap, Pearl Harbor, Rhode Island, Rocky Gap, Samantha Horne, Sherman Rife, This is an interview with Anthony Rife about his life and experiences in World War II., War, Welch, Whitewood, Woody's, World War II

Tags: 0076, 1/11/95, 76, A.B. Burton, Angle Shott Lumber Company, Bank Building, Biography, Bland County, Bluefield, Buzzi Havens, CC Road, Dinky, Dr. Davidson, Family/People, Germany, Hollybrook School House, Hope Shrader, Huckleberry Myers, Ice House, Jesse Mae White, Maron Radford, Mire Branch, Mrs. Reed, Narrows, Pearisburg, Quin Shelton, Radford School House, Roney Nunn., Rony Nunn, Sawmill, Sugar Run, This is an interview with Huckleberry Myers about his life., Virginia, Virginia Electric Plant, Virginia train, Wolf Creek, Wolf Creek train

Tags: 0070, 4/10/95, 70, Army Reserves, Baghdad, Bland County, Bluefield, Brent Sterns, British, Cobart Towers, Czechslovakia, Dahl Heron, democracy., Egyptians, Fort AP Hill Virginia, Fort Jackson, George Bush, Germany, Iraqi's, Islamic, Kuwait, Mark Wilson, Military Services, MRE's, Muslims, Nigerians, Persian Gulf, Sam Larry, Sam Larry tells what it was like to be in the military services., Saudi Arabia, Saudis, Sergeant Dodson, Siberians, South Carolina, Spain, UPW Camps, Vietnam, War

Tags: 0050, 2/17/97, 50, Army, atom bomb, Battle of the Bulge, Biography, Bland, Bland County, Bluefield, Bluefield Burton, Bluefield Session Door working, Calvin Coolidge, Camp Reynolds, Camp Shanks, Carrol's grocery, CCC, Charles A. Akers, Christmas, Collin's Store, Columbus Lee Akers, Combat infantry, Democrats, Earl Terry Akers, Easter, Ella Lambert, England, Europe, Family/People, Ford, Fort Valvare, Fort Veldare, France, George Patton, Germany, Glass Coast, Grand Ole Opry, Great Depression, Halloween, Helen Morehead, Hitler, Italians., James Bishop, Japenese, Korean War, Laurel, Lone Ranger, Lucille Akers, Luella Akers, Mary Puckett, Matthew Akers, May Lambert, Midwesterners, Mussolini, Nelsey Marie Stowers, New Deal, New York, Pacific, Paso, Pearl Harbor, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, President Eisenhower, President Harding, President Hoover, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Roosevelt, President Truman, PWA, Queen Mary, Republicans, Rocky Gap, Sam Lambert, Sardines Rieland Central Europe, Scotland, stock market crash, Tazewell County, Tea Pot Dome Scandal, This is an interview with Wylie Akers about his life and WWII., United States, Valentine's Day, Vietnam War, Virginia, Walter Eugene Akers, Wanda Stowers, Watergate, West Virginia, WPA, WWI, WWII, Wylie Akers, Yankees