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spencergreelymaggie.jpg957 viewsIsaac Greeley and Maggie Sturgill Spencer.
Uncle Blake said this picture was made before they were married.
Courtesy of Eleanor Jo Cox ejcox@naxs.com
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BUCKSDRIVEINCRUISEIN062.jpg957 viewsGEORGE FRENCH AND FRIENDS WITH HIS '49 FORD AT THE CAR NUT'S CRUISE IN AT BUCK'S DRIVE IN.
SALTVILLE, VA. / AUGUST 5, 2006. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Worth, David957 viewsThis is an apparent circa 1865 image of David Worth, of Creston, Ashe County, NC who was born in 1801 and died in 1888.
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benblevins.jpg956 viewsBen H. Blevins
MARION – Elder Ben H. Blevins, age 83, died Sunday,
March 12, 2006, at Smyth County Community Hospital.
He was born Oct. 18, 1922, in Crumpler, W.Va., the
seventh of 14 children born to the late Elder Hugh M.
Blevins Sr. and Lelia Perry Blevins. He was also
preceded in death by one grandchild, Julie Blevins
Whitt, this past December.
In 1958, he and his brother-in-law, Blaine Dancy,
opened Marion Alignment Service, which he owned and
operated until his retirement in 1984. He was a
minister, pastoring Hopkins View Primitive Baptist
Church for 32 years. He also pastored Zion Primitive
Baptist Church, near Sparta, N.C., along with Mulberry
and Cross Roads Primitive Baptist Churches in Wilkes
County, N.C. and New Garden Primitive Baptist Church
in Honaker. He was a World War II U.S. Army veteran
and front line soldier, landing at Normandy, and
fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He was wounded in
action at the battle for the Remagen Bridge, when the
American forces had to temporarily pull back. He and
another soldier stayed behind to dig children out of a
bombed orphanage.
Survivors include his wife of 59 years, Violet Dancy
Blevins; four sons, Larry and wife Frankie Blevins,
Don and wife Pat Blevins, Alan J. and wife Debbie
Blevins and Greg and wife Kim Blevins, all of Marion;
one brother, Elder Hugh M. Blevins Jr. of Auburndale,
Fla.; eight grandchildren, Jill Blevins Tanner and
husband Russ, of Roanoke and Benjamin R. Blevins and
wife Amy, Jordon Blevins, Joel Blevins, Zachary
Blevins, Andy Blevins, John Blevins and Lynsey
Blevins, all of Marion; and six great-grandchildren,
Jonah, Isaiah and Ethan Blevins and Erin, Devon and
Laura Tanner.
The family wishes to thank the residents and staff of
Francis Marion Manor Nursing Home, staff of Smyth
County Community Hospital and his special friend and
caregiver, Shelia Russell of Marion.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, March 15,
2006, at 8 p.m. at Seaver-Brown Chapel, with Elders
Danny Smith, Willie Branch and Eddie Lyle officiating.
The family will receive friends Wednesday from 5 p.m.
until the time of the service at Seaver-Brown Chapel.
A graveside service will be held Thursday, March 16,
2006, at the Thomas Cemetery, Marion, at 11 a.m.,
where military rites will be conducted by Francis
Marion VFW Post 4667. Expressions of sympathy may be
made to the family at www.seaverbrown.com.
Seaver-Brown Funeral Service and Crematory is serving
the Blevins family.
Published in the Bristol Herald Courier on 3/14/2006.
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richardsonhomeplace.bmp956 viewsThis is the Richardson family homeplace. On the right side, the man holding the baby is Luther Richardson. Behind him on the porch is Bertha Richardson, the two children beside them are my grandmother, Edna Sexton RIchardson and her brother Wade Richardson. I am not certain on the others in the picture, but if i can find more info I will let you know. My grandmother was born in 1914, I would say she is around 5 in this picture, so ballpark, taken around 1919, 1920. Courtesy of Amber amberbeth@gmail.com
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Pulaski - Main Street Looking East956 viewsThis is from a 1907 postcard.
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Saltville - Deer Hunt956 viewsThis photo dates from 1947.
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nuckollscb~0.jpg955 viewsBorn at Gambetta, Carroll County, VA on May 15, 1866. Attended school at Woodlawn, and Baltimore Medical College. Practiced medicine in Hillsville. Photo ca. 1922.
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EastMainandEasyStreets4.jpg955 viewsHere Is a Picture I Have Had since the Late 60's. It Was Given to Me by My Neighbor on E. Main Street. Benita and I Were Living in the Little Apartment We Built at 600 E. Main. Our Neighbor, Miss Lula Shannon, Came over One Day and Gave Me the Pictures. She Knew I Liked Old Pictures. I Had Grown up Beside the Shannons next Door at What Is Now 602 E. Main. The Shannons, Lula and Her Brother C. Douglas, Were Never Married. She Was a School Teacher...I Had Her in the Fourth Grade...And He Worked in the Office at Olin.
Doug Passed Away in 1970 at the Age of 79. Miss Lula Was Born Aug. 20, 1889 and Passed Away on Jan. 5, 1971 at the Age of 81. They Are Buried in the Elizabeth Cemetery.
Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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100_1568.jpg955 viewsPhoto April 16, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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unknown1.jpg955 viewsThis photo came from a collection of Osborne photographs from Cabin Creek, Grayson County, VA.
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Hillsville - Farm Scene955 viewsThis 1930s post card shows a cattle operation near Hillsville.
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