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New River Notes Photo Gallery

A Collection of historic and current photos mostly covering the upper New River area of southwestern Virginia and northwestern North Carolina.


Most viewed - New River Valley People
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Jennings, Pat696 viewsFrom Marion, Pat Jennings was congressman from the 9th Congressional District when this postcard was mailed in 1966.
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hicks7.jpg695 viewsCourtesy of Thom Houk.
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greevervirginia.jpg695 viewsVirginia Holmes Greever, born October 8, 1873 in Chilhowie, Smyth County, VA to General James S. Greever and Mary Scott Greever. Married to Edgar Lee Greever of Tazewell County, VA. Died on March 6, 1935 in Tazewell and buried in the Maple Shade Cemetery in Tazewell County, VA.
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houk1.jpg694 viewsCourtesy of Thom Houk.
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spencerblake3.jpg694 viewsThese are children of William Troy & Cynthia Alice Osborne Spencer. Courtesy of Bryan Spencer.
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HelenBlevins.jpg694 viewsDaughter of Calvin Blevins and Etta Hopkins. Photo courtesy of John Shumate theshumates@comcast.net
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hicks13.jpg693 viewsCourtesy of Thom Houk.
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spencerwmchildren1940.jpg693 viewsl to r: Bud, Cicero, Emory, Jason, and Lula. These are the children of William and Alie Weaver Spencer who were alive in 1940.

Courtesy of Eleanor Jo Cox ejcox@naxs.com
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phippsevalee.jpg692 viewsMrs. Eva Lee Cox Phipps is shown here teaching English at Virginia Carolina in 1965. She and her husband, Joe X Phipps, lived at Mouth of Wilson.
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minnieanderson~0.jpg692 viewsMinnie Elvira Anderson with her second husband, Charlie Deathridge (sp?), and her son Gale from a prior relationship. Minnie is my great-grandmother, Papaw James Virgil Anderson's mother. Uncle Gale is 90 years old and still living in the Smyth County area. Picture from Lena Anderson Osborne.

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Singleton, Fred692 viewsFRED SINGLETON / SALTVILLE, VA. / APRIL 29, 2007. Couresy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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