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Sample Past Posts
- Remembering the Schoolhouse(s) Known as “Bell Ridge” in the Morrison City area of North Kingsport, Tennessee January 31, 2020
- A Song of Unity from Long Ago August 19, 2019
- Beautiful Hills of Home August 16, 2019
- When Your Family Tree Becomes All Hung Up July 22, 2019
- “The Storms are on the Ocean” as a Metaphor for Homesickness June 15, 2019
- “Excuse Me, May I Look Inside Your Biscuit?” May 3, 2019
Top Posts & Pages
- A Barony in the Mountains of Southwest Virginia
- Remembering Vacation Bible School in the '60s and '70s
- The Flood of 1977
- Disappearing Towns: Morrison City
- Robert Sayers Sheffey, Mountain Preacher and Man of Prayer
- A Sunny Day in Sharon Springs
- A Conversation that didn't Go Well
- History of a Part of Weber City, Virginia
- Places I've Lived: Paint Lick, VA
- Ode to Soup Beans and Corn Bread
Category Archives: Family Stories
Labor Day: Celebration of Working People
As flags go up around the town where I’m living in 2018 in Georgia, I can’t help but reflect on the people who raised me and the work ethic they exhibited. Labor Day is a good excuse to celebrate them. … Continue reading →
Posted in Family Stories, History, Industry, Kingsport
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Tagged education, family, farm, garden, grandfather, Grandparent, holston river, Kingsport, Kingsport Tennessee, Mammaw, memories, Morrison Chapel, Morrison City, pappaw, Plant, tobacco
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The Woman Who Stabbed Her Brother and Packed It Off On Her Husband
Papaw Scott tried to warn me. He said, “if you keep poking around up the family tree, you might find something you don’t want to know.” Which, can I be honest? It just made me poke around all the more. … Continue reading →
Posted in Family Stories, History, Uncategorized
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Tagged ancestry, appalachia, Fairview, Missouri, Robinett family, Scott County, Scott family, sibling rivalry, Southwest Virginia, Speers Ferry, Virginia
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A Trip to Old Salem
Moravians are a small denomination of Christians from the pietistic tradition who began as a protestant group in and around Bohemia and Moravia in Europe (specifically in modern day Czech Republic). Founded around 1457, they, of course, were met with … Continue reading →
Posted in Family Stories, Uncategorized
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Tagged California Gold Rush, church history, family history, john wesley, moravians, North Carolina
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Can We All Just Get Along? A Consideration of Race and Human Relations from an Appalchian Perspective
I was once accused by a supervisor of “having a thing for black people.” Apparently, in his mind, that was a sin, and I was guilty since I was attending seminary at Duke and thought his racist remarks were out … Continue reading →
Posted in Family Stories, History, Opinion
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Tagged American, ancestry, Appalachian, black lives matter, darlene wilson, dna tests, heterogeneous, Melungeon, mountain, origin, race, racial profiling, racism, roots, togetherness
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Life After 50
I read the other day that only a couple generations ago, it was not unusual for lifespans to go just a little past 60. That makes the subject of this post all the more interesting. My family does interesting things … Continue reading →
Posted in Family Stories, Uncategorized
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Tagged blood pressure, children, CrossFit, education, family, Health, Kingsport, mother, renewal, sisters, turning 50, weightloss
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