Ralph Myers discusses his connection with Annie Bell Cook and her family, describing their involvement and influence within the Brasstown, North Carolina community, particularly the church. He describes Annie Bell as faithful and industrious and…
Randy Hooper is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Hooper owns Bryson’s Farm Supply where he started working when he was 17 and he discusses the daily…
Ray Pressley is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Born in Sylva and a lifelong resident of Pressley Creek, a road named after his great-grandfather,…
Ressie Dehart is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on April 24, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1914, Dehart remembers her grandparents and extended family members. She recalls living with…
Reverend Charles Lee is interviewed by Conor Miller on June 1, 2016, as part of Mountain People: Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Reverend Charles Lee is pastor of Liberty Baptist Church in Sylva, North Carolina. He discusses…
Reverend Joe Smith (born Joseph Henry Smith) is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on April 29, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1903, Smith’s parents died when he was young and he was raised…
Richard Hurley worked in the mill the summer of 1967, but his association with Champion Fibre Mill dates back to when his parents started working there in the 1920s. Hurley recalls the nearly perfect childhood that he had growing up in Canton.
Rita Hooper is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Hooper describes her life growing up in Mexico and then moving to the United States where she faced…