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…
Erik Watkins is interviewed by Laura Selby on June 2, 2016, as part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Watkins discusses his childhood growing up in Hendersonville, North Carolina and his decision to join the…
Benji Reece is interviewed by Skyler Singleton on May 27, 2016, as part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Reece is a county ranger for the North Carolina Forest Service. He talks about forest service work in…
Anne Bembry is interviewed by Ann Wade on May 25, 2016, as part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Bembry discusses her childhood in Willets, her education, and teaching at Smoky Mountain Elementary and Fairview…
Carolyn Pannell is interviewed by Anne Wade on May 26, 2016, as part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Pannell discusses her experiences in education and what influenced her career choice. She reminisces about…
Anita Coggins is interviewed by Tessa Davis on May 27, 2016, as part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Coggins talks about her childhood memories growing up in Jackson County, N.C. and her motivation for getting…
Brenda Oliver Coates is interviewed by Holly Miller on June 1, 2016, as part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Oliver talks about her early childhood in East Tennessee and her career in nursing including working…
Jane Shipman talks with James Taylor about how Champion Paper Mill shaped the town of Canton and the surrounding area. She remembers with gratitude the role Champion played in her childhood during the war years and beyond. Shipman also recounts the…
Carroll Jones talks about growing up in Canton while his dad worked at Champion Paper and Fibre Company, and then later his experience with Champion including working in Brazil.
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.