Al Kelley Interview
Alvis “Al” Kelley’s 2015 interview details his WWII Navy service on Guam, attendance at the Kelley School, and life on the family farm in the Paynes Creek area.
Oral History
Arlie Tobler Interview
A 1999 Burks Fork area interview with Arlie Harman Tobler on preserving, sewing, casket work, farming, and the country store she ran with her husband, Sherman.
Arva Conner Coleman Interview
A lively 2016 interview with Arva Conner Coleman, age 95, on farm life, one-room schools, and enterprise. She believed, “you’ve got to work. Work’s the one thing that has to go on.”
Burnett Marshall Interview
In a 2012 interview, Burnett Marshall (1914-2012) describes WWII U.S. Army Infantry service with the Combat Engineer’s Battalion in the European front.
Carl and Mae Dobbins Interview
In their 2002 interview, Carl Dobbins, Mae Dobbins, and Iva Bower describe their life on the river at the Dobbins home in Floyd County.
Dale Belcher Interview
2017 oral history interview with Dale Belcher, Floyd preacher and former assistant to photographer Earl Palmer, part of the Community and Neighborhood interview series.
Dorsey and Louise Thompson Interview
The Thompsons’ 2002 interview reflects a love of place and family, and a lifetime of beef cattle farming along the Little River.
Earl Moles Interview
Earl Moles provides a richly detailed (2000) Buffalo Mountain interview on area music, hunting, butchering, logging, games, preserving, country stores, and horse training.
Effie King Brown Interview
2006 interview with long-time Locust Grove resident, Effie King Brown, on known migrations in and out of Floyd County, Virginia.
Floydiana: Archive of the Serial Online Book, 2013-2017
Compilation about Floyd County, Virginia, including numerous local oral history interviews, which was produced by Randall A. Wells between 2013 and 2017.
George Shelor Interview
George Shelor provides a rich occupational and work themed interview (2000) with a detailed, place-based, family history of farm skills and enterprise.
Harless and Blanche Wood Interview
In a 2000 interview focused on work themes, Harless and Blanche Wood speak of everyday rural life through the decades, from self-sufficiency on the land to later work with the National Park Service.
Harley Rush Alderman Interview
Mr. and Mrs. Alderman’s 2001 interview tells of farm, family, and work life in the Buffalo Mt. area with descriptions of music, recreation activities, and church.
Joe and Nadine Rutrough Interview
A 1999 interview at the Rutrough home. The couple relate stories of local history, early medical practice, rural, recreational, and home life, Buffalo Mt. area, Willis.
Laurence Wood Interview
Laurence Wood’s 2013 interview details his WWII service in Panama where, learning by observing others, he became an airplane mechanic advancing to crew chief.
Lucille Nolen Interview
In this 2014 interview, Lucille Nolen tells of wartime experiences at home and her long career as a seamstress.
Marie Gallimore Interview
Marie Vaughn Gallimore’s 2001 interview holds details on WGFC Radio station history and family life in the Burks Fork area of Floyd County, Virginia.
Nola Albert Interview
Nola Albert’s 2006 interview about observational and personal knowledge of migration in and out of Floyd County, generational migration, and changes in town.
Orland Phillips Interview
A WWII-era, 2010 oral history with Orland Phillips of Indian Valley, Virginia. He was drafted prior to Pearl Harbor and served four years, seven months as an Army machinist in the South Pacific.
Roger Shortt Interview
In this 2011 interview, Roger Shortt describes WWII service overseas in detail as he repaired bridges on the Rhine.
Sunny Bernardine Interview
Sunny Bernardine’s 2009 interview centered on the Depression and WWII, her work as a welder, and her time as a USO dancer. She notes changes in women’s roles, mentioning icon “Rosie the Riveter” as an example.
Tom Franko Interview
Tom Franko, originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, came to Floyd as a founding member of the Zephyr community. He relates his experiences in this 2018 interview.