Any of y'all Radford people know my mother in law? She lives in Radford on Preston St. (but lived for many years in a big house on 7th st.) Her name is June Collins and her late husband was Brady Collins. Her younger son (also passed on now) was Bobby Collins who was well known as a featured actor in the "Long Way Home" outdoor drama. just wonderin, since the conversation had turned to Radford... My husband's 1st step-dad also worked for the railroad and Clay says he remembers riding back and forth from Virginia Beach to come visit his grandmother until the family moved back to Radford. He says that they used to get off in Christiansburg because his mama didn't want to have to change trains in Roanoke to get to Radford. Kat On Jan 20, 2008 7:46 AM, Norma Edmonds <nwe@psknet.com> wrote: > I lived on the section of Clement Street on the other side of the > University near the Christian Church. I know Carl Whitt. I think he > was a year behind me in school, but I have two friends (Alice and > Phoebe, also on the Floyd List) who went to school with him and I > believe he was in their class. > > It is 13 degrees here this morning, but sunny. We had 4 or 5 inches of > snow on Thursday and it was predicted that we would get about 2 inches > more yesterday, but that didn't happen. > > > Norma > > > > > John Ford wrote: > > Norma: > > > > My uncle and aunt lived on Clement Street - Jim & Pearl Whitt. They lived > > directly behind "The Mill" (Burlington) where they worked most all their > > lives. Pearl was my mother's sister. She died last fall at 92 years old. We > > had lunch with her at the Senior Center last September. > > > > They had 2 boys - Douglas and Carl. Doug lives in Colorado and Carl owns > > Whitt Photography in Radford (Fairlawn). > > > > My wife went to Radford schools and I went to Montgomery County schools - > > mostly Christiansburg. > > > > It's 6° here now, about 90 miles south of Lake Erie. No snow, but the wind > > is sharp. > > > > John in Ohio > > > > --- > > ********************************** > Note from List Administrator!!! > The Second Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ********************************** > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

My uncle lived on Preston St back in the 70's (Howell) and now my youngere brother also a Howell lives on Preston St. Dorraine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kat Fulcher" <kfulcher55@gmail.com> To: <vafloyd@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 8:52 AM Subject: Re: [VAFLOYD] not genealogy--back to my Ole Virginny home Any of y'all Radford people know my mother in law? She lives in Radford on Preston St. (but lived for many years in a big house on 7th st.) Her name is June Collins and her late husband was Brady Collins. Her younger son (also passed on now) was Bobby Collins who was well known as a featured actor in the "Long Way Home" outdoor drama. just wonderin, since the conversation had turned to Radford... My husband's 1st step-dad also worked for the railroad and Clay says he remembers riding back and forth from Virginia Beach to come visit his grandmother until the family moved back to Radford. He says that they used to get off in Christiansburg because his mama didn't want to have to change trains in Roanoke to get to Radford. Kat On Jan 20, 2008 7:46 AM, Norma Edmonds <nwe@psknet.com> wrote: > I lived on the section of Clement Street on the other side of the > University near the Christian Church. I know Carl Whitt. I think he > was a year behind me in school, but I have two friends (Alice and > Phoebe, also on the Floyd List) who went to school with him and I > believe he was in their class. > > It is 13 degrees here this morning, but sunny. We had 4 or 5 inches of > snow on Thursday and it was predicted that we would get about 2 inches > more yesterday, but that didn't happen. > > > Norma > > > > > John Ford wrote: > > Norma: > > > > My uncle and aunt lived on Clement Street - Jim & Pearl Whitt. They > > lived > > directly behind "The Mill" (Burlington) where they worked most all their > > lives. Pearl was my mother's sister. She died last fall at 92 years > > old. We > > had lunch with her at the Senior Center last September. > > > > They had 2 boys - Douglas and Carl. Doug lives in Colorado and Carl > > owns > > Whitt Photography in Radford (Fairlawn). > > > > My wife went to Radford schools and I went to Montgomery County > > schools - > > mostly Christiansburg. > > > > It's 6° here now, about 90 miles south of Lake Erie. No snow, but the > > wind > > is sharp. > > > > John in Ohio > > > > --- > > ********************************** > Note from List Administrator!!! > The Second Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll > Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us > something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ********************************** > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ********************************** Note from List Administrator!!! The Second Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something about your Brick Wall person. To contact Listowner: Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com ********************************** Search this list's archived messages! http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Kat: I asked Addie about the Collins family, but she doesn't remember them. My foster brother lived for years on Preston Street - Buddy (Delmar Frank) and Virginia Wirt Ford. Virginia claimed to be the meanest woman in Radford, and I believe her. Buddy was a drunk and Virginia told us she was marrying him just to teach him a lesson. I guess she did. Buddy quit drinking. No big surprise. Buddy was a runt and Virginia was at least 6" taller and probably 50 pounds heavier than him. Even in his death she was mean. Poor Buddy was dead, cremated and buried before any of the family knew about it. Last count she's still alive. John in Ohio ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kat Fulcher" <kfulcher55@gmail.com> To: <vafloyd@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 8:52 AM Subject: Re: [VAFLOYD] not genealogy--back to my Ole Virginny home Any of y'all Radford people know my mother in law? She lives in Radford on Preston St. (but lived for many years in a big house on 7th st.) Her name is June Collins and her late husband was Brady Collins. Her younger son (also passed on now) was Bobby Collins who was well known as a featured actor in the "Long Way Home" outdoor drama. just wonderin, since the conversation had turned to Radford... My husband's 1st step-dad also worked for the railroad and Clay says he remembers riding back and forth from Virginia Beach to come visit his grandmother until the family moved back to Radford. He says that they used to get off in Christiansburg because his mama didn't want to have to change trains in Roanoke to get to Radford. Kat