SHAME!!shame!! I am not ashamed and never will be ashamed of were I was born and raised and never will be ashamed of my background or roots. I am not from sw-va but just a few miles from pound va a little town called wheelwriht Ky. but both my parents being from the Appalachia va area.and all my aunts and uncles and cousins. neither side of my family were rich or had great amounts of land. they were simple people but proud people hard working coal miners and loggers but not rich. I now live in middle TN a town called Cookeville. But I am proud to tell people were I am from and were my parents are from. Just remember that the people from the sw-va and Eastern Ky area are the backbone of this great nation of ours . I love this site. but I must admit that the one thing that gets under my skin the most is people putting my part of the country down. that is my home and I will take up for it and my people there at all cost. -----Original Message----- From: Paul Griffith <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, February 18, 1999 3:34 PM Subject: [VAWISE-L] ref white trash >My father was born in Appalachia, Wise County, Va. and told my mother he >was born in Bristol. He told my step mother he was born in Richmond. She >had a copy of his birth certificate which plainly gave the residence of >the parents and doctor as Wise County. I guess she just didn't look >close enough. He had a huge ego and I am sure, once he got away from >there and into the world, that he was ashamed to tell people where he >was from. > > >==== VAWISE Mailing List ==== >Please post your family lines to the list perodically, so that newcomers know who is on the list. >[email protected] Phyllis Morefield > >