Type: In Memoriam

Frank Buchanan was born in the mountains near Spruce Pine in Mitchell County. At the...

Lawrence Wiseman grew up in the Spear Community in Avery County in a musical family,...

Arval Woody lived in Spruce Pine all of his life, and he worked as a...

Margaret Woody came from a chair-making family. When she retired from a furniture plant in...

Max Woody was born and raised in McDowell County, and worked as a sixth generation...

Kay Wilkins was born and raised in the Plumtree community of Avery County, and she...

Born in Vonore, Tennessee, not far from his later North Carolina home in Robbinsville, Gilford...

Jimmy Wiseman grew up in a musical family in Avery County, and he played in...

Born and raised in Crossnore, Jennie Vance grew up in a large hard-working and music-loving...

Drake Walsh started playing banjo when he was about six or seven years old, and...

John Sturgill was born and raised in Maryland, but his family was from Alleghany County,...