In Memoriam – Page 5 – Blue Ridge National Heritage Area

Jim and Jennie Vance

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...

Banjo picker Luin Wilford Lambert, Jr., was born in 1926, in the Summers community of...

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

Mac Snow, one of eleven children of Garfield Snow and Pearl Ward, was born in...

Betty Smith, one of Madison County's best-known musicians for over two decades, was born in...

The daughter of Elsie and Leroy Rattler and granddaughter of Morgan and Bertha Rattler and...

Archie Powers grew up in Ashe County where he learned to make fiddles from legendary...

Lena Jean Ray grew up surrounded by some of the most acclaimed musicians of the...

Long-time Transylvania County resident Lyle Reedy first became interested in building fiddles when he moved...

Howard Padgett was born into a musical family in Rutherford County in 1930. He grew...

The Mills-Mosseller Studio operated from 1926 through the 2010's. Master rug maker, Ronald Mosseller, was...