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Her grandfather, Joe Frank Young, and his father, Crockett Young, had worked at the Galbreath Springs resort between Mooresburg and Rogersville. Her grandparents were also sharecroppers who lived in Parse Rogers Hollow. Prior to the coming of Cherokee Lake, the Holston River would provide large fish, which Joe Frank would provide, along with vegetables, for the resort. The locals would preserve their fish and make fish head stew with potatoes, onions and turnips. Her grandmother, Delia, would also work at the resort as a maid and laundress. Mary Lee69制片厂制作传媒檚 father, Raymond, and her uncle Bill played music for the hotel dances. Upon Joe Frank69制片厂制作传媒檚 death, his two son-in-laws would tie two canoes together to carry Joe Frank to his burial back across the river. Mary Lee recalls sitting on her grandfather69制片厂制作传媒檚 lap on the porch while he smoked his pipe and told his tales, while her grandmother would set young Mary Lee on her lap and show her the keys to play for a song while the grandmother pumped the organ with her feet. Those lessons would play an important role throughout Mary Lee69制片厂制作传媒檚 life.

the legend of barsha buchanan

She still recalls her mother and grandmother69制片厂制作传媒檚 tales about the local legend of Barsha Buchanan. Barsha was married to a horse trader who was often away and every evening she would have his supper on the table and a lamp in the window to welcome him back home. Her husband would finally leave on a trip and would never return, but for the rest of her life Barsha would set a plate for him on the table and leave the lamp burning in a window.

As a young girl of 10 or 11, Mary Lee69制片厂制作传媒檚 mother Jessie and her sister Mary would help Barsha by bringing in water and cleaning the lamp globes with newspaper, while Barsha would treat the girls with ash cakes and molasses. She recalled that Barsha69制片厂制作传媒檚 fireplace stretched entirely across the wall of her house. At the time, Barsha was dying of cancer and the girls would have to clean up after her. No one really knows what had come of Barsha69制片厂制作传媒檚 husband, but the feeling was that he had met another woman.

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The beginning of Mary Lee69制片厂制作传媒檚 life was full of challenges. World War II had just ended with millions of vets returning home and looking for scarce jobs. At the time of his meeting the former Jessie Ruth Young, Raymond Bell had been working as a sharecropper. Following their marriage they would live in a sharecropper shack, while Raymond69制片厂制作传媒檚 sister and her husband would convert a nearby corncrib into their first home.

Raymond and Jessie would struggle to get by on six-tenths acre of tobacco plowed by their mule 69制片厂制作传媒淩ed,69制片厂制作传媒� and would also sell milk and strawberries to the Pet Milk Company to use in their strawberry ice cream. They would lose their first children who died at birth near Rogers Hollow. Knowing that the birth of their next child would be a difficult one, Jessie was taken to Morristown69制片厂制作传媒檚 Nabor69制片厂制作传媒檚 clinic in 1946 for the delivery. Baby Mary Lee would only weigh 4 pounds at birth. Jessie, along with little Mary Lee would move to her parent69制片厂制作传媒檚 home to recover from the C Section and where Jessie would develop gangrene.

During that time, Raymond had been building the family a home at Buzzard69制片厂制作传媒檚 Roost which was located between Rogersville and St. Clair. The 10-acre tract for the home had been gifted by his mother, while lumber for the house would come from the old Bell home place. Raymond69制片厂制作传媒檚 brother would also build a home in Bingham with part of the lumber. Mary Lee would be 4 months old when she and her mother would return to their Buzzard69制片厂制作传媒檚 Roost home in a Stewart Funeral 69制片厂制作传媒 ambulance.

life in the hollow

Life for young Mary Lee, with no children as neighbors, was spent as a free roaming tomboy. playing alone in the creek and barn. Raymond would hunt and fish to supplement his family69制片厂制作传媒檚 diet.

69制片厂制作传媒淲e had to raise and make do with what we had, but no one else around had anything either,69制片厂制作传媒� Mary Lee would add.

Other families would live in other nearby hollows such as Pare, Crockett and Seals Hollows where they often depended on springs for their water.

Mary Lee would begin her education in the one-room Robertson Creek School where she would soon develop Rheumatic Fever and have to sit out the rest of the year. 69制片厂制作传媒淚 could already read when I started school69制片厂制作传媒�, she would tell.

Told that she would be unable to walk after her recovery, her father would entice her by laying 50 cents on the edge of a dresser that she could have when she could walk over to get it. That worked and Mary Lee was walking in three months. Unable to have vaccinations, she would later contact measles, whooping cough and chicken pox. Heading back to school she would attend St. Clair School through the 8th grade, and with a family move would start in at Whitesburg High School in 1959.

a father69制片厂制作传媒檚 legacy

Knowing that his daughter was musically gifted, Raymond bought a piano from Morristown69制片厂制作传媒檚 Lynn Sheely Company. The last part of the instrument69制片厂制作传媒檚 delivery was so rugged that the piano had to be moved to the house by a mule drawn sled. Mary Lee would teach herself to play the piano. Having been saved at Guthrie69制片厂制作传媒檚 Gap Baptist Church she would become a member of Shady Grove Free Will Baptist Church. Her piano foundation would find her playing at several churches, with the last being at Whitesburg69制片厂制作传媒檚 First Baptist Church where arthritis would rob her of that ability. Along with her church music she would play and sing on the radio and in front of audiences with the Wildwood Band and other established musicians. Performances would include the then regular Rose Center musical show. Her love of music would lead her to write and produce her own CD, 69制片厂制作传媒淒addy and Me69制片厂制作传媒� to honor her father.

lifelong love

Mary Lee would bloom at Whitesburg High School and would smile and tell: 69制片厂制作传媒淚 could knock them dead when I was young!.69制片厂制作传媒� While at a neighboring friend69制片厂制作传媒檚 house her looks would attract Donald Crews. Donald had started his working life at age 14 at the German Creek Boat Dock and had served in the Army until his discharge in 1958. They would be married in 1963 at the end of Mary Lee69制片厂制作传媒檚 junior year in high school and the young couple would first live in a Whitesburg apartment. She would later earn her G.E.D. diploma.

Donald69制片厂制作传媒檚 work would include construction, Gluck and Modern furniture companies, and at Dr. John Kinser69制片厂制作传媒檚 farm in Morristown. Mary Lee and Donald would become the parents of Tim (Melissa), now a radio announcer and excutive; Donita, now a baker and homemaker; and Joseph Lee 69制片厂制作传媒淛odie69制片厂制作传媒� who works at McNeilus Steel Company. Beginning in 1973, Mary Lee would aid the family income in jobs that would include the West Elementary cafeteria, Jack69制片厂制作传媒檚 Restaurant, and Shelby Williams, where an injury would lead to her retirement in 1993. Their children would provide Donald and Mary Lee with grandchildren Kaylee, Heather and Josh, along with great-grandchildren, Verity and Jackson. Mary Lee69制片厂制作传媒檚 beloved Donald would pass away in 2021.

Today Mary Lee stays busy keeping her home spic and span along with spoiling her cat Henry, and cooking meals of dumplings and potato soup for her grandchildren. She has filled her days well.