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JOHN WILSON JUNIOR:Novel of the Northwestern Virginia Panhandle: Book 4
JOHN WILSON JUNIOR:Novel of the Northwestern Virginia Panhandle: Book 4
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I was born May 14th, 1931, on a farm 4
miles west of the little town of Floyd,
Virgina, in the mountains of southwest
Virginia. I graduated from Floyd High
School in May of 1947, second from the top in a class of 52 seniors.
We farmed without the benefi t of any type of modern equipment, using teams of horses, and had no electricity or running water in the house. We did have a telephone mounted on the wall, that had a crank on itâs side which was used to ring the local operator, and about the time I began school, we got a battery-powered radio. Itâs the truth, my older brother and I walked 1 1/2 miles to catch a school bus.
When my older brother graduated, he left home to go work in the West
Virginia coal fi elds, and a year later I followed him. I left the coal fi elds to work for a General Contractor who at that time, was building roads but later became involved with strip mining in southwest Virginia, near Kentucky.
Then I received my draft notice but elected to enlist and served in the Air
Force during the Korean War.
In 1964, I began a career in Textiles and Garment Manufacturing. When
I retired at the end of December, 2008, I was the Director of Import and
Exports for a large Textile company, and had lived in Spartanburg, S.C. for
26 years. We bought a home in Mt. Carmel, Tennessee, to be near my wifeâs family who all live in east Tennessee
miles west of the little town of Floyd,
Virgina, in the mountains of southwest
Virginia. I graduated from Floyd High
School in May of 1947, second from the top in a class of 52 seniors.
We farmed without the benefi t of any type of modern equipment, using teams of horses, and had no electricity or running water in the house. We did have a telephone mounted on the wall, that had a crank on itâs side which was used to ring the local operator, and about the time I began school, we got a battery-powered radio. Itâs the truth, my older brother and I walked 1 1/2 miles to catch a school bus.
When my older brother graduated, he left home to go work in the West
Virginia coal fi elds, and a year later I followed him. I left the coal fi elds to work for a General Contractor who at that time, was building roads but later became involved with strip mining in southwest Virginia, near Kentucky.
Then I received my draft notice but elected to enlist and served in the Air
Force during the Korean War.
In 1964, I began a career in Textiles and Garment Manufacturing. When
I retired at the end of December, 2008, I was the Director of Import and
Exports for a large Textile company, and had lived in Spartanburg, S.C. for
26 years. We bought a home in Mt. Carmel, Tennessee, to be near my wifeâs family who all live in east Tennessee
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