Thank you, sir, for your service to our great country! 🇺🇸❣️ I could listen to these elders talk all day. I grew up in Apison, TN., where we were all so broke, we couldn’t pay attention. 😉
Poor as a Church mouse, yeah that was our family for sure, ): . My father only had one good hand, (accident when he was two years old) but he still managed to support a wife and nine children ( 12 children all together, my parents took in 3 homeless children) on our poor little farm. I believe hard times are what shapes a person, in most cases.
Poor as church mouse BUT nothing to complain about!!! The good old days, when people had little of materialistic things but a wealth of values and ethics and richness of life that no money can buy.
Love hearing older folks telling about their younger years. My grandpa graduated from high school and he could basically build anything using his hands. He was a truck driver for East Tennessee & western north carilina transportation company out of Johnson city,tn. Wish that I had sat down in the 1980's and video recorded grandpa lester jones asking him questions about his childhood and our family history. Granny blanche (loudy) jones did give me some papers about grandpa lester Jones family which his sister Blanche ( jones) Anderson had written down about their parents,grandparents and great grandparents families.
I love talking to older folks...of which I'm becoming one. I have been an RN for 30 years and I have had the pleasure of talking to many who were so joyous in sharing their memories. Even when I didn't understand all the nuances of their life, where they had been, who they have known or how many they had influenced; they would just light up at someone just listening to them. The changes on people's face as they story tell is like watching a wooly worm become a butterfly. Such a blessing to me.
Only one complaint - this video wasn’t long enough. *Please, please* revisit this amazing gentleman and veteran, so we can all get to know him better!!
What a wonderful video. Thank you for sharing. Southern people are the best. I love the stories. I just watched Ms. Evelyn video as well. Such a beautiful family. Thank you and God Bless. Hello from Michigan.
I’ve been in long term health care for over 20 yrs because of wonderful people like Mr. Bill. They all have lived the most interesting lives and just want someone to listen as they relive their great past adventures ❤️❤️
@@CelebratingAppalachia could you do some interviews with locals from your area who may have has some encounters with seeing cryptid creatures in your tri County areas of northwest ga,qestern nc & eastern tn. The carter family (Janice Carter) who lived nearby Cleveland,tn had cryptic activity on their farm from the 1970's until present day time. My cousin Michael Davis grandpa was cherokee Indian. He has told me that he saw bigfoots on several occasions as a young boy on the cherokee reservation.
I’ve been reviewing the videos that I’ve watched and every time I the listen to the interviews from the locals, I take away something new! I enjoy listening to Paul conduct an interview! 😊🇨🇦
My ears perked up when he mentioned Beaumont Texas! My family is from Beaumont... I was born there. I still live in the general area. Loved the interview.
We have been sitting here on the porch swing listening to Mr.Bill Yonce's story ... Thank you Mr.Bill for sharing and thank you for all your military service . What an amazing life . We can sorta relate some as our son Devin joined the Air Force not long after he graduated high school , and made a career out of it as a firefighter now retired serving as a civilian worker on a Army Post .... we will never forget the first letter he sent home from basic training ..said " Mom , I think I made a big mistake " :) he perserved though. Also my mom worked at a radio station as a copywriter when we were young . So we so enjoyed listening to your story and your heart about all you had to share ... ❤️ Our son went to Saudi Arabia and Guam many other places too.
This video sure reminded me of my uncle's Burt and Kenneth. I can remember sitting around on a Sunday afternoon after dinner and listening to them and my daddy Paul reminisce about days gone by. I liked it then and I still like it now. Thank you for this kick-start to my memories of them and those days I miss till this day.
Mr. Bill Yonce has an interesting, multi-faceted history, but my real take-away from this interview was learning that talented guitar picker and singer Paul Pressley (of the delightful Pressley Family Band) is a school principal.
Mr. Bill Yonce.. I remember well.. Listening to the "Voice of the mountains' since the 70's till Mr. Yonce retired.. "Party Line' was were you could buy, Sell, Trade just about anything.. And the conversations Bill had with 10's of thousands of caller's were the best! Practically everyone I knew would tune in.. Construction sites, Homes, Automobiles.. And The Wilson Brothers! Wow, Their singing was unmatched! Harmony only they could do! Loved them guys! Sure do miss you Bill! Thank you for your service 🇺🇸 RIP Sir .. Your interview with Bill was fabulous! Thank you sir!
I so enjoyed the interview with Bill, he's a breathe of fresh air. I could sit down with him and never get bored listening to his life. He has seen so many things change for the better through his eye's.
Very interesting listening to his history in the air force. I am sure he has so very more interesting things to tell of his service years. Sounds like he has led an exciting life. What a beautiful location where this is filmed. Tipper you and PAUL make a great interview team. Deb
I grew up with Warden Herman Davis from Brushy Mountain playing a role as a kind grandpa. I learned that people can have many channels they employ to survive...and sometimes ya gonna kick yourself to make sure the picture you’re sending people is clear. Always be honest and with integrity and life will unfold as easy as a beginner seamstresses hemline.
I need to take a weeks vacation and travel to murphy,nc to do some genealogy research on my huskins,conrads,Littlejohn, plott/bott and schell/shell families who lived over in that part of Western nc up into the mid 1700's until the huskins migrated over the mountains to settle in upper northeast region of Tennessee around erwin area in Unicoi County. My grandma Bonnie (yates) Denton her mom was a huskins.
We were relatively poor too, back in the 60's, but some of that was by choice, as my parents made the decision for my mom to be a homemaker rather than work. But it helped that my parents were smart with money and pretty frugal, and often bought used things, plus my mom got our clothes at garage sales or thrift stores and even made some for us. My dad was career Air Force and retired in 67, so it was interesting to hear Bill's story. I also spent 4 years in the AF, as did my kid brother and my nephew. My parents taught me the value of a dollar and that they don't grow on trees, and I had a job since I was 13 or 14 delivering papers, many times with snow on the ground or raining cats and dogs for a penny a paper. They taught me to save, too, so I was blessed by them in that way and many others. My wife's father was career AF as well and so we were both AF "brats" as they say. He kept a part time job too, but they had 4 kids to feed and clothe, whereas my parents had only us two boys. Plus, homes were a LOT less expensive back then! Good show! BTW and if you don't mind me asking, is Paul your big brother or is he younger than you, Tipper?
Was Bill's wife Kaye Lunsford? Kaye Lunsford a sister-in-law of my third cousin.Was the Miss Dean Bill talks about Lolita A Dean? Lolita Dean was the stepdaughter of Daddy's 1st cousin Lessie Ammons. Lolita Dean was a real Appalachian character. John Parris wrote about her is 1975. I never knew of her until I was grown. We were working in Rabun County Ga. and drove every day. We took Burningtown Road instead of Highway 28 because it was shorter and straighter. There was one place along the road we had to be really careful though. There was a house and pasture on one side of the road and a barn and more pastures on the other. There had been a fence down the roadside but it hadn't been kept up so there was always the likelihood of animals in the road. All kinds of animals. I remember seeing turkeys, geese, guineas, peacocks, donkeys, mules, horses, cows, rabbits and of course dogs and cats. And they wandered at will, back and forth across the road. They paid you no mind and often laid right down in the road. If you yelled at them or blew the horn this wild looking old lady would come out of the house with her broom yelling at you not them as if they had the right of way. Looking back it is all kind of comical but at the time and not knowing who she was it, was all too serious. You know there is always a connection. No matter who they are, if they have been in Southwestern North Carolina for any length of time, one can find a kinship either by blood or by marriage. Not that it couldn't be done elsewhere but knowing who is kin and how is part of our culture. You know what else! If all our people would take ownership of our culture and be proud of it, we would become known as the elite instead of the downtrodden.
Papaw-I'll have to find out and let you know! What an interesting person Lolita sounds like! I'll have to look for the piece from John Parris about her.
Intriguing.......Paul is a school teacher huh. Funny that because the Wilsons from our region are known to be school teachers church leaders and general educators whether that be with animals or humans. We are world leaders in the thoroughbred racing industry due to having adopted the best breeding stock out of Kentucky approx 40 years ago. They race for sums of 15 to 20 million in the big races here in Aust/NZ and the Wilsons feature hugely in that industry. My teacher was Mr Glen Wilson who was a descendant of the original legendary John Alexander Wilson of the Church missionary org from England in 1840 who was tasked to educate the wild maori tribes of NZ. He wrote a book of prose entitled "Te Waharoa" which is an insight into how he became that legend of early NZ. It is available on line and I would suggest you are probably kin. I was honoured to be taught by his descendant. I am an economist by degree. Blessings Ms Tipper and Paul. You guys have the same teaching qualities about yourselves. Blessings Ms. In this regard the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree.
He mentioned the name Leary and there still is a family member still in the military now. I don't know if that can be of any help to get the benefits that are owed to him .
Oops! If I don't make this correction, I'll get detention for sure. Even though school principal Paul WILSON is a talented member of the Pressley Family Band, his name isn't Pressley. Sorry, Paul. I know better.
Thank you, sir, for your service to our great country! 🇺🇸❣️
I could listen to these elders talk all day.
I grew up in Apison, TN., where we were all so broke, we couldn’t pay attention. 😉
I could sit and listen to stories like this all day.
Rick-thank you! I'm glad you liked the video!
Poor as a Church mouse, yeah that was our family for sure, ): . My father only had one good hand, (accident when he was two years old) but he still managed to support a wife and nine children ( 12 children all together, my parents took in 3 homeless children) on our poor little farm. I believe hard times are what shapes a person, in most cases.
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Poor as church mouse BUT nothing to complain about!!! The good old days, when people had little of materialistic things but a wealth of values and ethics and richness of life that no money can buy.
Mr Yonce is a world of knowledge. I love hear the old timers tell their stories.
Love hearing older folks telling about their younger years. My grandpa graduated from high school and he could basically build anything using his hands. He was a truck driver for East Tennessee & western north carilina transportation company out of Johnson city,tn. Wish that I had sat down in the 1980's and video recorded grandpa lester jones asking him questions about his childhood and our family history. Granny blanche (loudy) jones did give me some papers about grandpa lester Jones family which his sister Blanche ( jones) Anderson had written down about their parents,grandparents and great grandparents families.
“Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.”
Norman Vincent Peale
I love to listen to the elders speak about their lives. Thanks!
Bless him, Lord! Thank you for your service, sir.
I love talking to older folks...of which I'm becoming one. I have been an RN for 30 years and I have had the pleasure of talking to many who were so joyous in sharing their memories. Even when I didn't understand all the nuances of their life, where they had been, who they have known or how many they had influenced; they would just light up at someone just listening to them. The changes on people's face as they story tell is like watching a wooly worm become a butterfly. Such a blessing to me.
Only one complaint - this video wasn’t long enough. *Please, please* revisit this amazing gentleman and veteran, so we can all get to know him better!!
What a wonderful video. Thank you for sharing. Southern people are the best. I love the stories. I just watched Ms. Evelyn video as well. Such a beautiful family. Thank you and God Bless. Hello from Michigan.
Saving history... We need more documentaries like this!
I’ve been in long term health care for over 20 yrs because of wonderful people like Mr. Bill. They all have lived the most interesting lives and just want someone to listen as they relive their great past adventures ❤️❤️
Paul opened the floodgates 13 seconds in and look out. Bill is a talker, WKRK's listening area was lucky to have him.
Wonderful interview, he sure had a colorful life filled with lots of different careers! I have really enjoyed listening!
Thank you for watching!
@@CelebratingAppalachia could you do some interviews with locals from your area who may have has some encounters with seeing cryptid creatures in your tri County areas of northwest ga,qestern nc & eastern tn. The carter family (Janice Carter) who lived nearby Cleveland,tn had cryptic activity on their farm from the 1970's until present day time.
My cousin Michael Davis grandpa was cherokee Indian. He has told me that he saw bigfoots on several occasions as a young boy on the cherokee reservation.
Thank him for his service to our country. So much wisdom for us today!
Never judge a book by its cover !!!! Wealth of knowledge!
Robert-so glad you enjoyed the video!
What an amazing life history/story, love it !!!! Thanks for sharing.
Wow! What a testimony from a service Man. God bless America!
I’ve been reviewing the videos that I’ve watched and every time I the listen to the interviews from the locals, I take away something new! I enjoy listening to Paul conduct an interview! 😊🇨🇦
My ears perked up when he mentioned Beaumont Texas! My family is from Beaumont... I was born there. I still live in the general area. Loved the interview.
Father in law was an Army Air Corps pilot in WWII. They taught him to fly. He went to NM as well for his training.
We have been sitting here on the porch swing listening to Mr.Bill Yonce's story ... Thank you Mr.Bill for sharing and thank you for all your military service . What an amazing life . We can sorta relate some as our son Devin joined the Air Force not long after he graduated high school , and made a career out of it as a firefighter now retired serving as a civilian worker on a Army Post .... we will never forget the first letter he sent home from basic training ..said " Mom , I think I made a big mistake " :) he perserved though. Also my mom worked at a radio station as a copywriter when we were young . So we so enjoyed listening to your story and your heart about all you had to share ... ❤️ Our son went to Saudi Arabia and Guam many other places too.
Susie-thank you for watching! So neat that you have so much in common with Bill!
This video sure reminded me of my uncle's Burt and Kenneth. I can remember sitting around on a Sunday afternoon after dinner and listening to them and my daddy Paul reminisce about days gone by. I liked it then and I still like it now. Thank you for this kick-start to my memories of them and those days I miss till this day.
I wish I grew up in this area and knew people like this🙂
Mr. Bill Yonce has an interesting, multi-faceted history, but my real take-away from this interview was learning that talented guitar picker and singer Paul Pressley (of the delightful Pressley Family Band) is a school principal.
Me too. The things we learn if we sit and listen.
Hey Paul, gee I enjoyed that sweet man's story, what a fine person he is!!
Very good people God bless y'all
Mr. Bill Yonce.. I remember well.. Listening to the "Voice of the mountains' since the 70's till Mr. Yonce retired.. "Party Line' was were you could buy, Sell, Trade just about anything.. And the conversations Bill had with 10's of thousands of caller's were the best! Practically everyone I knew would tune in.. Construction sites, Homes, Automobiles.. And The Wilson Brothers! Wow, Their singing was unmatched! Harmony only they could do! Loved them guys! Sure do miss you Bill! Thank you for your service 🇺🇸 RIP Sir .. Your interview with Bill was fabulous! Thank you sir!
So glad you enjoyed it!
Your brother Paul is a very good interviewer. Enjoyed thanks
Nice to see Paul's face. Usually see him from the side when he plays. Such an interesting interview! Such s full life!
Glad you enjoyed it! 😀
Love these videos, like talking with my family. Keep em coming please
I so enjoyed the interview with Bill, he's a breathe of fresh air. I could sit down with him and never get bored listening to his life. He has seen so many things change for the better through his eye's.
Very interesting listening to his history in the air force. I am sure he has so very more interesting things to tell of his service years.
Sounds like he has led an exciting life.
What a beautiful location where this is filmed.
Tipper you and PAUL make a great interview team.
Deb
Debbie-thank you!!
Your beautiful daughters have your wonderful smile 🙏🏻 👍🏻👍🏻
Nantahala was a beautiful river to paddle. I was there in the late 80's. I sure hope it looks the same. Gorgeous!
Wonderful video, so interesting.
Paul-thank you for watching it!! I'm glad you enjoyed meeting Bill.
I grew up with Warden Herman Davis from Brushy Mountain playing a role as a kind grandpa. I learned that people can have many channels they employ to survive...and sometimes ya gonna kick yourself to make sure the picture you’re sending people is clear. Always be honest and with integrity and life will unfold as easy as a beginner seamstresses hemline.
I was born as poor as church mouse in Canada. Lots of love,canning and belief in doing right from wrong. Just how things were. ❤❤
I need to take a weeks vacation and travel to murphy,nc to do some genealogy research on my huskins,conrads,Littlejohn, plott/bott and schell/shell families who lived over in that part of Western nc up into the mid 1700's until the huskins migrated over the mountains to settle in upper northeast region of Tennessee around erwin area in Unicoi County. My grandma Bonnie (yates) Denton her mom was a huskins.
I miss hearing Bill on WKRK.
Me too! Thanks for watching 😀
We have heard "a fly on the wall" "like a duck on a Junebug"
Bless his Heart
Very interesting fella, I love hearing about a well lived life.
Lol......that was one of my mom's favorite sayings.....poor as a church mouse.
Honor all who serve the USA. ❤️
We were relatively poor too, back in the 60's, but some of that was by choice, as my parents made the decision for my mom to be a homemaker rather than work. But it helped that my parents were smart with money and pretty frugal, and often bought used things, plus my mom got our clothes at garage sales or thrift stores and even made some for us.
My dad was career Air Force and retired in 67, so it was interesting to hear Bill's story. I also spent 4 years in the AF, as did my kid brother and my nephew.
My parents taught me the value of a dollar and that they don't grow on trees, and I had a job since I was 13 or 14 delivering papers, many times with snow on the ground or raining cats and dogs for a penny a paper. They taught me to save, too, so I was blessed by them in that way and many others.
My wife's father was career AF as well and so we were both AF "brats" as they say. He kept a part time job too, but they had 4 kids to feed and clothe, whereas my parents had only us two boys. Plus, homes were a LOT less expensive back then!
Good show! BTW and if you don't mind me asking, is Paul your big brother or is he younger than you, Tipper?
Thank you for sharing-and for your service!! Paul is my younger brother 😀
Kind of interesting to hear his stories about the nuclear testing, a couple of weeks after I saw the movie Oppenheimer. I was also in the service.
Thank you for your service!!
Was Bill's wife Kaye Lunsford? Kaye Lunsford a sister-in-law of my third cousin.Was the Miss Dean Bill talks about Lolita A Dean? Lolita Dean was the stepdaughter of Daddy's 1st cousin Lessie Ammons. Lolita Dean was a real Appalachian character. John Parris wrote about her is 1975. I never knew of her until I was grown. We were working in Rabun County Ga. and drove every day. We took Burningtown Road instead of Highway 28 because it was shorter and straighter. There was one place along the road we had to be really careful though. There was a house and pasture on one side of the road and a barn and more pastures on the other. There had been a fence down the roadside but it hadn't been kept up so there was always the likelihood of animals in the road. All kinds of animals. I remember seeing turkeys, geese, guineas, peacocks, donkeys, mules, horses, cows, rabbits and of course dogs and cats. And they wandered at will, back and forth across the road. They paid you no mind and often laid right down in the road. If you yelled at them or blew the horn this wild looking old lady would come out of the house with her broom yelling at you not them as if they had the right of way. Looking back it is all kind of comical but at the time and not knowing who she was it, was all too serious.
You know there is always a connection. No matter who they are, if they have been in Southwestern North Carolina for any length of time, one can find a kinship either by blood or by marriage. Not that it couldn't be done elsewhere but knowing who is kin and how is part of our culture. You know what else! If all our people would take ownership of our culture and be proud of it, we would become known as the elite instead of the downtrodden.
Papaw-I'll have to find out and let you know! What an interesting person Lolita sounds like! I'll have to look for the piece from John Parris about her.
Hi, Ed. Yes, Kaye, Bill's wife, was a Lunsford before she married Bill. Very cool that you have a connection to both her and to Miss Dean. :-)
If we have Jesus Christ we are the elect . Can't get any better than that .
I enjoyed reading your comment. Thank you.
Intriguing.......Paul is a school teacher huh. Funny that because the Wilsons from our region are known to be school teachers church leaders and general educators whether that be with animals or humans. We are world leaders in the thoroughbred racing industry due to having adopted the best breeding stock out of Kentucky approx 40 years ago. They race for sums of 15 to 20 million in the big races here in Aust/NZ and the Wilsons feature hugely in that industry. My teacher was Mr Glen Wilson who was a descendant of the original legendary John Alexander Wilson of the Church missionary org from England in 1840 who was tasked to educate the wild maori tribes of NZ. He wrote a book of prose entitled "Te Waharoa" which is an insight into how he became that legend of early NZ. It is available on line and I would suggest you are probably kin. I was honoured to be taught by his descendant. I am an economist by degree. Blessings Ms Tipper and Paul. You guys have the same teaching qualities about yourselves. Blessings Ms. In this regard the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree.
He mentioned the name Leary and there still is a family member still in the military now. I don't know if that can be of any help to get the benefits that are owed to him .
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Oops! If I don't make this correction, I'll get detention for sure. Even though school principal Paul WILSON is a talented member of the Pressley Family Band, his name isn't Pressley. Sorry, Paul. I know better.
😀 No worries! I knew what you meant 😀