City Directories and History: The interview with retired nurse, Frances O. Vandiver sheds light on growing up in the rural area just outside of what was then Anderson, S.C., a small Southern textile town. Her memory reflects on the following sites and individuals mostly around her home north of Anderson: Thomas Melvin Vandiver, Mary M. Brown Vandiver, Hammond School, Midway Presdbyterian Church, Will Martin’s Store, Annie Brown, Farmers Bank, Ms. Gordon Keys (Teacher), Ms. Ruth Honeycutt (Teacher who married Lawton Gray), Dr. Sam Ross, Service in Vietnam, Fort Bragg, Montcrief Hospital (Fort Jackson),
All Credits: Anderson County Memories and Reflections compiled by R.C. Otter, Friends of the Library – 2004
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