On a chilly day last November we made a trip back to the Historic Lufty Baptist Church for The Pressley Girls to do a little singing. Don and Susan Casada were our tour guides for the day. We started out with a short hike just down the road from the church. Our thinking was while we were hiking the sun would rise high enough to be shining it’s warmth on the church by the time we got there. We got…
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During the weeks before-and after-our trip to the Lufty Baptist Church I listened intently for a story about the church.…
During the months since we first visited Lufty Baptist Church, I’ve kept going back to the list of names I…
A common phrase thrown around when the subject of Appalachia is discussed is ‘sense of place.’ Appalachians like their place.…
In 2004 Kathy Wiggins interviewed her grandmother, Maisie Fisher Queen Young. Mrs. Young tells about the Lufty Baptist Church-and the area…
Photo and description from Highland Homeland: The People of the Great Smokies. Before leaving for Lufty Baptist Church, Alfred Dowdle…
In 1976 Dwight Childers talked with his uncle, Frances David Childers (1893 – 1983), about how people lived when he…
(Photo of Roy Author Childers courtesy of Dwight Childers. Copyright belongs to www.childers-shepherd.org) Yesterday I posted an interview with Frances David…
(Photo of Frances David Childers courtesy of Dwight Childers. Copyright belongs to www.childers-shepherd.org) Frances David Childers was the firstborn child of Thomas…
Ever since I stepped foot in the Historic Lufty Baptist Church I wanted to know more about the people who…