Roy Jernigan oral history interview


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Roy Jernigan 0:00
That's where we live

Speaker 1 0:01
That's nice

Roy Jernigan 0:02
And you know were it is, by the seafood place out by 70?

Speaker 1 0:08
The what, the seafood place?

Roy Jernigan 0:10
Yes, at [Inaudible]

Speaker 1 0:15
I don't think so. Didn't she use your to...

Speaker 2 0:18
I got it. I got it.

Speaker 1 0:20
Okay. So what does your, you have a little star thing on this?

Roy Jernigan 0:28
This is an Indian bolo. I've got, quite of course as I said, I've worked with the Indians from Montana. Reservation my life now I've traveled the reservation tp reservation and spent a lot of time and so they might be bolo. So this is an it's much easier to tie in.

Speaker 1 0:57
It's cute. So, can you give us a quick background or you know,

Roy Jernigan 1:05
okay, first of all, you know my name Roy and I was born January 24, 1925. I was born in Selma. Moved to Pine level and my dad moved back to my dad was a village blacksmith, do you know what a blacksmith is?

Speaker 1 1:21
Yeah

Roy Jernigan 1:22
Okay, and so he we moved, he moved in up just a little left to over to Selms. And then he had a blacksmith shop here in Bailey right in front of Farmer Brother's old store, do you know where that is? Farmer brothers store, right downtown, right, right down just where you cross the railroad going down Main Street, on the back of that big store to corn there it was. Farmer brothers store, they own most of everything. And later, yeah, and my dad had a blacksmith shop right across sharp Street from them. So he moved themselves to their house. And we stayed there about six months and moved to the house, go down to the school, and stay there till January of 1930. We moved to a farm out in Mount Pleasant area, and then have those schools I started school at Mount Pleasant , two school buildings are out through the sixth grade. And so I went to school there and then at sixth grader came to Bailey this far up into school and Bailey, then went to work with Ringling Brothers Circus. I was the understudy of Emmett Kelly, a world renowned clown, you wouldn't know him. And so as far as I was, and then we came when winter quarters and on December the seventh, we were making plans to come out to go to New York. We went to New York in the spring for seven weeks in Madison Square Garden, wewould leave in March. And so we were making plans to leave out and we were having breakfast at Stevens restaurant or cafe at that time in Sarasota, Florida is where our quarters was and we were just may finishing breakfast when the radio doubt. Pearl Harbor is December 7 1941. Pearl Harbor is being bombed and mended the ships in the harbor burn it. Wow. I was having breakfast with John Ringling and his brother buddy and Emmett Kelly. He was in charge of all the cloud. And so me and him were pretty much like a son to him. And he was training me to take his place later when he got older. So we've heard that and, and they said, We got to get make plans for Ringling and John John Ringling had his quarters in New York City. And he had his own car trailer road cars, they didn't travel by bus or plane didn't have planes. So he was making preparations to go back out and, and everything. He said, Roy, what are you gonna do now? I said, I don't know. Mr. Ringling. I said I'll probably be drafted. He said no, if you stay with us, you won't, we'll hide you. But I stayed there until the road left to show left to go to New York. And a road of circus was in several different sections. Oak performance had one section five or six cars in it. And so I was road back to Wilson and had made but we'd made plans I told him goodbye was getting off. And so the train stopped service train stopped in Wilson. I got off and never looked back and went to the house and went home. Help dad get the crop and that year my brother and I joined the Navy in September the 19th, 1942 and I stayed in to September the first 1967. And, but it had a good life I resigned my commission I've commanded three ships. I resigned my commission to go into the ministry. And it's been a good life. I have been all over this country and around the world and guess a couple of times and I was in the Pacific board for several years and the North African invasion on aircraft carrier. I was the torpedo I was a turret gunner of torpedo bomber flying off the USS Ranger CB four, which was the fourth aircraft carrier, but it was the first aircraft carrier that the keel was laid to be an aircraft carrier, and that was it was laid in 1936. And so that was a first year. And then I went and several different others in I was in Pacific war for about three years, from the water canal all the way to Okinawa. And then after the war, we came back in and I got married my childhood sweetheart here we grew up together, Lizzie Mae Manning and, and we grew up we were married 65 years. And she passed away 12 years ago. And of course I was ready to go then but I'm still kicking.

Speaker 1 6:22
A crazy life

Roy Jernigan 6:24
I continued my ministry with the Indians until just a year ago. But this right eye, the macula in the right eye cracked, is dry. So dry AMD Age related macular degeneration, there's nothing you can do for the macula. But I get shots of both eyes been doing that for 11 years. One did each eye ever malt been to keep to slow it down. But this eye is very weak, very, very difficult see, and that hinders the vision in this eye. And of course, as I say under guns, and all the boys aircraft as has affected by hearing. I can hear and I have good hearing aid. The only problem is when you can't hear well, you don't pay attention. Yeah. So it makes it difficult then to hear people you get out. So anyway, it's been that kind of life. And like I said earlier, oh the 24th of this year, January 24. My daughter myself and my granddaughter three generations went skydiving and that was a new experience. I had never, I had flew planes. Yeah. Never jumped out. And of course amazingly I don't know how familiar you are with the old parachutes with big balloon. You went wherever the wind took you on these they fly these things. Yes, I went in the guy has an instructor on the strap he was to my strapped to my back and when we were 13,500 feet and jumped out and we use it for freefall for straight down for 53 seconds at 120 miles an hour going straight down. And then the chute open and it had to leave or she says you can drive your car so at least I can see this thing so hey, here's how to. we came back to within 50 to 75 fett where I got in the plane and came right back to the same area. So amazing. And picture were you afraid No What is it be afraid off? You're going to come down but there was nothing to be afraid of reading it and my age find you got lose. So it's been it's been good life. And this old town I remember this old town Oh. Back in that day. If it just amazing is amazing. I grew up just a little boys during hard times. Nothing but poverty. Everybody was in the same boat. I mean, there was no well to do and no, it was it was it was hard times and I grew up on the farm and had it not been for Dad he bought a little 26 acre farm out in the country of Mount Pleasant. And that's where I grew up. And then in 1935 Dad bought in his brother bought a farm on winters road Oh for you to know where that is. But it's going towards Middlesex there's church Free Will Baptist Church. Oh man. Rock Springs up the next road to the right. He bought 100 to him and his brother bought 100 acres there. And we moved there in 1935 That's where we lived until Really I went in the Navy and never came back. My dad sold farma and moved to Elm city. And so what was going [Inaudible]. And as I say, I lived most of my life, adult life in Texas. And it was really just came back to North Carolina just over a year ago. And we really live out at [Inaudible]. And it's gotten place nice place out there. My daughter's husband when he was in Indian, and he passed away this past November was a year ago. So he's been gone a year. And so she takes care of me now. And it's just been a good life. And my advice to you, girls, get you a good education. And don't Don't let nobody confuse you. I still preach I still preach ever whatever week twice a week I have a Facebook page. And I still preach every week and I'm preaching over the Book of Revelations right now. And there is going to be a return of the Lord I don't have already go to church or not. But if you don't get get ready because it's going to help America is in bad shape. With you know or not. And I'm really concerned My concern is for guys your age. If you don't have you don't have the history that I have. I know what it is to grow up in us all America, when it was a great nation really. During the 50s and up until mid 60s. It was a great place to live people helped each other. My dad as I said was a blacksmith in 1933 he cut off that much of his hand and the jointer planer Planeswalker lumber in the blacksmith shop. And we were living out in steal out over the little farm out near Mount Pleasant. And this brothers for four or five brothers had big farms out that way. And had a big store at Mount Pleasant, so good. And dad did work for them for for the farm blacksmith Porter takes in the wagons and plows are heavy. And so after he cut off his handles in the spring of 1933. They came out at planting time with the dirt equipment. There are men or horses the fertilizer or plants everything and planted our 26 acre farm wow and would not take a dime. They did it to help us. You don't see that today. People helped each other back then this is a big problem that I have difficulty with is people don't care for other people. I have never in my life made money. My criteria. I was made. I was an officer. I was a commander. And when I resigned my commission, Washington called me said Roy what have we done to you. We have just promoted you and given your a shore job. As a commander going into the ministry said we've withdraw their promotion you go ahead. And I've never looked back. I wasn't interested in the money of wanting to help people help people. It's what I've done my whole life has helped people and I still do. I give money. I've got two or three missionaries. I support about young lady that her dad was a deacon in the church when I pastored in Jacksonville, North Carolina. He was a Marine Captain. And he and his wife were stayed friends and they lived in Pennsylvania. And they both died within a week of each other a year ago. Year and a half now. And the daughter stayed with them help take care of them. And she was left college so I still I gotta send her $700 Every month been doing it ever since her parents died. And I just help people. To me that's more I don't need a lot what would I need a big house for you know, and so I help people. This is what life is about. This is what this little town was that way people helped people. People don't help anyone anymore. It is sad. It's a shame. Now the Sheriff of Nash County Sheriff don't know where you know him but he's a he's a friend of mine. As a matter of fact, one of the majors who brought me on over here and see me today. Hey, oh, he could pick me up and I rode with him a couple nights back here just Oh computer three four weeks ago, but this was A good little town, good people. And as I say, it's been a good life and my advice to you girls, spend your life helping others. Help others don't get tied down. And disagreements in and anger and things that is easy to get angry. But it's hard to get back on the right road. I have not let things like that bother me at all. People didn't always agree with me Indians. They always said White men stole our land. And I say, Well, who did you steal it from? Because it's the land belongs to God. And so, but nevertheless, I've earned a lot of Indian friends. And I believe because I have helped them and they'll have a better life. I will fund Montana all the way to the coast both ways. I've been on several Indian reservations, now. Jabber too much now.

Speaker 2 16:04
So fascinating your life.

Speaker 1 16:05
Yeah, you have lived in insane life, sir. You've lived a crazy life.

Roy Jernigan 16:11
It's been it's been a good life.

Speaker 2 16:13
It sounds like it.

Roy Jernigan 16:15
command, first ship I ever commanded. I went on and I relieved the officers in charge. And ahead to crude standfast. And I said, Man, I'm a Christian. I don't drink. I don't curse. I don't do a lot of those things. I'm not gonna try to make you do my life. I said, I just want you to know. And if I can help you, I'll help you. But be honest with me. I said, if you're not honest with me, I can't help you. But I'll help you have in real work together. And so when I left a ship two years later, someone knocked on my cabin door. And boy named Pettit. He's from Pennsylvania. He said, Captain, can I speak to you? I said, Come on in Petty. He says, I just want you to know when you remember what you told us when you first came here, the kind of life you lived. I said, Yes. He says, I just want you to know, I've watched you for two years, and you have lived what you said. I said, thank you. I said to myself, it pays if you're gonna say something if you better do what you say, because people are watching. And so I have tried to the best of my ability to do that. I did that. And in the service. I've treated men right. And they treated me right. And same way I learned something. Cabs Captain ship I was in charge of it is my responsibility. But I had to have the whole crew to operate it. I couldn't even get underway by myself and have the crew. That's the way it is with anything we do in life. That way, the Church preacher can't run a church by himself, he's got to have help. School can't run the school. The superintendent can't run the school by itself got to have help. And that's the way it is in life. We help each other. And so I have tried to spend my life doing that. And as I look back, I don't really the biggest regret that I have, is it my wife left we've been married 65 years before she left. But that left a void because we grew up together. We went to school, people thought we were twins because we were always together always to get and so we made up our mind when I was 11 and she was a year and a half older. We made up our mind we were gonna get married. When we got old enough. I came home on Survivor leave after close of World War Two. We were married September 20th, 1945. And we she died in 20 in January of 2008, January 10 2011. And but we've been married 65 years. My children my daughter and my son never heard us hailed across word. We didn't argue we did that before we got married. But when we got married, we had a home we work together. We made we made up our mind it was not my money. Not her money its our money. When my little boy came along she was working for Chrysler dealer. And I said man , I had a ship it was in another town. I said either you come and live for I am or I get somebody who will shoot today and she moved we've got together she came up we got a place together and we live on one I made a lot of money back then. But we lived on We did everything together and she took care of the bills I give her the money she did and so everything became we work together in it a lot of husbands and wives don't do that. We We loved each other. And we wanted to say I wanted to make her happy, she want to make me happy. And it just, that's the way that it worked out. So we'd never had cross words, we just didn't argue we love it. And she had a heart attack and a stroke. And her mind state of mind started to go bad, just like as if she had bad dementia. And she had just about lost her mind completely when she died. And obviously on everything, take care of her. And I got to the point where I knew I couldn't do good, she couldn't do anything for herself. But then she died on a Monday morning, after a Sunday night and, and last night, when she would go to bed every night. We always see and often the time that the Lord saved me when I was 28 years old. And the Lord saved me from that time when we prayed together every night, made no difference or we prayed together. And we still did he when she had lost her mind could remember. But always when we go to bed and I'd say I love you honey. Good night, honey, I love you. And she say I love you and I'd say I love you she's going to have the last word. And she said I love you so that last night that she went to bed I said, Honey, I love you. She's said I love you. Last word she ever spoken up. You couldn't have better words in that state. So we spent in this big lonely sense in not live by myself. I don't have the reservation until my daughter, we moved here to see when she started taking care of me, but it's been a good life. And it all started reading in this little town. And I have no regrets I can remember. Oh, I remember the old school it was Bailey high school at that time see? And 11th, it when I went to school in 11th grade when I graduated

Speaker 2 21:57
How big was like your classes? Because you know like now at our school I mean, we have like hundreds of kids in our like grade and our class how many people were like anyways because my grandpa told me he had like 20 kids in his class.

Roy Jernigan 22:11
Oh, no, no way. 15 20 Yeah. The high school had from first grade through 11th grades in the little building. No this one through six was in Mount Pleasant see, but then those in this whole area here is we're not into Mount Pleasant air. They start school their first grade through the 11th grade. And it was all in that one building had no gymnasium down and back. And Mr. Walker was these was it superintendent at that time, I think they just simply called him the principal. But Karl Walker was a principal and it was it we we didn't have big classes of course we had a desk inkwell up here and we didn't have the modern conveniences didn't have to worry about cell phones didn't have any. As a matter of fact, we didn't even have a computer of any kind. We couldn't use the slide rule to do everything by pencil and word. So when you finish school, you could do something but today people will lose the ability to we have to stand and read from the book. Matter of fact we have a history of no history book of North Carolina and the history of North Carolina we learned them learn the Gettysburg Address in the sixth grade for score seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent and you see you didn't limited dedicated to the proposition augmented equally created. Now we engaged in right so forth so forth. I learned that back in the seventh sixth grade. I learned that in Flanders Field you familiar with it in Flanders Field the poppers blow between the crosses row and row then marked out places in the sky and large steel blade really seeing a flush gash heard Mr. Guns below where the day is shorter days go we live fell dome saw sunset glow today. We live today we live in Flanders Field, take up the call with the foe to you from fallen hands the torch we throw be yours to hold it high. If you break faith of it. Those of us who die we will not sleep. Though poppers go in Flanders Field, John McCrae Lieutenant Canadian Army knife to the 18th

Speaker 2 24:40
I don't know how you remember that.

Roy Jernigan 24:43
That's since out that's way back. And let me live in the house by the side of the road for the race so men go by men who good and who are bad is good news bad is I would not sit this corner seat or Harold ascending span. Let me live In the house by the side of the road and be a friend to man, long fella. Yeah, these see my mind my memories.

Speaker 2 25:10
That's yeah, that's rare. I can't remember what age

Roy Jernigan 25:16
It's that way with the Bible in the 14th chapter, John, are you familiar with the Bible at all? At all, okay, John, the fourth Lord says, Let not your heart be troubled you believe in God but you also had me in my Father's house are many mansions or not so I would have told you, I go to prepare a place for you and if Igo and prepare a place for you come again and receive younger myself. Therefore I am very you may be also with I go you know, the way you know John's here is a poet John who? Oh, John, or Thomas, gonna say that they help, Lord, we don't know where you go to how can we know the way Jesus said, I am the way the truth and the life no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Speaker 2 26:14
I know the the one that's like, be kind to your brothers and sisters. That one my grandma used to be we say it every time we had my Yeah, me and my cousins got in a fight, she might just sit down and recite it.

Roy Jernigan 26:26
The 23rd Psalm. The Lord is my shepherd, a shallow. John 316. For God so loved the world everybody knew. But God so loved the world he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Yeah, my, my memory of my works real good. And it's just the hearing and the vision.

Speaker 2 26:48
Well, that makes up for it. Yeah,

Speaker 2 26:51
it's okay. You're still talking about your life. But um, so I have a question. Since you were in the military for so long. You were in the Navy? Did you ever have any, like PTSD and like mental health issues? You know, like shell shocked?

Roy Jernigan 27:07
Did you ever have mental issues? Yeah.

Speaker 2 27:10
And did you ever get help for like, see a therapist or

Roy Jernigan 27:13
when I came home after the war, World War Two, I continued, but I had developed stomach ulcers, and the put me in the hospital in the Naval Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia. And they Psycho-analyzed me. And they determined that my problem was that I had battle fatigue. And of course, I knew what a battle fatigue it was fear. And see us USS Johnston sunk and lost 185 men day. And 124 officers were rescued. And they told me said you can't Don't dwell on this. It'll destroy you. So I don't get involved a lot into the past part of the battle. That we try to avoid those better things. And it's what the ulcers corrected themselves, and is very seldom okay your life but you guys, occasionally I'll speak about the USS Johnston DD 557 was sunk in the Second Battle of the Philippine Sea in the deepest hole and water in the world three mile deep. And they just a year ago discovered the Reedy found the ship and import it is but we lost 185, 187 Men, people you have breakfast with. And by noon, they're gone. And a top 100. And this is this is earth shattering. And you don't really get over that. But it takes if you got her mind, and your desire and my desire was to go on with my life. And I did I never got on drugs never got old drug drink, bear smoke, up until the Lord save it and then quit. But I never got old drugs. I didn't have the drug problem. And not long ago so many today get on drugs, and to have serious problem. And they were not popular in my day. And I'm just grateful I did so I was able to overcome the adversaries simply because I kept a positive attitude. And I kept looking forward as far to say I never looked back. I've been resigned. My commission made on hold on made a lot more money. So I stayed in the military. Yeah, I did but going into ministry. I didn't look back. I didn't look back. My wife passed away I loved her misery. As a matter of fact, but she died part of me dies and as a fact because we don't look back I Don't move back. I keep there's no you can't change the past. That's gone. So you look forward. So it's like when I left that church was trying to walk away from it and never looked back. I had already told him goodbye, a walk. I didn't look back. The only one time that I recall looking back in my life was meant to walk down all that Red Rock the Clay Hill, going into the neighborhood, my brother now we got halfway down, they go to the rewards or road, look, bank and Mama dad waving mom was crying. That's the last time I've ever looked back no more. I did look back when I when I left the Indian Reservation this time of dawn. I did want the Lord sitting in there do did. And so when I left, I left that behind. And so what I'll do, I'll look ahead and look for the positive side. I look for the good side of people, not the bad side. And it works that way. It works that way. Does that answer your question?

Speaker 2 31:02
Yes. Yeah. And then like, did you know other people that couldn't do that for themselves? They couldn't keep looking ahead and they just got stuck.

Roy Jernigan 31:13
Yes, the ward was filled with guys. And a lot of them. As a matter of fact, one boy was from Wilson. And he got out and got a job in Wilson with a company. And he walked in one Sunday evening, went knocked on his boss's door, went in and blew his brains out in his boss's house. I mean, it couldn't cope with it could take. Well, I consider a whole lot of my attitude was when I was 28. I accepted the Lord as my Savior. Because I saw as I said, I drinked. Yeah, I did for unsaved people do drink and I curse, and I smoked. But I was not abused and never raised my hand to a we I was one nurse did not want to just kind of got drunk. And I loved everybody. But anyway, when that was over, I got rid of that my whole attitude in life change. And there's no doubt in my mind. Should I have stayed in that lifestyle? Yeah, I would have been a wreck if I've been living. But the Lord blessed me, I accepted my savior. And I started living for him, went into the ministry, vendor ministry and that for 60 years and have given my life I tried to help others. And his work. As a matter of fact, he still had I have five or 600 people will this week to listen to me on my Facebook. The week after I jumped out that aircraft and people did two or three television stations that carried that.

Wow.

And there was 1,499 people tuned into my facebook page on that Monday night. I thought boy what an opportunity. So I have always tried to encourage young people its a good life. Make as good life if you have not turned your life over to the Lord and live for other people. And when you get married, don't just marry some bozo because he's good looking. Make sure. And we might as I say, we grew up together. We knew each other. We knew each other. We had our own spats, or we knew when we got married, we would not go to someone. We said we made it we made a covenant we would never get divorced. Someone asked my wife one day said Did you ever consider divorce? She said no murder maybe.

Unknown Speaker 33:53
That would be breaking the promise

Speaker 2 33:55
Yeah, back back in the day it was there was a lot of like abusive men and bad husbands and stuff. So you were you were a good guy.

Roy Jernigan 34:04
Well, you know, I mentioned I give at 98 If I only have to be 100 and my health is good as it is now. I plan to jump again. Yes, I've got a half a dozen preachers said we'll jump with me and my two granddaughters and my daughter and as i said two or three preachers job with 100 as I say if it's good weather, and I feel this I do now. I will just for the excitement of excitement of other people, because as 100 Can you can you imagine? How old are you?

Speaker 2 34:51
I'm 17, 17

Speaker 1 34:53
I'm 17

Roy Jernigan 34:55
Can you imagine? 98 So I still, I still have to do broadcast two messages open on Monday night, or Thursday night. I have a week. And I still do hobby work, I go to workshop, and my vision and a bill, I'm building two lighthouses right now about seven foot tall, and I'm in the paint stages. And as some of the stuff has to be so sawed with a bandsaw. And I won't do that when the doll red balls out there to distract me, as I head towards her toilet than not to solve my fingers. I remember my daddy's hand. But burn out your light. Living for others, study hard, being a good student. And don't get if you don't get mixed up in the wrong crowd.

Speaker 1 35:48
Association leads to bad something. That's what my grandma tells me.

Roy Jernigan 35:54
Help people help people. Listen, the Lord has taken care of me with the money part. I haven't worried about it. But he has provided for me, I had a refrigerator go out in Texas on a Friday, went down to Lowe's and ordered a fridge your own project went down an order a new refrigerator. And it was about eight $900. And I bought it on a slow note part down and you're dying to read up on it on time. On the way back, I stopped by the post office by my mailbox. And there's a check in there for $900 from a church over here in out of Middlesex, North Carolina union chapel, and sent me a check for $900 which paid for the refrigerator. So God takes care and who knows he does live for him. He helps me

Speaker 5 36:53
Are you what, what were the it's a Baptist or what kind?

Roy Jernigan 36:56
I don't claim either one that denominations for the simple reason is what Bible. I'm a Bible teacher. I believe the New Testament, the New Testament tells us that if we're saved, we're part of the body of Christ, we belong to him. We're brothers and sisters in Christ. And I don't see all of these divisions. And so I'm just a Christian. I'm a born again Christian and I've accepted Christ as my savior. He died for me and I accepted so free gift, you don't work for you. I don't have it done I can do if I could if I could work for it. I can say my Sam could so he saved me. And so again, I've turned my life over here. His servant his modern slave, and so I just worked it out that way so just turn your life over to the Lord and don't get mixed up with the wrong crowd. Don't choose some guy because he's a football player

Speaker 1 38:00
But he's seven feet tall and so cute.

Roy Jernigan 38:03
he's a football player who use you for the football well girls, is there anything else? I hope I haven't bored you to death?

Speaker 1 38:13
No that was exciting. This is a usefull interview.

Stuff that will be useful for and for always like I feel like you would remember this Yeah, you

Roy Jernigan 38:24
If you get the chance on time to kind of tune into preacher Roy Ministries. Yes.

Speaker 2 38:30
What's your Facebook let me

Roy Jernigan 38:32
preacher Roy Ministries on Facebook. And then just log in. Preacher Roy's ministry

Speaker 2 38:43
Oh, I found it.

Roy Jernigan 38:44
Sand Parker was the restaurant

Speaker 2 38:47
Sand Piper yeah

Roy Jernigan 38:48
Do you know where they live just a mile from that.

Speaker 2 38:51
Yeah, my grandpa used to eat there all the time

Roy Jernigan 38:53
If you go to the beach you pass and Parker's open will the lift just a hippo bald as a trainer? Yeah, if you turn a road to trails, so just a mile down the road. Okay, yeah, I know that you're getting close enough to the Sandpiper weekend you can just bring it home.

Speaker 2 39:10
Well, don't eat cat fish. It's bad for you.

Roy Jernigan 39:12
And now I on Monday night, usually seven o'clock. Now this Monday night. I've been on Tuesday night and I've got two operators, but they're both gonna be awake for Mother's Day. So I'll be on Tuesday night I'm used on Monday night at seven o'clock, and Thursday night at 630. And on Thursday, I usually have what I call him full so purpose, something to note that people would be interested in that topic. And I've been doing these things. I used to type out all my messages and print them out and given to all the famous in church got a copy every Sunday, so they could check out my messages and make sure they've asked I did them for 40 years. Wow. So anyway, girls, it's been good to talk with you

Speaker 2 39:57
It's been good to you, thank you so much.


Title
Roy Jernigan oral history interview
Description
Oral history interview with Barry Hill conducted by students from Southern Nash High School's AP US History class during community oral history days at The Country Doctor Museum. All interviewees are currently residing in rural Bailey, North Carolina, and were asked two questions: Have you or someone you knew faced a major calamity in life? And who were the people in the community they looked to for support? Interviews were recorded by archivist Layne Carpenter from East Carolina University's Laupus Library. Interviewers: Emma Aycock and Alin Campos.
Date
May 12, 2023
Extent
1 file / 4.47GB
Local Identifier
CD01.128.04.09
Location of Original
Country Doctor Museum
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