Record #:

21425

Author(s):

Burns, Bobby; Curry, Joshua [Photographer]

Abstract:

Locals in Swansboro know where to go to get their sweet treats--Yana's Ye Olde Drug Store Restaurant, a place well-known for its fritters. The recipe is secret, and owner Evelyn Moore got it from her mother who got it from her Native American ancestors. Moore opened her restaurant in 1983, and the walls show her affection for the '50s with memorabilia including movie posters, photographs and a statue of Elvis.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 81 Issue 4, Sept 2013, p213-214, 216-217, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Restaurants--Swansboro; Yana's Ye Olde Drug Store Restaurant (Swansboro)

Record #:

23114

Author(s):

Burns, Bobby

Abstract:

The Daily Reflector's associate editor, Bobby Burns, continues his quest for an appealing oyster dish by preparing traditional oyster stew.

Source:

Greenville: Life in the East (NoCar F264 G8 G743), Vol. Issue , Spring 2015, p15-17, il, por

Subject(s):

Oysters

Record #:

20984

Author(s):

Burns, Bobby

Abstract:

Jack Cobb began selling barbecue out of his car in Farmville in Pitt County because he knew that in the 1940s, a black-owned business would have a hard time becoming successful. So, he and his son Rudy filled his car with barbecue plates and drove all over town selling them for 65 cents. In 1971, Cobb and his son built a cinder-block storefront in Farmville, but because of racial turmoil during the 1960s, it did not have a dining room. Still, people came to buy. Jack Cobb died in 1989, and Rudy, now 72, continues his father's traditional pit-cooked barbecue over charcoal, oak, and pecan wood.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 81 Issue 6, Nov 2013, p61-62, 64, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Barbecue cookery--Farmville; Family-owned business enterprises--Farmville; Cobb, Jack, d. 1989

Record #:

39936

Author(s):

Burns, Bobby

Abstract:

The loss of Sycamore Hill Missionary Baptist Church, noted center for black activity in Greenville, was also a loss for the greater community it long supported. With an intent to celebrate rather than mourn, though, was “Beyond Bricks and Mortar,” an oral history project coordinated by Joyner Library. This project revealed the lives of generations of black residents who contributed to the development of Greenville. Also acknowledging their presence in the community was Sam Barber’s A Journey for Purchasing and Naming the Brown Hill Cemetery. His book chronicled the initiative to transfer bodies of those buried in the church’s cemetery to nearby Brown Hill Cemetery.

Source:

Greenville: Life in the East (NoCar F264 G8 G743), Vol. Issue , Spring 2017, p29-34

Subject(s):

Sycamore Hill Baptist Church (Greenville); Oral history projects--Joyner Library; J.Y. Joyner Library--Special Collections; Tobacco--Greenville; Town Common--Greenville; Urban renewal; Shore Drive Rehabilitation Commission; Brown Hill Cemetery (Greenville); Cemeteries--Greenville; Barber, Sam

Record #:

20109

Author(s):

Burns, Bobby

Abstract:

Williamston, located in Martin County, is featured in Our State Magazine's Tar Heel Town of the Month section.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 81 Issue 3, Aug 2013, p34-36, 38, 40-41, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Williamston--Description and travel