THE FACES OF HARD LIVES

Here are some of the faces of people who actually lived in this part of Tennessee.  They told John Rice Irwin their stories and were of invaluable assistance to him in telling the history of this region.  Without these hard-working good people we wouldn't be who we are today.  We should all be proud of the strength and courage of these individuals, who perservered under the hardest of circumstances.  I don't know any of their names, except for Sgt. Alvin York and Roy Acuff, who was a good friend of Mr. Irwin.

This last photo is of my husband.  I don't know how he sneaked in....