Junaluska

Susan E. Keefe is emerita professor of anthropology at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. She is the author/editor of four books and has published more than 40 academic articles and chapters. The Junaluska Heritage Association was formed in 2011 and operating under the auspices of the nonprofit Boone Mennonite Brethren Church, is a community-based organization dedicated to preserving cultural heritage and assisting in community growth.

Table of Contents


Acknowledgments

Preface

A Brief Ethnography of the Junaluska Community

Life History Narratives

Part I. Those Born 1885–1909

Ebb McQueen (1885–1983)

Harrison “Boone” Grimes (1888–1984)

Gertrude Tolbert Folk (1892–1974)

The Rev. Ronda Horton (1895–1986)

Rosa Horton Odem (1902–1983)

Kenneth Mathes (1909–1993)

Jennie McQueen Horton (1909–1994)

Part II. Those Born 1910–1924

Leroy Kirkpatrick, Sr. (1910–1993)

Anna Tolbert Grimes (1910–1997)

Nell Wilson Ray (1912–2010)

Dora Wellington Horton (1915–2006)

William Whittington (1918–2003)

Emma Irene Folk Horton (1918–2014)

Sudia Grimes Mathes (1920–2009)

Mary Macphedis “Mackie” Folk Carr (b. 1922)

James McQueen, Sr. (1923–2002)

Part III. Those Born 1925–1939

Kathrine Grimes Folk (1925–2013)

David Horton (b. 1925)

Honolou “Mary” Jackson Young and John Young

(b. 1926 and 1947)

Hallie Bell Hatton Horton (1926–2002)

Peggy Horton (b. 1934)

Cleveland “Buster” Shearer Whittington (1936–2018)

Part IV. Those Born 1940–1959

Marcella Grimes Whittington (1941–2006)

Roberta Jackson (b. 1946)

Joseph Henry Grimes (b. 1946)

Betty Grimes (b. 1947)

Carolyn McQueen Grimes (b. 1947)

Sandra Hagler (b. 1948)

Morris Rockford Hatton, Jr. (b. 1949)

Gene Ray (b. 1952)

Carolyn Grimes (b. 1954)

Part V. Those Born 1960–1993

Jonita Lynn Clayborn (b. 1964)

Lynn Jackson Patterson (b. 1967)

Brittany Ball (b. 1986)

Alana Patterson (b. 1993)

Quilt Square Meanings

Index