Back in the 1930s, being sheriff of McDowell County meant that your entire family became part of the process. Betty Adkins Gibbs, daughter of Sheriff Oscar Adkins, remembers how living in the courthouse just steps away from the jail cells and the court room got everyone in the family involved in some way (willingly or not). In [...]
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Daughter of Former Sheriff Remembers Roller Skating in the Courthouse, a Jailbreak Thwarted by an Older Sister, and More
Posted in Everyday life, Marion, _Interviewee: Betty Gibbs, tagged mcdowell county, oral history on August 11, 2009 | Comments Off
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