Jemmie Ray Campbell
Posted in Family Biographies/Histories, Primary Sources: Letters, Documents, Diaries, Histories on Jul 9th, 2010
Jemmie Ray Campbell was my grandmother’s brother. She gave my father the middle name “Ray” in his honor. The 71st anniversary of his death was yesterday: July 8, 1939. Poverty was not uncommon during the Depression, and Appalachia was particularly hard hit. At the time of Jemmie Ray’s birth on June 17 and his death [...]
