The James County Historical Society will meet Sunday, May 5, at 2:30pm in the Ooltewah Methodist Church in the Sunday School addition for an unusual meeting.
J T Shadrick and others from the Whitwell Coal Miners Museum will present the program.They established and operate an excellent museum on a small scale. We will hear the history of the area and mining, and they will tell of the founding of their museum.
Everyone is invited and there is no charge.
David Knisley has said that at the meeting he wishes to ask two questions – come prepared to answer:
Who is the oldest living person who was born in Old Jim County?
What are names and age of any living person who was born in Old Jim County?
If you use email, please send your email address to me at dcopeland@copelandsinc.net. and receive future meeting notices via email.
For info contact:
David Y Copeland
(423) 238-5621 ext 12
dcopeland@copelandsinc.net
or
David Knisley
(423) 396-2438