Q: How old are you?

A: I am 81 years old, my goodness, 81 years old was believed to be very old when I was younger, but now 81is about average.

Q: Did you live in a city or on a farm?

A: I lived on a farm, in fact I was born in a house. It was unheard of to go to the hospital for birth. There were women in the neighborhood referred to as midwives along with the doctor that would assist the birth. Also, the mother would have to stay in bed for 10 days. I can remember here recently, they have just started to get the mother up hours after birth.

Q: What kind of things did you do for fun?

A: Well, we had dogs, and we couldn’t wait to get out in to the fields and go hunting. And squirrel hunting was very fun to.

Q: Did you do it for fun, or food purposes?

A: Oh, both we always ate the game we killed. You know, I also set traps. I can remember when I was 7, and my father and uncle had been out night hunting and caught a small possum, so they decided "Lets put this in George’s trap." I can still remember running all the way home and telling everyone I had caught a possum.

Q: What were you earliest memories of McArthur?

A: Well, my father would go to town to pay his taxes twice a year. These trips were planned days in advance, were as nowadays, well pick up at a moments notice and go to a neighboring town. Why, I’ll bet you boys will pick up and go to Jackson and not know it but 10 minutes before you leave.

Q: What did you do for money?