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Oral history.; Hattie Rogers Broadus was born in 1907. She finished eighth grade in Perkinston, Mississippi. As a teenager, Broadus began domestic work for hire. She moved to the Mississippi Gulf Coast where she married Maxie M. Broadus in 1932 in Ocean Springs. Variety in her working career is evident; she worked a short while at International Paper Company in Moss Point, Mississippi. From 1928 to 1941 she worked at the Edgewater Hotel as a waitress, hostess and cashier. For a short time she was a governess, and at her retirement she was a nurse's aide caring for shut-ins.

Oral history.; Hattie Rogers Broadus was born in 1907. She finished eighth grade in Perkinston, Mississippi. As a teenager, Broadus began domestic work for hire. She moved to the Mississippi Gulf Coast where she married Maxie M. Broadus in 1932 in Ocean Springs. Variety in her working career is evident; she worked a short while at International Paper Company in Moss Point, Mississippi. From 1928 to 1941 she worked at the Edgewater Hotel as a waitress, hostess and cashier. For a short time she was a governess, and at her retirement she was a nurse's aide caring for shut-ins.

Oral history.; Hattie Rogers Broadus was born in 1907. She finished eighth grade in Perkinston, Mississippi. As a teenager, Broadus began domestic work for hire. She moved to the Mississippi Gulf Coast where she married Maxie M. Broadus in 1932 in Ocean Springs. Variety in her working career is evident; she worked a short while at International Paper Company in Moss Point, Mississippi. From 1928 to 1941 she worked at the Edgewater Hotel as a waitress, hostess and cashier. For a short time she was a governess, and at her retirement she was a nurse's aide caring for shut-ins.

Oral history.; Hattie Rogers Broadus was born in 1907. She finished eighth grade in Perkinston, Mississippi. As a teenager, Broadus began domestic work for hire. She moved to the Mississippi Gulf Coast where she married Maxie M. Broadus in 1932 in Ocean Springs. Variety in her working career is evident; she worked a short while at International Paper Company in Moss Point, Mississippi. From 1928 to 1941 she worked at the Edgewater Hotel as a waitress, hostess and cashier. For a short time she was a governess, and at her retirement she was a nurse's aide caring for shut-ins.

Oral history.; Transcript of interview conducted with Irene McLendon. Bonnie Irene McLendon was born to Isom Brown Buckley and Tina Mae Fortenberry outside of Pinola, MS in April 1919. Mclendon grew up with four brothers. Her mother died when she was eight years old. McLendon went to school at Stonewall, located seven miles from Pinola, through the sixth grade. From seventh through twelfth she attended Pinola School. Irene married Douglas Jefferson McLendon the morning after graduating high school in April 1938 ΓÇô they celebrated their sixty-fifth wedding anniversary the day after the interview was recorded. Together they had two boys, one of whom passed away in 1991. Irene and her husband opened a service station in Pinola in 1956 and worked there for eight years. The McLendons own a farm of approximately eighty acres, producing cotton, cattle, peas, butterbeans, and corn. Irene worked at garment plants in Crystal Springs, Prentiss, and Hazlehurst. She retired from factory work in the early 1970s. Irene and Douglas reside in Pinola to this day.

Oral history.; Interview conducted with Irene McLendon. Bonnie Irene McLendon was born to Isom Brown Buckley and Tina Mae Fortenberry outside of Pinola, MS in April 1919. McLendon grew up with four brothers. Her mother died when she was eight years old. McLendon went to school at Stonewall, located seven miles from Pinola, through the sixth grade. From seventh through twelfth she attended Pinola School. Irene married Douglas Jefferson McLendon the morning after graduating high school in April 1938 they celebrated their sixty-fifth wedding anniversary the day after the interview was recorded. Together they had two boys, one of whom passed away in 1991. Irene and her husband opened a service station in Pinola in 1956 and worked there for eight years. The McLendons own a farm of approximately eighty acres, producing cotton, cattle, peas, butterbeans, and corn. Irene worked at garment plants in Crystal Springs, Prentiss, and Hazlehurst. She retired from factory work in the early 1970s. Irene and Douglas reside in Pinola to this day.

Oral history.; Interview conducted with Irene McLendon. Bonnie Irene McLendon was born to Isom Brown Buckley and Tina Mae Fortenberry outside of Pinola, MS in April 1919. Mclendon grew up with four brothers. Her mother died when she was eight years old. McLendon went to school at Stonewall, located seven miles from Pinola, through the sixth grade. From seventh through twelfth she attended Pinola School. Irene married Douglas Jefferson McLendon the morning after graduating high school in April 1938 they celebrated their sixty-fifth wedding anniversary the day after the interview was recorded. Together they had two boys, one of whom passed away in 1991. Irene and her husband opened a service station in Pinola in 1956 and worked there for eight years. The McLendons own a farm of approximately eighty acres, producing cotton, cattle, peas, butterbeans, and corn. Irene worked at garment plants in Crystal Springs, Prentiss, and Hazlehurst. She retired from factory work in the early 1970s. Irene and Douglas reside in Pinola to this day.