Grit

FEEDING THE FAMILY

My 81-year-old brother-in-law, Henry Milam, often discussed his childhood and teen years with me. His memories follow.

I was 2 years old when my parents, older brother, and sisters moved from a farm on Route 360 near Danville, Virginia, to what seemed like the other side of the world: Pittsville, Virginia, about 40 miles away in the low hills of

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