Speakers-Sara Kibler, Audrey Lawrence

Audio Quality-Good

Location-Clemson, SC

Side 1

3:00-12:25--Mrs. Kibler gives a short family history and their origins in Calhoun, SC. Her grandfather Butler Reid was one of the first inhabitants of the area, and owned a large portion of land. Her grandmother was Mary Reid. She recalls her early education, which was private and her later nursing education she received while living in New York State. Her parent's were Robert and Helen (?) Reid. Her father, Robert Reid, was one of the founding members of Golden View Baptist Church.

12:19--Mrs. Kibler recalls being around the cotton fields as a five year old. She was really too young to work, so her and her friends would play while her parents worked. Bill Greenlee married one of her aunts on her father's side. Mr. Greenlee trained horses in the Clemson/Calhoun area, and lived to the age of 104. Mrs. Kibler's father worked for the Clemson YMCA and her grandfather Butler Reid was a farmer and owned a large amount of property. A sister-in-law, Anna Reid, was involved in some capacity with Clemson University as well.

18:09--Funeral/burials--members of the Golden View Church are buried at Abel. The way in which funerals were different when she was a child is as follows: wagons transported the casket, there was no embalming nor were there any undertakers, the dead were placed on "cooling boards" in the home prior to burial, salt was placed on the chest as a ceremonial gesture, quarters were placed on the deceased's eyes, and friends and family would stay at the home of the deceased prior to the funeral service.

21:36-28:45--Mrs. Kibler discusses employment opportunities at Clemson University, the local double-track construction, shopping at Norman Boggs Store, medical care in Greenville as a child because of her poor eyesight, homemade clothes, aspects of church life, and marriage ceremonies.

31:21--Audio ends.

Side 2

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