In Their Own Words

"Recollections" is the "human interest" section of this site .... in the (unedited) words of the survivors, or of those closely related to them. Within these pages you will find personal accounts of the tragedy taken from newspaper articles, information sent to me, and personal interviews. Also see Sharing Information.

Abercrombie, Virgie Blalock
Armstrong, John
Bento, Lola
Campbell, Lu
Challis, James E. "Ike"
Chappell, Kathy
Cherry, Virginia Pearl Salyer
Cole, Beaver
Coleman, Howard
Cronkite, Walter
Degnan, Julie E.
Erikson, Charles Henry
Ezell, Alta Reigh
Farrell, Hal
Gregory, Doug
Grenley, Martha Rogers
Grigg, Horace
Grigg, William N.
Hannon, Bill
Harris, Howard
Johnson, Joe and Bobby
Lester, George
Lester, George - Playmates
Lipstate, John F.
Mayhew, Bessie
McAllister, Mark
Meissner, J. Raymond
Moody, Mildred - Courtesy of Kerri Griffith
Motley, Pete
Nelson, Ron
Plant, Sally
Read, Osceola Jefferson
Robertson, William Judson
Robinson, Jimmie
Mack Thornton Rogers
Ryan, Terri Jo
Shaw, Pearl (Pearl Shaw Holbert)
Stanley, Glenda G.
Taylor, Bob
Taylor, Jim
Thompson, Bill
Vento, Eduardo
Vinson, Allen Earl
Vinson, Melvin
Williams, William B.
Womack, Dorothy (Dorothy Womack Box)

Additional "recollections" may be found in some of the newspaper articles.