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1PRV_int_010.4730Did you- when did you move over to Tarboro?2.5853
2PRV_se0_ag2_f_013.0469I moved to Tarboro in [nineteen-]6.6456
3PRV_int_016.3704[<cough>]7.1678
4PRV_se0_ag2_f_018.1097Hm.8.5760
5PRV_int_019.2708<laugh>9.6018
6PRV_se0_ag2_f_0110.1287I been over here fifteen years, so12.4182
8 13.8812it was in-15.1775 
9PRV_int_0115.7883/Oh/16.0774
11 16.3199/five/.16.6743 
13 17.2991Nineteen ninety.18.0117 
14PRV_se0_ag2_f_0118.4077Nineteen ninety I moved over here.19.9512
15PRV_int_0119.8859Right.20.2309
16PRV_se0_ag2_f_0120.5713Mm-hm.21.1309
17PRV_int_0123.3737And then23.8120
19 24.1699uh-24.3798 
21 25.4522I don't know if we talked a whole lot about27.0796 
23 27.7697you know,28.0585 
25 29.4297like,29.6722 
27 31.0606the-31.3310 
29 31.5828Well we didn't really talk about the flood that much did we?33.6998 
31 34.6930You said35.2572 
33 35.4064that you lost the shop in the- in the flood.37.5268 
34PRV_se0_ag2_f_0137.5595No, I didn't lose anything.38.8604
35PRV_int_0138.9863Oh, okay.39.6718
36PRV_se0_ag2_f_0139.8257My family-40.5251
38 40.9168Everybody in my family lost42.8554 
40 43.0232everything they had, but me.44.6786 
41PRV_int_0145.0050Okay.45.4340
42PRV_se0_ag2_f_0145.6718<laugh>46.4831
43PRV_int_0146.4924But you are a /?/ here.47.4483
44PRV_se0_ag2_f_0147.6209I was over here in [Tarboro, and] I had a brother in Rocky Mount but he also lost50.9210
45PRV_int_0148.5476[Yeah.]48.8367
46PRV_se0_ag2_f_0151.0516everything.51.5739
47PRV_int_0151.8723In Rocky Mount?52.4412
48PRV_se0_ag2_f_0152.4085Mm-hm. In Rocky Mount. He was flooded.54.1058
49 54.7575Um, but55.4429
51 55.9185my main concern was my mom was handicapped. She had a stroke back in59.8494 
53 60.3110eighty five, and I didn't want her to have to go to the shelter.63.0936 
55 64.0028And-64.2919 
57 64.3945and I knew she couldn't get up and down off the floor and off the carts and stuff they had for the older people.69.4060 
58PRV_int_0169.4433Mm-hm.69.8536
59PRV_se0_ag2_f_0169.8676So that was my main concern about the flood and everybody when I found everybody was safe.73.7367
61 74.3289You know, I was happy and75.6205 
63 76.2127so i-76.6790 
65 76.8981I tried77.4483 
67 77.9006as much as possible to accommodate everybody that was in the flood.80.8791 
69 81.2335Knew I couldn't but my heart wanted to be there, so.83.5090 
70PRV_int_0184.0079Sounded like you almost did.85.3403
71PRV_se0_ag2_f_0185.3916[<laugh>]86.7765
72PRV_int_0186.5107[<laugh>]87.0703
73PRV_se0_ag2_f_0187.1915I had forty [one people for about] nine months. <laugh>91.2191
74PRV_int_0188.0914[<laugh>]88.9587
75 91.6014Wow.92.0491
76PRV_se0_ag2_f_0192.2076[So-]92.6133
77PRV_int_0192.2449[I can't] even imagine that.93.6998
78PRV_se0_ag2_f_0194.0728L-94.2733
80 94.3712It was a- It was a big strain for me,96.6141 
82 97.1212but I asked God for one thing, that they keep99.3454 
84 99.7324my joy.100.4738 
85PRV_int_01100.6417Mm.100.8282
86PRV_se0_ag2_f_01100.8188I /forgot through the myst-/ I didn't care about 'em tearing up anything because I knew-104.2216
87 104.5294I always been a105.2754
89 105.8443um-106.4598 
91 108.3285I say-108.9393 
93 110.0398I like stuff neat and in order,111.6671 
94PRV_int_01111.6438Mm-hm.112.0308
95PRV_se0_ag2_f_01112.1194so112.6463
97 114.0638I had to114.4649 
99 114.7621kind of humble myself, and it wasn't all about me.116.9723 
100PRV_int_01116.9770Yeah.117.4060
101PRV_se0_ag2_f_01117.4386So I said, you know, they- they're not here because119.4950
103 119.8820they wanna be here.120.7455 
105 120.8414They don't have any other choice, so122.3428 
107 122.7672I was123.2148 
109 123.7697thankful that I was able to help 'em.125.3924 
110PRV_int_01125.4763Mm.125.7468
112 126.1793Take me through one average day128.5620 
114 129.2614when you have forty one people130.7069 
116 131.0194in your home.131.7421 
118 132.2177Because people got up at four o'clock in the [morning.]134.7905 
119PRV_se0_ag2_f_01134.1843[Mm-hm.]134.7252
120 135.0050[<laugh>]136.3432
121PRV_int_01135.8257[Tell me just] one136.9727
122 137.2292ordered day from where everyone would be from sun up to sun down. Like, what was the average day like?142.3246
123PRV_se0_ag2_f_01143.0007Okay, the average day was like,144.7120
125 145.1538<ts>145.2657 
127 145.5641um-146.1237 
129 146.4314When the first- the flood first came,148.4318 
131 148.8468it was depressing. Everybody was sad and sorrow,151.7926 
133 152.3242so152.8558 
135 153.8443my job was to make- When we got a opportunity to do-156.1373 
137 156.2643to go out,157.1445 
139 157.7040um,158.2216 
141 159.5366<ts>159.6065 
143 160.5064I-161.1592 
145 161.3551I went to Walmart and I bought a lot of stuff for everybody. I bought pajamas for everybody, so they wouldn't have to get up.166.6976 
147 167.1266Bought167.4064 
149 167.5183um, lot of168.2364 
151 168.5989female169.4522 
152PRV_int_01169.4989Mm-hm.169.8766
153PRV_se0_ag2_f_01170.4641clothing. I bought a lot of male clothing and [stuff]173.0147
154PRV_se0_ag2_m_03172.8049[Mm-hm.]173.3085
155PRV_se0_ag2_f_01173.3877so173.8260
157 173.9986um,174.5068 
159 175.0745it was like175.9558 
161 177.0469depressing.177.8536 
162PRV_int_01177.9282/Was that/?178.4210
163PRV_se0_ag2_f_01178.6836So179.1686
165 179.2525and then Rev-180.0965 
167 180.4928/RD-NAME-2/'s father was there, so he would pray with us, and we'll s- The group was there,184.3899 
168PRV_int_01184.5064[Mm.]184.7209
169PRV_se0_ag2_f_01184.6230[so] we would get together and sing. We'll play games and stuff, and187.7507
170 188.2076the older people kind of s-189.3827
172 189.5412sat back190.2453 
173PRV_int_01190.4878[Mm.]190.9447
174PRV_se0_ag2_f_01190.6883[you know.]191.0753
175 191.5136But192.0219
177 192.2818the average day was like-193.5082 
179 193.5921We had a sister. My sister cooked for everybody.196.2406 
181 196.6183So she was designated to cook breakfast, lunch, and dinner.199.1318 
182PRV_int_01199.1445Mkay.199.5548
183PRV_se0_ag2_f_01199.9092So [um]-201.0330
184PRV_int_01200.6040[So like] what time- Just take me through, like what time would people normally get up?204.4089
185 204.8134Like what-205.2284
187 205.5875You got to get the kids ready. Wh- what was- What would normally be happening208.8328 
189 209.2478/??/.209.6395 
190PRV_se0_ag2_f_01210.0440[The f-]210.3751
191PRV_int_01210.0499[Like I heard] that [everything was on a] schedule.212.0537
192PRV_se0_ag2_f_01210.9626[<laugh>]211.4336
193 212.7812Okay, four o'clock in the morning, those that215.0613
195 215.4017went back to work216.6083 
197 216.9020had to get up at four in the morning.219.0376 
199 219.3081Most of the older kids-220.7349 
201 221.0007The old- the- the uh, adults was up the front, and the kid was in the back.224.6273 
203 225.0190So the adults had to get up- They have to be to work at eight o'clock, they had to get up at four228.7679 
204PRV_int_01228.8414[Why?]229.1678
205PRV_se0_ag2_f_01229.0419[to] go on and229.8346
206 230.2309um, get their breakfast and-231.3827
208 231.4619and get their clothing and stuff and get out of the way233.9100 
210 234.2457for the crew for six o'clock.235.6714 
211PRV_int_01235.7693Okay.236.1703
212PRV_se0_ag2_f_01236.3428They had to go- [There was another] crew that got up at six that had to be at work at eight.239.5136
213PRV_int_01236.8931[<clears throat>]237.3081
214 239.6908Oh, okay.240.1151
215PRV_se0_ag2_f_01240.2212So um,241.1445
217 241.7134then they got up at six and got prepared, and they was out244.4551 
219 244.9261by seven thirty.245.9939 
220PRV_int_01246.2550Huh.246.5441
221PRV_se0_ag2_f_01246.4590So then the kids in the back- I had another bathroom- They would kind of249.3594
222 249.6904take a shower,250.6137
224 250.8422then slip on the pajamas252.2364 
226 252.5383or the house coat and then go- I had a big walk in closet255.2428 
227PRV_int_01255.2335Ah.255.4759
228PRV_se0_ag2_f_01255.4759that we chose that256.5577
229 256.7303closet to dress in. [<laugh>] [So (laughing)-]260.1983
230PRV_int_01257.9088[Okay.]258.4870
232 258.6782[/Oh/, nice.]259.9139 
233PRV_se0_ag2_f_01260.8511[So-]261.2614
234PRV_int_01260.8651[Everyone] had to go in the closet [to get] dressed.263.0473
235PRV_se0_ag2_f_01262.2220[Mm-hm.]262.7069
237 263.0007Mm-hm.263.3784 
238PRV_int_01263.3551<laugh>263.8633
239PRV_se0_ag2_f_01264.0638So after you take a shower, you come out of the bathroom,266.3335
241 266.5993and you go in the closet and dress and let somebody else go in, that's268.8562 
242PRV_int_01268.7722[Oh, okay.]269.2385
243PRV_se0_ag2_f_01269.0240[how it] [was. (laughing)]270.1664
244PRV_int_01269.8633[<laugh> /??/]270.9252
245PRV_se0_ag2_f_01270.5803[And my sister] would get up and-272.0491
246 272.4408and cook and-273.5878
248 274.4272and um,275.2292 
250 275.9333cook and most time, we prepared clothes at night. We had- I had278.9584 
252 279.2335like,279.5086 
254 279.7837three-280.2220 
256 280.5158three um,281.4297 
258 281.7561ironing boards and three irons and stuff and-283.9139 
259PRV_int_01284.0398Mm-hm.284.4314
260PRV_se0_ag2_f_01284.4687It was a lot.285.1309
261PRV_int_01285.3221Well I bet.285.9329
262PRV_se0_ag2_f_01285.9236Uh-huh.286.4971
263PRV_int_01286.7815And then you have to do it- Everyone would come home and do it all [over again.]289.7413
264PRV_se0_ag2_f_01289.2984[Everybody] had to come home. We had290.8138
265 290.9584food ready.291.8303
267 292.1707Um,292.7116 
269 292.9774then they had- they would race-294.0274 
271 294.1699At night, it wasn't really a- a shift. Whoever got to the bathroom,297.4526 
273 297.6671took a shower, put your pajamas on, and299.3364 
275 299.7188we took a nap.300.4975 
276PRV_int_01300.6362Yeah.300.9859
277PRV_se0_ag2_f_01301.2051And we had about um-302.7858
279 303.7371Back in the back we had about fourteen305.3877 
281 305.7934twin mattresses that some of 'em slept on,308.0631 
282PRV_int_01308.0677Yeah.308.4641
283PRV_se0_ag2_f_01308.5760and I slept on the floor for nine months, so [I had] given311.4390
284PRV_int_01310.8515[Ah.]311.1406
285PRV_se0_ag2_f_01311.8074my bed up to Reverend-312.8519
287 312.9953to /RD-NAME-2/'s dad and mom and314.7159 
289 315.0563his sister315.8070 
291 316.3432slept in-317.1546 
293 317.3131We w-317.6469 
295 317.7794We was everywhere.318.7540 
296PRV_int_01318.8274Mm.319.1398
297PRV_se0_ag2_f_01319.4662We was319.9279
299 320.0957everywhere.321.4433 
300PRV_int_01321.3967I bet.321.7744
301PRV_se0_ag2_f_01322.5950But322.9587
303 323.2712it was-323.5836 
305 323.7794it was a joyful time to me because325.7693 
307 326.2776everybody got along, and they respected-328.4039 
309 328.8655You know, my job was to-330.1151 
311 330.3203s- to make sure everybody was comfortable.332.1237 
312PRV_int_01332.1423Mm-hm.332.5154
313PRV_se0_ag2_f_01332.4687So the- most of the strain was on me.334.2780
314PRV_int_01334.4365Mm-hm.334.8375
315PRV_se0_ag2_f_01334.9634You know, and I tried not-335.9986
317 336.2830It's a hard job not to337.4895 
319 337.6807make a difference in338.7299 
321 339.2148one of the kids and340.3153 
323 340.5904you know, you stay in your place, and you stay in your place, and343.0932 
325 343.8859well Aunt /RD-NAME-1/ so and so-344.9677 
327 345.2148I don't wanna hear it. I didn't entertain all the garbage or all the-347.4717 
329 347.7654Well they didn't look at me. They didn't speak.349.5641 
330PRV_int_01349.5129Mm.349.8253
331PRV_se0_ag2_f_01349.8159It doesn't matter.350.6133
332PRV_int_01350.5900/???/.351.0230
333PRV_se0_ag2_f_01350.9537Everybody's here,352.1427
334PRV_int_01352.1334Yeah.352.3945
335PRV_se0_ag2_f_01353.0427<ts>353.0940
337 353.2432and353.6768 
339 353.7819we gonna get along, [so]354.9252 
340PRV_int_01354.7388[Okay.]355.0699
341PRV_se0_ag2_f_01355.4382it was fun.355.9931
342PRV_int_01356.1936/inaudible/356.7905
344 357.3127It sounds like-358.0588 
345PRV_se0_ag2_f_01358.3665It was fun.359.0706
346PRV_int_01359.3831Yeah.359.7328
348 360.3343So you have360.9252 
350 361.5315kind of a forced bonding363.1495 
351PRV_se0_ag2_f_01363.1962[Mm-hm.]363.6531
352PRV_int_01363.3081[time.]363.7231
353PRV_se0_ag2_f_01363.8443It was a bonding time. We had um-365.5043
355 366.4182We had the kids in the back because we wanted to watch TV,369.3594 
356PRV_int_01369.5086Mm-hm.369.8863
357PRV_se0_ag2_f_01369.9003so370.3619
359 370.5437I had to eliminate371.6955 
361 372.1385um-372.5301 
363 372.7854I had to buy373.5641 
365 373.7740um,374.4035 
367 375.4713another refrigerator, so the kids wouldn't have to come-377.7374 
369 377.9939At ten o'clock the main door be shut.379.7746 
370PRV_int_01379.9045Mm-hm.380.2030
371PRV_se0_ag2_f_01380.1377So the kids won't go up the front and mess-381.9376
372 382.2640Cause the- the382.7396
374 382.8188older kids-383.5416 
376 383.8680the-384.0172 
378 384.1746the adults had to go to work.385.3963 
379PRV_int_01385.4849Mkay.385.8532
380PRV_se0_ag2_f_01385.7460So I had a schedule that- At ten o'clock,387.6065
381 388.1474anything up the front that you want, you better go on and get it cause we gonna shut this door,391.2377
383 391.5129and we're not gonna open it anymore.393.0050 
384PRV_int_01393.0096Mm-hm.393.4946
386 393.9889<laugh>394.3572 
387PRV_se0_ag2_f_01394.4738<laugh>395.6722
389 396.1431So.396.5262 
390PRV_int_01396.5010Wow, that's amazing.397.6434
391 398.7019Well,399.0003
393 399.3314I don't wanna keep you399.8257 
395 400.0961any [longer.]401.1592 
396PRV_se0_ag2_f_01400.7956[Mkay.]401.5323
397PRV_int_01401.6488You've uh-402.2468
399 402.9300You really opened your home to me and you know, your business, [and I'm] very appreciative of that.407.4390 
400PRV_se0_ag2_f_01405.5459[Mm-hm.]405.9982
401 407.4996Well you're welcome. This has been a pleasure.409.3776
402PRV_int_01409.3776Thank you for your time.410.4175