Word from the Smokies: Quilting stitched Appalachian communities together -
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All 1 reports on Wed, 5 August 2026
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Ranger Jeanine FerrenceGrover MooreWillis WillocksMargaret YatesBecky HummelJohn WalkerEdward HummelStephanie GibertWillie Ellen AtchleyJohn ShulerMerikay WaldvogelPark Service WivesGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkSociety In WaynesvilleOconaluftee Visitor CenterGreat Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina, United StatesMaryville, Tennessee, United StatesAmericanIllinois, United StatesGreat Britain
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Wed, 5 August 2026
1 report- smokymountainnews.com14:48first to report
On a May Saturday more than 100 years ago, friends and family gathered at the home of Willis Willocks of Friendsville, Tennessee, to celebrate his 35th birthday. After enjoying a three-course noon meal and presenting Willocks with his gifts, the guests spent the afternoon sewing quilt squares, “making him [Willocks] a real nice quilt, each square bearing the name of the giver,” The Maryville Times reported in its May 12, 1920, edition. The archives of this and other regional newspapers are full...