Hovater

Dawson Hovater recalls…

Nancy Mills Hovater and her thread and cloth making.

Luther Hovater…

remembered by Neward DAWSON Hovater. This is part 7.

March 30, 2011 | Categories: Colbert County, Hovater, Remembering the Shoals | Tags: Colbert County Alabama, Hovater, Neward DAWSON Hovater, Remembering the Shoals | Comments Off on Luther Hovater…

Good man, my Granddaddy…

Rufus Hovater, reports Dawson Hovater. Neward DAWSON Hovater interview, Part 6.

March 29, 2011 | Categories: Colbert County, Hovater, Remembering the Shoals | Tags: Jim Hovater, Neward DAWSON Hovater, Remembering the Shoals, Rufus Henry Hovater | Comments Off on Good man, my Granddaddy…

The government will help you…

farmers were told during the 1930s during the reign of FDR. Dawson Hovater continues with his family history recollection. This is the 5th part of the iterview.

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March 28, 2011 | Categories: Colbert County, Hovater, Remembering the Shoals | Tags: Colbert County Alabama, Colbert Couty, Franklin D Roosevelt, Hovater, New Deal, Neward DAWSON Hovater | Comments Off on The government will help you…

he self-deprecatingly says when told the producers were going to talk and film him to gather family history. Some of his facts contradict what others deem true. But, how precious this visual documentation is for all relations and for the Shoals area at large. I love his aristocratic dialect.

Nedward Dawson Hovater 1897-2000, is the focus of this, the first of eight parts of the interview on video. Each will be accessible here over time. Enjoy.