FAU Department of History Oral Histories
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Interview with B.D. and R. E. Thomas
Type: Text
Year: 2006, 2006, 2006, 2006
Member of: FAU Department of History Oral Histories
Contributors: Thomas, B. D., Thomas, R. E.
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Description: B.D. Thomas was born in 1919 at Prayer Ridge in the Basinger, Florida area to a
cattle family. She became an orphan at the age of thirteen and was married at the age of
sixteen. After she married, she used inherited cattle to buy eighty acres at a tax sale in
order to begin ranching with her husband. The interviews were conducted on that same
ranch where her son, R.E. Thomas, herds approximately… more
Full Text: September 11, 2006 Interviewees: B.D. Thomas & R.E. Thomas Interviewer: Terry Dooley with Loisa Kerwin B.D. Thomas was born in 1919 at Prayer Ridge in the Basinger, Florida area to a cattle family. She became an orphan at the age of thirteen and was …
Interview with Junior Miller and Audrey Vickers
Type: Text
Year: 2006, 2006, 2006, 2006
Member of: FAU Department of History Oral Histories
Contributors: Miller, Junior, Vickers, Audrey
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Description: Edna Pearce Lockett served in the Florida Legislature from 1949 until
1953. She was the third woman to serve. Lockett operated one of the largest
cattle ranches in Florida and served her community until her death.
Junior Miller has been the caretaker at the Pearce Estate since 1975 when
Edna Pearce Lockett was in her sixties.
Audrey Vickers knew Edna Pearce Lockett through her involvement with… more
Full Text: Junior Miller & Audrey Vickers Interviewed by Terry L. Dooley October 11, 2006 October 11,2006 Interviewees: Junior Miller & Audrey Vickers Interviewer: Terry L. Dooley with Loisa Kerwin Edna Pearce Lockett served in the Florida Legislature from 1949 …