ORAL HISTORY CENTER
AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF MADISON COUNTY
EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

An Index of a Recorded Interview
With
Gentry, Lillian
A. G. Dunston, Interviewer
1 April 1992

The following is an unrehearsed taped interview with Lillian Gentry.
Ms. Gentry discusses her life as a resident of both Madison and Fayette counties.
This interview was taped in conjunction with the
African American Community of Madison County Oral
History Project at Eastern Kentucky University.

LOCATION: Ms. Gentry's home in Madison County, Kentucky.
DATE: April 1, 1992
TIME:
LENGTH OF INTERVIEW: 50-Minutes
TYPE OF MACHINE USED: Califone Cassette
000-015 Introduction.
015-040 Family background and early life-- Mother-Tilitha Huguely, Father- James William Ballew.
040-052 Her ancestry--Virginia.
052-064 Ballew / Broaddus / Simpson Reunion.
064-075 Concord, KY and Grandfather Murrell Ballew.
075-103 More on family background.
103-125 Early education.
125-138 Richmond High School /Kentucky State.
138-143 Marriage.
143-152 Chores and walking to school.
152-160 Holidays.
160-190 Church: "Bottom Church."
190-229 Race relations.
229-239 Gentry's Mother.
239-254 Gentry's home in Lexington.
254-274 Broaddus cousins, Simpsons, Nolands.
274-282 Family tree.
282-311 Job history.
311-387 Organizations: Community Investment; Northside Neighborhood Organization.
387-414 Empty.
END OF SIDE ONE
BEGINNING SIDE TWO
000-051 Married in 1947, George Gentry; children, grandchildren.
051-107 Richmond High, teachers, principal J. Fletcher.
107-120 Field hockey / More on Fletcher.
120-125 Kentucky State.
125-131 Marian Curry.
131-167 Family reunions: Ballew; Huguely; fund raisers.
167-175 NAACP.
175-198 Employed at EKU.
198-240 Her children's educational backgrounds and job histories.
240-247 Closing.
247-416 Empty.

END OF INTERVIEW

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