THE COPPELL HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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OUR ORAL HISTORIES
Interviewee
Date
Length
Notes
Interviewer
Media
Jewel (Jack) Kirkland
12/20/1988
2:17:15
Yes
Pete Wilson
Listen
Claryta Harwell
6/15/1989
1:01:25
Yes
Pete Wilson
Listen
Mary Evelyn Cozby Mobley
6/19/1989
0:42:21
Yes
Pete Wilson
Listen
Coppell History - Pete Wilson, Jack (Jewel) Kirkland, Martha Jo Cozby, and Dave Carrett
1991
0:24:00
No
Video
Watch
Ruby McDowell
8/29/1992
2:04:13
No
Pete Wilson
Listen
Jack (Jewel) Kirkland
11/1992
0:45:16
Yes
Pete Wilson
Listen
Fay Evans (Parrish family)
8/25/1994
0:52:58
No
Pete Wilson
Listen
John Coppell III
8/5/1998
0:48:25
No
Pete Wilson
Listen
Johnny Dobecka
11/29/1998
1:17:58
No
Pete Wilson
Listen
Claryta Harwell
12/11/1998
2:29:27
Yes
Pete Wilson
Listen
Mildred Cherry
4/11/2002
0:32:36
Yes
Pete Wilson
Listen
Laura Faye Kirkland
1/16/2006
0:48:13
Yes
Pete Wilson
Listen
Juanita Strong and Marene Thiedie
11/20/2007
2:25:11
No
Pete Wilson
Listen
Pat Cope
3/10/2009
2:31:41
No
Pete Wilson
Listen
James Harlin
3/16/2009
2:47:22
Yes
Pete Wilson
Listen
Ray McDowell On attending Coppell Elementary School
8/27/2009
2 pages
No
Essay
Read
Richard and Barbara Lee
1/22/2010
3:37:12
No
Pete Wilson
Listen
Elsie Fay and Bill Rush and their daughter Barbara
5/18/2010
1:55:35
No
Pete Wilson
Listen
Leon Russell
8/24/2011
1:44:02
No
Pete Wilson and Barbara Lee
Listen
Ronnie Parker and Mother Bettye Pruktt Parker
9/2/2011
1:23:43
Yes
Pete Wilson
Listen
Wanda Phillips Parrish Blair
9/26/2011
1:26:43
No
Pete Wilson and Barbara Lee
Listen
Warren Dearing
4/11/2012
0:58:51
No
Pete Wilson and Barbara Lee
Listen
Ruby Handley
8/29/2014
0:44:25
No
Pete Wilson
Listen
Lorene Gentry Prikle
2002
4 pages
No
Essay
Read
Michael Walker on Erma Ihnfeldt
10/14/2017
0:33:00
No
Video
Watch
Joyce Ledbetter Webb on the Ledbetter family
9/2/2017
26 pages with pictures
No
Essay
Read

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  • HOME
  • HISTORY
    • FAQs
    • TIMELINE
    • HISTORICAL NARRATIVE
    • OUR VIDEOS
    • ABOUT COPPELL >
      • PETERS COLONY >
        • HISTORY
        • PETERS COLONY MAPS
        • HEDGCOXE WAR
      • GRAPEVINE SPRINGS >
        • GRAPEVINE SPRINGS PARK >
          • WPA
        • BIRDS FORT
        • BIRD'S FORT TREATY
      • GRAPE VINE PRAIRIE
      • FAMOUS TREES
    • PIONEER DAY
    • HISTORICAL LANDMARKS >
      • MAPS & LANDMARK LOCATIONS
      • COPPELL DEPOT
      • COPPELL SCHOOLS
    • ARTICLES BY MEMBERS
    • FURTHER READING
    • ORAL HISTORIES
    • IT HAPPENED IN COPPELL
    • GEOCACHING SERIES
  • PROJECTS
    • KIRKLAND HOUSE >
      • KIRKLAND TOURS
    • IHNFELDT HOUSE
    • MINYARD STORE
    • WITNESS TREES
    • HISTORICAL MARKERS >
      • MARKERS
      • MARKERS - HISTORY ALIVE
    • CEMETERIES >
      • BETHEL CEMETERY
    • TREE ORDINANCE
    • OLD TOWN COPPELL
  • PHOTOS
  • CONTACT
  • LINKS
    • ASSOCIATIONS
  • OUR MISSION