"Walton's Mountain"
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Schuyler, Virginia (Walton's Mountain)
SCHUYLER, VIRGINIA
THIS HUMBLE HOUSE WAS BUILT BY MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER, TINKER MEEKS. IT IS LOCATED IN SCHUYLER, VA, JUST A STONES-THROW AWAY FROM WHERE THE HAMNER FAMILY OF "THE WALTON'S" FAME LIVED. MY GRANDFATHER, ALVIN T. MEEKS, WHOM WE CALLED DEE-DEE, WAS BORN HERE AND LIVED UNTIL HE TURNED 18 IN 1928 WHEN HE MOVED TO COVINGTON, VA WHERE HE LIVED THE REMAINDER OF HIS LIFE. WHEN DEE-DEE WAS 12, THE HAMNER'S (JOHN & OLIVIA WALTON) MARRIED. ALTHOUGH DEE-DEE DEPARTED SCHUYLER IN 1928, HE STAYED IN TOUCH THROUGH THE YEARS UNTIL MRS. HAMNER PASSED IN 1990 FOLLOWING A LONG BATTLE WITH ALZHEIMER'S. ONE OF MY BIGGEST REGRETS IS NOT TAKING THE TREK WITH MY FAMILY TO MEET MRS. HAMNER BEFORE SHE PASSED.
