Remembering Betty Goins who passed away yesterday. We had the immense pleasure to interview Betty in Knoxville, Tennessee in 2016.
She grew up in a Shantyboat where the French Broad and Holston Rivers emptied into the Tennessee River. “Y’all ready to hear about mah good life on the river? Well, Ah’m ready to tell it.”
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