Orzo Sloan Thigpen age: 77 born: August 17, 1920 died: January 9, 1998 - Beulaville, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
David Heath told me Orzo was a regular participant at their checker gatherings, and they would group travel to his antique store and play. Beulaville is about 30 miles SSW of Kinston. He was a well off antique dealer and his wife and daughter were school teachers. David said I remember taking a car load, I believe we had 7 in the car, to one of Cecil's fish fry. They had caught a big pile of American and hickory shad. David will have to tell you the difference between the two. He said he had never seen such a pile of fish and the iron frying pan the lady was cooking them on was like 3 feet wide. Cecil would plan a "backyard fish-fry" around their seasonal Chowan river seining parties.
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