Hurricane Camille

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Sources:

Nelson County Sheriff William Whitehead Honored for Actions During 1969 Floods. 1971.

Bodies Recovered After the Intensive Flooding In Nelson County. 1969.

Organizations and Individuals Donate Cars, Tires, Gasoline, and Labor to Nelson County Residents Who Lost Their Transportation In Recent Floods. 1969.

Emery Fitzgerald of Nelson County and His Horse Receive a Commendation From the Red Cross for Saving His Mother-in-law From the Flooding of the Tye River. 1969.

https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/hurricane-camille-august-1969/

Farmville Herald, Volume 80, Number 70, 27 May 1970

https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/hurricane-camille-august-1969/

Southwest Times, Volume 66, Number 155, 27 August 1969

https://nelsonhistorical.org/cpage.php?pt=21

YouTube: Living in Virginia: Remembering Hurricane Camille

Lebanon News, Volume 89, Number 4556, 3 September 1969

Southwest Times, Volume 66, Number 156, 28 August 1969

https://open.spotify.com/episode/35KiDY1f8uOuRIEcfl9emc?si=bd7ee102bf874dc0

Southwest Times, Volume 66, Number 152, 24 August 1969

Yellow Jacket, Volume 84, Number 6, 13 November 1998

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