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Interview no. | K-1103 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | K.2.6. Southern Communities: Listening for a Change: Cary Heritage Museum's Oral History Project |
Project description | Interviews, 1985-2014, conducted by Friends of the Page-Walker Hotel members as part of the Cary Heritage Museum's Oral History Project. Interviewees include members of prominent families, a former mayor, former sharecropping families, long-time community merchants, a retired chief of police and a fire chief, and former Page-Walker Hotel owners, all of whom discuss topics relating to the character and development of the town. |
Date | 7 February 2014 |
Interviewee | Edwards, James Michael. |
Interviewee occupation |
Real estate agents Business owners |
Interviewee DOB | 1949 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Van Scoyoc, Peggy. |
Abstract | This is the second interview with Michael Edwards who continues his life story. He picked up from when he left California and moved to Atlanta where he lived for ten years. He opened several jewelry stores in Atlanta before returning to Apex and Cary, N.C. Once here, he opened another jewelry store. He then went into commercial real estate. Today he runs the store with his son and ex-wife, and he also continues his career in real estate. In this interview, he gives us more background on some of the heritage families in the Apex/Carpenter/Green Level area. |
Citation | Interview with James Michael Edwards by Peggy Van Scoyoc, 7 Febraury 2014 K-1103, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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Interview no. | K1103_Audio_1 |