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dgc seven, me government condemned his father’s property, some 57 acres, and the money received in the condemnation settlement was used to buy another farm over in the Racer Hollow. By their hard work the next few years the family added several more acres to the farm, all of which formerly belonged to George Racer.

At about nine years of age tragedy struck again. Dyptheria almost took his life. Eating became a life or death situation. The only intake of nourishment finally became eggnog whose last drops could not be swallowed for lack of force from within the glass.

God works in mysterious ways and with what seemed a heavy load of stones upon his chest, Charley whispered to his mother that he’d been impressed to call a Mr. Coppedge to come pray for him. Although many of the family both secretly and in

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