Mamie Reels Ellison

Those are the questions we ask. What were they supposed to do? Melvin makes his living on the water. Lycurtus was a brick mason. Okay. This is heir property, so you cannot get a loan to do anything. Okay, you live in Carteret County, we now call it Jim Crow County. Okay, it ain't like you can go walk in a bank and they're gonna loan you money to buy property to go somewhere else.

Those are the questions we ask. What were they supposed to do? Melvin makes his living on the water. Lycurtus was a brick mason. Okay. This is heir property, so you cannot get a loan to do anything. Okay, you live in Carteret County, we now call it Jim Crow County. Okay, it ain't like you can go walk in a bank and they're gonna loan you money to buy property to go somewhere else.

But what were we to do? What was they supposed to do? Where were they going? Had been here all their life, know they own the land, and then you're gonna just take them and throw them out of the house?

But what were we to do? What was they supposed to do? Where were they going? Had been here all their life, know they own the land, and then you're gonna just take them and throw them out of the house?

This house was built after Hurricane Floyd.

This house was built after Hurricane Floyd.

Floyd was the one that destroyed her old house.

Floyd was the one that destroyed her old house.

The attorney we had at that time, he forewarned us before court. He said, this judge don't want to hear nothing. He just want to lock him up. He said, you're thumbing your nose at the court.

The attorney we had at that time, he forewarned us before court. He said, this judge don't want to hear nothing. He just want to lock him up. He said, you're thumbing your nose at the court.