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The Carvers - (Flemings/Hawkins)

Sallie Mae Ford Fleming and her husband, Clarence, carving. off Cherry Road, Hayesville, NC. 1935.

 Courtesy/Western Carolina University, Historical Photograph Collection 

The story of the Brasstown Carvers runs through my own family — through Ruth Fleming Hawkins, and Clarence and Sallie Mae Ford Fleming —  whose steady hands turned mountain wood into art, and everyday life into something lasting. 

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