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Actor Richard Thomas Presents Lifetime Achievement Award To Nelson’s Earl Hamner

Actor Richard Thomas Presents Lifetime Achievement Award To Nelson’s Earl Hamner

[ 0 ] October 16, 2011

ShareRichmond, Virginia By Woody Greenberg The 14th Annual Library of Virginia Literary Awards Celebration honored Earl Hamner with its Literary Lifetime Achievement Award Saturday, Oct. 15 held at the Library of Virginia in Richmond. The event was hosted by noted Virginia author Adriana Trigiani, who said she grew up in Big Stone Gap with six [...]

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Photos By Tommy Stafford : ©2009 www.nelsoncountylife.com : Mr. & Mrs. Paul Saunders (left) chat it up with Nelson County native, Earl Hamner, Jr. Thursday night during his homecoming at The Hamner Theater in Afton. : Click any photos to enlarge.

John Boy Comes Home : Hamner At The Hamner Thursday Night : 11.6.09

[ 0 ] November 6, 2009

ShareAfton Nelson County, Virginia Earl Hamner, Jr. best known as the creator of The Waltons television series on CBS returned home last night to his native Nelson County. Hamner was born on July 10, 1923 in Schuyler, Virginia. Earl turned 86 this past July. The Waltons was based loosely on his childhood experiences growing up [...]

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