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Russell Springs | Gloria McCarty

by Gloria McCarty
O.C. Jake McFarland was born in 1893 on his family farm near the Cumberland River. He has spent most of his 95 years in Russell County.
O.C. Jake McFarland was born in 1893 on his family farm near the Cumberland River. He has spent most of his 95 years in Russell County.
O.C. Jake McFarland was born in 1893 on his family farm near the Cumberland River. He has spent most of his 95 years in Russell County.
O.C. Jake McFarland was born in 1893 on his family farm near the Cumberland River. He has spent most of his 95 years in Russell County.
O.C. Jake McFarland was born in 1893 on his family farm near the Cumberland River. He has spent most of his 95 years in Russell County.
O.C. Jake McFarland was born in 1893 on his family farm near the Cumberland River. He has spent most of his 95 years in Russell County. from left, Granddaughter Mary Joann Haynes, 21, Jake McFarland, unidentified neighbor.
Earnest Tanner’s place. Used to have a .35 plate lunch. “It (the restaurant) was the place to be when I was growing up – an old juke box – a lot of fun,” said Betty Colvin Meadows, resident of Jamestown, Ky.
O.C. Jake McFarland was born in 1893 on his family farm near the Cumberland River. He has spent most of his 95 years in Russell County.

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