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Albany | Patti Longmire

by Patti Longmire
Early morning fog is thick among the hills in Albany.
Felicia Hall, age one, sits alone on her porch.
Virginia Hall (right) looks proudly on her children playing in Albany, Ky. left – Ashley 4, Felicia 1, and Virginia Ann 5
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(left) – Ashley, 4, Virginia Ann, 5, gaze off while their mother Virginia plays with their baby sister Felicia, 1, they live in Albany, Ky.
Ashley Hall, 4, stands hugging the porch post after playing games with her sister on Friday in Albany, Ky.
Delivering the mail is “Curley’s” life, he’s done it for 36 years.
“Curley” talks with friend Jimmie Sloane in the Indian Creek Lodge, he delivers the mail and gets a cup of coffee here too.
Bertie Stover gets his mail. He said “Curley is a character.” Stover has enjoyed his mail delivered at the same time daily with few problems.
“Curley” drives his truck along Route 4 which is 104 miles long.
Ira Lee “Curley” Dickens (left) speaks with his boss George Moore while sorting out the mail.
Floyd Wright, 60, and his dog “Coco,” live together in a small three-room shack. Wright enjoys his dog’s company, “I don’t know what I’d do without her.”

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