Mildred Anders
Mrs. Mildred Anders was born in the early 1920s in Yancey County, North Carolina. She was married to “J.B” Anders, who she had five children with, including Nancy and Vicky. She has lived on the same farm since it was bought in 1957. She has always had a garden and her family still raises cows. Her favorite dairy cow was named “Yellowbud.” Mrs. Anders loves to make fried apple pies using “sheepnose” apples when they can be found and prefers to use a wood fired stove because of the heat it provides in the winter. Today, she can be found sitting on her porch with a cup coffee while watching the animals that visit her yard.
Listen to Mildred Anders's story, captured by PAGE girls:
Segments:
1. Cooking on a Woodfired stove - 5:08-7:32
2. Making Fried Apple Pies - 8:00-9:45 & 14:21-14:50
3. A Skunk Story - 12:58-13:46
Mrs. Anders cooking one of her fried pies
A few of Mrs. Anders’ apple pies frying in a pan.
Ms. Nancy Anders, one of Mrs. Anders’ five daughters.
The wood fired stove that Mrs. Anders cooks on during the winter for its heat.
The porch that Mrs. Anders was sitting on when she saw the family of baby skunks.
The JB Anders barns can still be found on the property of Mrs. Mildred Anders. The farm was bought by JB Anders in the 1950s and had been used to produce milk, tobacco, and to house livestock. The barns were used up until the 2000s when JB Anders fell ill and later died in 2009. Mrs. Anders and her daughter Nancy are working to renovate the barns and are currently using them to store wood. The barns are still an essential part of the Anders family and is something that Nancy wants future generations of Appalachian people to appreciate.
A barn located on the property of Mrs. Mildred Anders
