Getting ready for 2011, they remember well 1973 Residents recall fighting for their property – and their lives

Published 12:02 am Sunday, May 1, 2011

By Staff Reports

Margretia Coker looks through a photo album while she remembers the 1973 flood at her house in Valley Park. Like many people in the area her family built a levee around their house to protect it from the rising water. (David Jackson)

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