Jun 14, 2023
A mountain midwife is said to have lost more than 20 of her own children, before becoming a midwife to hundreds of local families. That's the life, legacy and lore connected to a woman people called Aunt Orlean Puckett. In this episode of Hometown Stories, we take a drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway to learn about resilient mountain living and the efforts one family is taking to keep a memory alive.