{"id":818,"date":"2020-08-28T20:13:02","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T00:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=818"},"modified":"2022-05-14T20:17:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T00:17:41","slug":"d-c-stephenson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=818","title":{"rendered":"D. C. Stephenson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_819\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-819\" src=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/D.C._Stewphenson-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/D.C._Stewphenson-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/D.C._Stewphenson-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/D.C._Stewphenson-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/D.C._Stewphenson-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/D.C._Stewphenson.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Picture by Bee Cliff River Slob &#8211; Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=22924836<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In 1962 a World War I vet came to the VA hospital at Mountain Home, Tennessee for medical care.\u00a0 This man decided to stay in the area, getting a job at the weekly newspaper in nearby Jonesborough.\u00a0 There he worked as a linotype operator and part-time reporter.\u00a0 He also developed a relationship with his widowed landlord, eventually marrying her.\u00a0 When he died he was buried at the Mountain Home National Cemetery.  <\/p>\n<p>It was only after his death that the dark secrets he held were discovered.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Today we tell the story of D. 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