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["Elaine (Moore) Purkey is an activist songwriter and musician from Harts Creek, West Virginia in Lincoln County. She was born on May 29, 1949, on the same piece of property where she still lives. She was raised in a family of musicians and flatfoot dancers and attributes her powerful voice to the acapella singing she learned as a member of the Church of Christ. As a teenager she played in bands with her brother, and in early adulthood she was the lead singer of a local country band. In the 1980s, she began performing regularly on the Wallace Horn Friendly Neighbors Show, a live radio program out of Logan County that has been on the air since 1967. She now hosts the show."]

1. Elaine Purkey and Rick Wilson

Identifier:: 4224.PurkeyElaine.Photo.002.10.27.16
Title:: Elaine Purkey and Rick Wilson
Date:: 2016-10-27
Creator:: Hilliard, Emily
Subject:: Wilson, Rick and Purkey, Elaine
Location:: Harts (W. Va.)