This interview is part of a collection of interviews conducted between 1976 – 1981.

Mrs. Acra talks about growing up in the town of Petersburg, Kentucky as well as farming, homelife during World Wars I & II, and life in a river town along the Ohio River.

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Mrs. Brennie Acra, born on July 23, 1904, was native of Petersburg, KY and owned a popular restaurant in Petersburg in the 1960s and '70s. She was also an avid quilter and Sunday school teacher at the Petersburg Baptist Church. Her husband, Earl Acra, died March 23, 1956. She died Nov. 29, 1990 at age 86 and is buried in the Petersburg Cemetery.