Monday, April 28, 2014

Annie Lou Gaskill Gaskins Exhibit

This Wednesday, April 30, the Ocracoke Preservation Society will be honoring the family of Annie Lou Gaskill Gaskins with a special exhibit from 4 - 6 pm.

Annie Lou is the grand-daughter of Ocracoke native, William D. ("Captain Bill") Gaskill (1869-1935) and Annie Belle fulcher (1879-1941), also of Ocracoke.


Capt. Bill Gaskill














Capt. Bill was lost at sea in 1935. Captain Bill and Miss Annie owned the Pamlico Inn. The Inn was destroyed in the 1944 hurricane.

The Pamlico Inn











Come out to the museum on Wednesday to chat with Annie Lou and her extended Ocracoke Island family. Snacks will be served.

Our latest Ocracoke Newsletter is the story of traveling to the island on Frazier Peele's ferry in 1951. You can read it here: http://www.villagecraftsmen.com/news042114.htm.

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