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Interviewee Sort descending | Collection | Description | Interviewer | Date of Interview | Location of Interview | Affiliation |
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Bobbie Smith | Dock Stories |
On April 12, 2024, Logan Collins and Blake Pavri interviewed Bobbie Smith for the Dock Stories project at the UGA Marine Extension/Georgia Sea Grant in Brunswick, Georgia. Bobbie Smith, who had been co-owner of the Sapelo Shrimp dock for over a decade, shared her experiences managing the dock alongside her partner, Bill Harris. She detailed the dock's history, including its transformation from the dilapidated Ward's Dock into the functional and modern Sapelo Shrimp Dock, which became a vital part of the local shrimping community. |
Logan Collins, Blake Pavri | Brunswick, GA | Georgia Southern University, University of Georgia Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant | |
Christine Skinner | Dock Stories |
On February 27, 2025, Blake Pavri and Logan Collins interviewed Christine Skinner at her dock in McIntosh County, Georgia, for the Dock Stories oral history project. Christine Skinner is a longtime shrimper and business owner who, along with her late husband, moved to McIntosh County in 1972. They purchased waterfront property and established Skinner Seafood in the early 1980s. Skinner has operated the dock ever since, continuing to oversee its daily operations with the help of her children and extended family. |
Blake Pavri, Logan Collins | McIntosh County, GA | Georgia Southern University, University of Georgia Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant | |
John Wallace | Dock Stories |
On February 27, 2025, Logan Collins and Blake Pavri interviewed John Wallace in McIntosh County, Georgia, for the Dock Stories oral history project. John Wallace is a third-generation fisherman who began working in the local seafood industry in the early 1970s. After graduating from high school, he crabbed for several years before joining his father’s shrimping business and eventually building and captaining his boat, the Gale Force. Wallace went on to lease and operate numerous docks throughout McIntosh County and served as president of the Georgia Shrimp Association. |
Logan Collins, Blake Pavri | McIntosh County, GA | Georgia Southern University, University of Georgia Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant | |
Kim Boone | Dock Stories |
On April 13, 2024, Logan Collins and Lilah Henderson interviewed Kim Boone for the "Dock Stories" project at Boone’s Seafood in Darien, Georgia. Kim Boone shares her family connections to the shrimping industry, detailing the history of Boone’s Dock, which has been part of her husband’s family for generations. Her own family also had significant ties to the industry, with her grandfather and parents operating a dock in Meridian, Georgia, before selling it to the state in the early 1990s. |
Logan Collins, Lilah Henderson | Darien, GA | Georgia Southern University, University of Georgia Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant | |
Leonard Crosby | Dock Stories |
On March 1, 2025, Logan Collins and Lilah Henderson interviewed Captain Leonard Crosby at his home in Richmond Hill, Bryan County, Georgia, for the Dock Stories oral history project. Captain Leonard Crosby is a lifelong commercial fisherman and former dock manager who played a central role in establishing the Bryan County Fishermen’s Cooperative in the late 1970s. Raised in Georgia, Crosby spent thirteen years working for the railroad before transitioning to shrimping full-time. |
Logan Collins, Lilah Henderson | Richmond Hill, GA | Georgia Southern University, University of Georgia Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant | |
Lindsey Parker | Dock Stories |
On February 28, 2025, Logan Collins and Kristin Meeuwen interviewed Captain Lindsey Parker at the Sea Grant dock in Brunswick, Glynn County, Georgia, for the Dock Stories oral history project. Captain Lindsey Parker is a retired commercial fisherman and long-time captain of the University of Georgia Marine Extension Service’s research vessel, the Bulldog, where he worked from the early 1980s until his retirement around 2017. |
Logan Collins, Kristin Meeuwen | Brunswick, GA | Georgia Southern University, University of Georgia Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant | |
Mildred Boone | Dock Stories |
On February 28, 2025, Kristin Meewen and Logan Collins interviewed Mildred Boone at Boone Seafood in Darien, McIntosh County, Georgia, as part of the Dock Stories project. Mildred Boone was born and raised on a farm and married into the Boone family in 1961. Her in-laws purchased the dock that would become Boone Seafood, and although she was not initially involved in dock operations, she later worked as a secretary there in the 1980s. Boone has remained closely connected to the dock for decades through her family’s multigenerational involvement in commercial shrimping. |
Logan Collins, Kristin Meeuwen | Darien, GA | Georgia Southern University, University of Georgia Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant |