Marble, Medina Oral History, 2024

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Medina Marble is a member of the Baptist ministry and community member of Antioch Baptist Church in Gloucester, VA. Marble describes her early life growing up in Clifton Forge and the role of Christianity in her upbringing. She describes her profession as a teacher at the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind in Hampton, VA and her later calling to become involved in the Baptist ministry in the 1980s. Marble goes on to describe her involvement with the community once she arrived in Gloucester and the importance Antioch Baptist Church had on her life. She describes the changing size and involvement of the congregation through periods of her life and major historical events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

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