There is a story (which may or may not be true) that Doc Watson's grandmother attended Ann Milton on her (Melton's) death bed. Watson's family lived on the other side of the mountain from Dula and Grayson. According to the story, Watson's grandmother swore that Ann Melton saw visions of the Fires of Hell at the foot of her bed just before she died. It could help to account for why people on Watson's side of the mountain were always a bit more sympathetic toward Dula than on Frank Proffitt's side.

Stephen Lee Rich