![Elwin Roe Jr. (right) who goes by "Roe," with his brother, Tommy, and father, Elwin "Preacher" Roe Sr., at their home in Brooklyn, New York; ca. early 1950s © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas](makeThumbcustom.php?width=550&height=310&img=projects/Northwest Arkansas Oral History Project/ROE-Elwin-Charles-Jr-702/slideshow//000-ROE-Elwin-Charles-Jr-3.jpg)
#1: Elwin Roe Jr. (right) who goes by "Roe," with his brother, Tommy, and father, Elwin "Preacher" Roe Sr., at their home in Brooklyn, New York; ca. early 1950s
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![The Roe homestead in Viola, Arkansas; 1919 © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas](makeThumbcustom.php?width=550&height=310&img=projects/Northwest Arkansas Oral History Project/ROE-Elwin-Charles-Jr-702/slideshow//002-ROE-Elwin-Charles-Jr-1.jpg)
#2: The Roe homestead in Viola, Arkansas; 1919
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![Elwin Roe Jr. and his parents, Mozee Vida Roe and Elwin "Preacher" Roe Sr.; Viola, Arkansas, 1941 © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas](makeThumbcustom.php?width=550&height=310&img=projects/Northwest Arkansas Oral History Project/ROE-Elwin-Charles-Jr-702/slideshow//003-ROE-Elwin-Charles-Jr-14.jpg)
#3: Elwin Roe Jr. and his parents, Mozee Vida Roe and Elwin "Preacher" Roe Sr.; Viola, Arkansas, 1941
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![Elwin Roe Jr.'s grandfather, "Doc" Roe, in his medical office with nurse, Elsey; Viola, Arkansas, ca. late 1940s © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas](makeThumbcustom.php?width=550&height=310&img=projects/Northwest Arkansas Oral History Project/ROE-Elwin-Charles-Jr-702/slideshow//004-ROE-Elwin-Charles-Jr-8.jpg)
#4: Elwin Roe Jr.'s grandfather, "Doc" Roe, in his medical office with nurse, Elsey; Viola, Arkansas, ca. late 1940s
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![Professional baseball pitchers in the Roe family: (l-r) Elwin Roe Jr.'s cousin, J. C. Roe, of the minor league; grandfather, "Doc" Roe, of the Cotton League; and father, Elwin "Preacher" Roe Sr. of the major league; Viola, Arkansas, 1948 © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas](makeThumbcustom.php?width=550&height=310&img=projects/Northwest Arkansas Oral History Project/ROE-Elwin-Charles-Jr-702/slideshow//005-ROE-Elwin-Charles-Jr-7.jpg)
#5: Professional baseball pitchers in the Roe family: (l-r) Elwin Roe Jr.'s cousin, J. C. Roe, of the minor league; grandfather, "Doc" Roe, of the Cotton League; and father, Elwin "Preacher" Roe Sr. of the major league; Viola, Arkansas, 1948
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![Elwin Roe Jr. (left) and his brother, Tommy, on family vacation in Florida, 1950 © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas](makeThumbcustom.php?width=550&height=310&img=projects/Northwest Arkansas Oral History Project/ROE-Elwin-Charles-Jr-702/slideshow//006-ROE-Elwin-Charles-Jr-10.jpg)
#6: Elwin Roe Jr. (left) and his brother, Tommy, on family vacation in Florida, 1950
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![Elwin Roe Jr. (right) and Tommy Roe posing in front of a staged TV screen for a picture to accompany a newspaper aritcle about Elwin "Preacher" Roe Sr.; Brooklyn, New York, ca. early 1950s © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas](makeThumbcustom.php?width=550&height=310&img=projects/Northwest Arkansas Oral History Project/ROE-Elwin-Charles-Jr-702/slideshow//007-ROE-Elwin-Charles-Jr-4-ADJ.jpg)
#7: Elwin Roe Jr. (right) and Tommy Roe posing in front of a staged TV screen for a picture to accompany a newspaper aritcle about Elwin "Preacher" Roe Sr.; Brooklyn, New York, ca. early 1950s
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![Tommy Roe, Kay Roe, and Elwin Roe Sr, known as "Preacher"; behind them is Elwin Roe Jr. © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas](makeThumbcustom.php?width=550&height=310&img=projects/Northwest Arkansas Oral History Project/ROE-Elwin-Charles-Jr-702/slideshow//008-ROE-Elwin-Charles-Jr-2-ADJ.jpg)
#8: Tommy Roe, Kay Roe, and Elwin Roe Sr, known as "Preacher"; behind them is Elwin Roe Jr.
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![Elwin Roe Jr.'s maternal grandparents, Laura and Robert Newton Clay; Arkansas, 1959 © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas](makeThumbcustom.php?width=550&height=310&img=projects/Northwest Arkansas Oral History Project/ROE-Elwin-Charles-Jr-702/slideshow//009-ROE-Elwin Charles-Jr-12.jpg)
#9: Elwin Roe Jr.'s maternal grandparents, Laura and Robert Newton Clay; Arkansas, 1959
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