In chapters 11- 13 sheriff Clem Barfield recounts finding his son Jeff dead on the side of the road. He had died in an accident while working on a transformer as a member of Jimmy Hall's electrical crew. Clem searched for Jimmy Hall after the accident and found him in his truck on top of Gunter Mountain during a snowstorm. Clem Barfields car got stuck in the snow so he walked up to Jimmy's car, noticed that he was drunk and left him there to sober up, not altogether caring if he lived or died fortunately he lived. The next morning Jimmy towed Clem's car down from the mountain.
The speaker in these chapters is Adelaide Lyle, as she recounts the story of her childhood with her great aunt on top of Parker Mountain as well as her voyage to the city of Asheville to work. While in the city she worked her way up from washing clothing to working with tobacco, given her history with the product. She returned from her summer in the city to find that her aunt had died, and no one had taken care of her body. She recalls a dream she had of Jesus who showed her her aunt in heaven. When she finds her body she buries her herself on top of Gunter mountain and gets help by her neibors to build the coffin. She then recounts the story of her trek though the blizzard to help Julie give birth to Stump. She successfully gives birth to Stump, but he does not cry at all during the process, foreboding his mute future.
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