I conducted an interview with my grandmother Ivy Beryl Fulcher. She was able to give a lot of background information about our hometown Stacy, North Carolina. I learn about some of the men that carved decoys here, and about different stores and places that also were here years ago. I learned that the harbor is owned by my Dad's family.  I also learned what the men did with their boats before the habor was built.
    My interview took place in the home of Ivy B. Fulcher in Stacy, North Carolina. I started by asking about the men that carved decoys here. Grandma said she could only remember two and they were Homer Fulcher and Irvin Fulcher. (She isn't for sure if they were kin to each other or not). The harbor was dug out with big machines. Before the harbor was like it is now, the men docked their boats at a little local crab house.
    We talked about the post office, it was use to be a little store until they built the one we have now.  The first postmaster that Grandma remembers is Beaulah Hamilton.  Mrs. Hamilton was the postmaster for many years.
     We use to have a school right where the Fire Department is currently located. My granddaddy, Marvin Fulcher, went to school there until Atlantic school was built.
    Times have changed so much. Irvin, Homer and Beaulah have passed away. The harbor is about same but the little crab house is gone. Ms. Patti Mason is now the postmaster at the same old building that looks like a small house. Our Fire Department is still there. We have two churches one on highway 70 right across the from the post office. The other church is around the Stacy loop. Our loop road is now paved.  After all said and done Stacy to me is the best place in the world to be, because it is my hometown.

Stacy Post Office, ZIP 28581	Stacy Harbor
Traditional "Down East" Home	Fire Department

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