A second passion is the Melungeon community of Vardy in Hancock County in upper East Tennessee ... This quiet East Tennessee valley is named for Vardemon Collins, ancestor of DruAnna Williams Overbay ...

Deep in the hills of Appalachia live a mysterious tri-racial people known as Melungeons. For years, the community around Vardy Valley in northeastern Tennessee suffered discrimination and ...

“The Melungeons of Vardy Valley” follows Williams’ own ... DruAnna Williams Overbay, Claude Collins, and filmmakers Todd Beckham, Marilyn Cheney and Ian Cheney. Other sessions at the Union ...