February 26: Happy Birthday! Leo James Caldwell
Leo James Caldwell was born in Durham in 1903. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Caldwell, and had three brothers and sisters. Leo attended R. J. Reynolds High School during...
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February 25: Happy Birthday! Irene Belle Morris
Irene Belle Morris was born in Winston-Salem in 1894, the fifth child in a family of nine children. She had a twin sister named Louise. The Morris family lived on Brookstown Avenue. Irene graduated...
February 24: Happy Birthday! Joseph Worth Bacon
Joseph Worth Bacon was born in Albemarle in 1900, and spent his boyhood in Goldsboro. He attended Elon College and Trinity College (Duke University). After graduation he worked as a reporter for the Goldsboro...
February 23: Happy Birthday! John Iuele
John Iuele was a native of Italy, and was born in 1916. He began his musical training on the trumpet at the age of 8 in his school band. When he was 12, he...
February 22: Happy Birthday! Ralph P. Hanes
Ralph Philip Hanes Sr. was born in Winston-Salem to John Wesley and Anna Hodgins Hanes in 1898. Mr. Hanes was educated at Woodberry Forest, Phillips Academy, and Yale University. He served briefly in the...
February 21: Happy Birthday! Rev. William Fletcher Womble
Reverend William Fletcher Womble was born in Chatham County in 1859. His father, J. J. Womble, was killed during the Civil War. As a young man, Womble worked in the merchantile business in Siler...
February 20: Happy Birthday! William “Bill” H. Ray
Bill Ray was born in Winston-Salem in 1925. As a teenager, he began working as a photographer for the Twin City Sentinel and the Winston-Salem Journal. After serving his country in World War II,...
February 19: Happy Birthday! James Simpson Lynch
James Simpson Lynch was born in Rutherford County in 1878. His father was a Confederate Army veteran, who worked as a farmer after the war. His son, James, grew up on the farm. James...
February 18: Happy Birthday! Jefferson Davis King
Jefferson Davis King was born in Guilford County in 1861. His parents were Alfred E. and Martha Hilton King. King came to Winston-Salem about 1885 and worked as a tobacco warehouseman. He did business...
February 17: Happy Birthday! Lucy Reynolds Critz
Lucy Reynolds Critz was born in Patrick County, Virginia in 1858. She was the daughter of Hardin W. and Nancy Cox Reynolds, and the sister of Richard Joshua Reynolds and William Neal Reynolds. Lucy’s...