February 6: Happy Birthday! Thomas Dewitt Meriwether
Thomas Dewitt Meriwether was born in Missouri in 1885. He was educated and trained as a CPA, and he founded the Winston-Salem office of Ernst and Ernst. In 1931 he joined Hanes Knitting Company...
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February 5: Happy Birthday! James A. Pickard
James A. Pickard was born in 1881 in Davidson County. Before he established a confectionery business in Winston-Salem, he worked for the Post Office and was in the grocery business. The confectionery business...
February 4: Happy Birthday! Judge Roland Hayes
Roland Harris Hayes was born in Winston-Salem in 1931. He graduated from Atkins High School, Winston-Salem State University, and received his law degree from North Carolina Central University. Before he attended law school, he...
February 3: Happy Birthday! Calvin Henderson Wiley
Calvin Henderson Wiley was born in Guilford County in 1819. He was named for John Calvin and his mother’s minister, Rev. Dr. Henderson, reflecting his mother’s ambition that her son become a minister. Calvin...
February 2: Happy Birthday! John Hugh Davis
John Hugh Davis was born in Forsyth County in 1911. His parents were Richard Thomas and Jeanettie Shermer Davis. Hugh lived on Reynolda Road, along with many of his Davis relatives who also built homes...
February 1: Happy Birthday! Francis Henry Fries
Francis Henry Fries was born in Salem in 1855, the son of Francis Levin and Lisetta Maria Vogler Fries. Francis, known as Frank, attended the Salem Boys School and graduated from Davidson College. He had...
January 31: Happy Birthday! John Henry Boner
John Henry Boner, well-known poet and journalist, was born in this house in Salem in 1845. He was one of four children born to Thomas Jacob and Phoebe Boner. The house was built by...
January 30: Happy Birthday! Mary Louise Knouse Yorke
Mary Louise Knouse Yorke was born in Forsyth County in 1881. She was educated in the local public schools and attended Salem College. She was one of the first graduates of the Twin City...
January 29: Happy Birthday! Bonnie Angelo
Bonnie Angelo (third from left in photo) was born in Winston-Salem in 1924. She graduated from Reynolds High School, attended Salem College for one year, then attended and graduated from Woman’s College in Greensboro. After...
January 28: Happy Birthday! Mildred Borden Hanes
Mildred Borden was born in North Carolina in 1891, and spent her childhood in Goldsboro. She attended St. Mary’s Junior College in Raleigh and Gunston Hall in Washington, DC. She married Robert March Hanes...