R. J. Reynolds High School Cheerleaders Identified
Thanks to the many people who shared this image and who contacted classmates in order to verify the identifications of the women in the above photo. The women are (left to right): Loretta Snyder...
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Wayback Wednesday: Can you identify these people?
Three photographs, taken by Winston-Salem Journal photographer, Bill Ray, are shown below. If you can identify any of the individuals in the photos, please send a message, giving the number of the photo and...
December 8: Happy Birthday! Frank L. Blum
Frank L. Blum was born on this day in 1891, in Winston-Salem, to Dr. James A. and Lizzie Wilson Blum. He attended the local schools and as a teenager he worked in the engineering...
November 23: Happy Birthday! Clark Odell Taylor
Clark Odell “C. O.” Taylor was born on this day in 1931, in Winston-Salem, to Gaither Eugene and Lollie Hawkins Taylor. Clark graduated from Gray High School and from East Carolina University. He also...
October 30: Happy Birthday! Janie Davenport Weaver
Janie Davenport Weaver was born on this day in 1909, in Lenoir, to Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Weaver. Janie’s father came to Winston-Salem to be a minister at Centenary Methodist Church, and she...
October 22: Happy Birthday! Claude Reuben “Pop” Joyner
Claude Reuben “Pop” Joyner was born on this day in 1896, in Yadkin County, to Samuel H. and Syniscal Sprinkle Joyner. When he was old enough, he farmed a little, but decided that he...
October 21: Happy Birthday! Robert Sidney Haltiwanger
Robert Sidney Haltiwanger was born on this day in 1893, in South Carolina, to Daniel Sidney and Jennie Gordon Haltiwanger. He attended Davidson College and planned to study medicine, but decided that he liked...
October 9: Happy Birthday! Gabriel Ellis Ashburn Jr.
Gabriel Ellis Ashburn Jr. was born on this day in 1914, in Forsyth County, to Gabriel Ellis and Ollie Hastings Ashburn. He attended R. J. Reynolds High School and graduated in 1933. He served...
October 7: Happy Birthday! Laurie Carolyn Pratt
Laurie Carolyn Pratt was born on this day in 1923, in Forsyth County, to Eugene C. and Sallie Pfaff Pratt. Laurie graduated from R. J. Reynolds High School and studied music at Atlantic Christian...
October 5: Happy Birthday! Betty McCall Smith
Betty McCall Smith was born on this day in 1927, in Forsyth County, to William and Therese Cooke McCall. Betty graduated from R. J. Reynolds High School and Randolph Macon College. She worked in...