Frances Burkhead Griffin was born on this day in 1916, in Asheboro, to Carl Burdette and Fannie Burkhead Griffin. Frances attended school in Asheboro and in Thomasville, where she moved in 1929 with her...
Mamie Hegwood was born on this day in 1901, in Salem, to William and Mary Hegwood. She began writing for the Winston-Salem Journal when she was in high school, and was paid for her...
Elizabeth Stuart Hedgecock was born on this day in 1919 in Forsyth County. She attended the local schools and graduated from Salem College. She received her graduate training in dietetics at Philadelphia General Hospital,...
James Paxton Davis Jr. was born on this day in 1925, in Winston-Salem. Paxton, as he was called, graduated from R. J. Reynolds High School and Johns Hopkins University. He joined the staff...
Roy Thompson was born on this day in 1923, in Winston-Salem, to Dr. L. R. and Sarah Thompson. He graduated from R. J. Reynolds High School and UNC. Roy joined the Winston-Salem Journal in...
Mary Garber was born on this day in 1916, in New York City, to Mason and Grace Garber. She moved to Winston-Salem in 1924, and graduated from R. J. Reynolds High School and Hollins...
Frank Buxton Jones Jr. was born in Winston-Salem in 1914, to Frank Buxton and Carrie Keith Jones Sr. He was born in his grandfather Keith’s house on Brookstown Avenue. Frank graduated from R. J....
William King Hoyt was born in Saratoga County, New York, in 1889. He graduated from Swarthmore College and was employed by the Trenton, New Jersey, Times from mid-1912 to 1924. During that time he...
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...
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,...
