Rosa Brodie Rosa “B” Brodie’s education got off to a good start at Cedar Grove School where her principal from the first thru third grades was her mother Rosalie Andrews. She went on to graduate from Tarboro’s Patillo High School, earned her BS from St. Augustine’s...
Thomas Stith, Sr. After serving in World War I, Thomas Stith, Sr., worked for Rocky Mount schools for 20 years and 18 years for the US Post Office, but he is recognized for his dedication to the youth of the area as founder of Boy Scout Troop 161. He was active in...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Frances Gorham Frances “Miss Fannie” Gorham, a Rocky Mount native, attended Rocky Mount graded schools and graduated from State Normal and Industrial College in 1904. She is recognized for over 50 years of unparalleled...
Nina Walston Fountain Nina Walston Fountain taught school in Edgecombe County for 44 years during which she influenced hundreds of students in the area. She earned an AB Degree from East Carolina Teachers College and an MA from East Carolina University. Mrs. Fountain...
Hazel Armstrong Valentine Hazel Armstrong Valentine was born in Martin County in 1895 and died in 1997. A graduate of Guilford College, Mrs. Valentine served as a parole officer at the National Training School for Girls, taught school, and worked as postmaster in...
