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 […]

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 […]

Samuel Gilliam Samuel Gilliam, a graduate of Shaw University and N.C. Central University, served in education for 40 years in Edgecombe County. He established G.W. Carver High School in 1941 and was its first principal, having transferred from serving at […]

Warren Ray Jones A lifelong resident of Edgecombe County, Warren Ray Jones was educated by Edgecombe County schools and graduated from Conetoe High School in 1957. He spent six years in the army before graduating from Shaw University and attending […]

Hartwell H. Fuller Hartwell H. Fuller was born and raised in the Pinetops area of Edgecombe County. He graduated from South Edgecombe High School and earned a BA from Atlantic Christian College (now Barton) in Wilson, an MA from East […]

Lee R. Hall A North Carolina native, Lee Rawlings Hall worked in several eastern NC schools in Bertie and Pasquotank counties as a teacher, then as principal and finally as associate superintendent. He brought that experience to Edgecombe County in […]

Jennie Taylor Jennie Douglas Taylor was born in Charlotte, but worked throughout North Carolina in the fields of education and public health. She was a professor at Fayetteville State University in the 1930s, leaving that position to become the Public […]