[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Robert Henry Ricks”][vc_column_text] Robert Henry Ricks, farmer and capitalist, was born in the Stoney Creek section of Nash County, the son of David and Martha Vick Ricks,. His ancestor-Isaac Ricks- was one of...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Paul H. Peel, Jr.”][vc_column_text] Paul H. Peel, Jr. is an active Rocky Mount civic leader and former executive at Belk. He was born in rural Martin County, NC, and attended primary school in Williamston, NC. He...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Rachel M. Joyner”][vc_column_text] Rachel M. Joyner was elected to the office of Clerk of Nash County Superior Court in 1968 and was reelected time after time until her retirement in 2018. Prior to that, she...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Jessie Mae Jones”][vc_column_text] Jessie Mae Jones and her family moved to Rocky Mount, NC in 1941. She is an educator, author, community leader, social action advocate, and religious leader, a role model for...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Lynell Bynum”][vc_column_text] When we speak of Lynell Bynum, there is a litany of American values that explain why he would invest in a place called home that subsequently benefited from his leadership, values...
Rev. Dr. Thomas Walker Born in Edgecombe County after World War II, Thomas Lorenzo Walker graduated from G.W. Carver High School in 1966. He then earned a Batchelor of Theology from Shaw Divinity School and his Master and Doctoral degrees in Divinity from the Eastern...
