Mr. James Moody Hough of Lilesville NC. Mr. Hough met his wife (Carolyn Ann Marks Hough) in 1943 when they both started the first grade at Lilesville School. They were later high school sweethearts and then went on to be happily married for 62 years.
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Mr. Edgar Reece Pope was born September 24, 1926 in Ansonville NC to Jesse B. Pope and Minnie Cole Harrington Pope. He was a graduate of Ansonville High School in 1944.
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Mrs. Ava Caudle Honeycutt; Following graduation from Burnsville High School in 1942, she enlisted in the Navy as a member of the WAVES serving in a decoding unit in Washington, DC during World War II.
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Mr. William Martin McSwain was born June 1, 1940 in Burnsville Township of Anson County. He was a retired teacher with Anson County Schools for 27 years, having taught, math, science, biology and drivers education. He was a life-long member of Hopewell United Methodist Church.
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Dr. William Frederick Harllee was born in Cheraw, South Carolina on July 1, 1827. He began the practice of medicine at Old Morven NC in 1850. During that year, he met & married Miss Jane Medley, daughter of Joseph Medley.
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Mr. Joe Earl Gaddy was born July 17, 1928, in the Deep Creek Community of Anson County. As a young man, he became employed with Pee Dee Electric, starting out as a lineman. He served on the Wadesboro Town Council from 1977 until 1985 and then as mayor from 1985 until 1999.
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Mr. Harold Liles has joined the Anson County Sheriff Department as a Rural Policeman effective on September 28, 1970
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From Lilesville Township in Anson County to the City of Fresno in Tulare County, California; Harold Liles is the first African American to be promoted to captain in the 170-year history of Tulare County, California.
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Mrs. Jo Anne Bradley Wallace, wife of Hugh Wallace of Wadesboro
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The Liles Company, West Wade Street, Wadesboro NC
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Mrs. Edith Wade Pittman was the oldest of four children born October 10, 1940 to the late Reverend Ulysses and Nina Wade. She worked as a Special Chemist for Portsmouth Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, Virginia, where she eventually retired.
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Mr. Michael “Mike” Anthony Quick was born May 14, 1959 in Hamlet, NC. The first-round pick of the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1982 draft, Quick spent his entire NFL career – nine seasons – with the Eagles and was one of the premier players in the league.
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Mrs. Cheryl Stubbs McLeod began her teaching career at Morven Elementary school and continued educating the Anson County community for over thirty years.
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The Daily Benefits of Cucumbers
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1938 Photo of Ms. Annie Little-Grady of Wadesboro
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Mrs. Clementine Simon McCrae Bryson was the third eldest of six girls born to Helen McCormick Simon and James Simon in Anson County. At the age of one, the family relocated to Gary, West Virginia where she attended the McDowell County Schools.
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Mr. James Lee Eddins was born in the Deep Creek Community of Anson County on April 24, 1915 to James David and Lillie Moore Eddins. Mr. Eddins was a veteran of World War II & the Korean War.
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Photo of the old store building on Highway 74 West near the old Wadesboro Wal-Mart building was demolished in 2014 to make way for the new Anson County Hospital.
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Goodman Tannery of Polkton NC
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During his high school years, Mr. “Shine” Huntley was very athletic and loved playing football. He was accomplished enough to be selected for the 1946 Shrine Bowl and represented Anson County with much pride and enthusiasm.
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Coach Edward Harrell Emory Sr. was born April 14, 1937 in Lancaster, SC. It was during his time in Anson County when school integration took place, and he was revered as a pioneer in breaking down racial barriers.
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New Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Peachland NC.
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Mrs. Brenda Little McMurray was born in Wadesboro on May 1, 1961 to Marshall & Mattie Redfern Little. Brenda graduated Bowman Senior High School in Wadesboro in 1979.
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2nd Lt. Luther Linson Blakeney born in Wadesboro NC in 1918. Killed during World War II on June 16, 1943
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David Franklin Houston born in Monroe, NC on February 17, 1866. In 1913 President Woodrow Wilson appointed him Secretary of Agriculture, a position he held until 1920, when he became Secretary of the Treasury for a brief period.
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