Pamella “Kenille” Hurst was born on May 9, 1964 to Earl and Eunice Tatum in Hartsfield, Georgia, where she spent her childhood with her two sisters, Sheila and Robin. She married her husband, David Hurst, when she was 18 years old, but they never strayed too far away from family. Living in Norman [...]
Sara Riley Phillips was born in Skipperville, Alabama in October 1928. After graduating high school, she moved to Montgomery to attend business school. She took a job at Thermal Components where she worked her entire career, becoming their first female Vice President. Sara married James Phillips and had two children, Steve and Cheryl. [...]
John Sawyer has many memories from his time serving in the United States Air Force, working his rank up to a Master Sergeant over his 22-year career. While he was serving in Spain, there was a lack of surgery technicians. As a medic he was happy to hop in and help. He scrubbed [...]
Elaine Taylor was born and raised on a ranch in Colorado and is very proud of it! She fondly remembers her father playing the fiddle while the rest of the family sang and danced along. Elaine loved hunting for arrowheads and rocks. To this day, she even wears a ring made from a stone [...]
Born in Rome, Georgia, on May 3, 1925, Jim was the beloved son of Joe and Leila Carter Holloway. He grew up on Pennington Avenue in South Rome, Georgia alongside his siblings Frances, Bob and Pat. Jim attended Rome High School and Massey Business School, which paved the way for his long and [...]
Growing up in the picturesque Charlottesville and Greene County, Carolyn has spent much of her life in the heart of Virginia. Family has always played a vital role in Carolyn's life. Growing up in a household dedicated to service, her mother worked as a nurse at the University of Virginia, exemplifying compassion and care. [...]
Judy Hall Lippincott was born in Moultrie, Georgia to John and Annie Mae Hall. She is the oldest of five children. Judy’s life is defined by education: her own and the education she gave to others. After graduating from Norman Park School in 1971, she attended Tift College, receiving a degree in Behavioral [...]
Barbara Poston, a native of South Carolina, grew up in the small town of Johnsonville. At the age of 21, she married and had a daughter named Beverly. Tragically, shortly after the birth of her daughter, her husband passed away in the Army in Germany. She never remarried and later moved to Florence [...]
Joyce was born in Mt. Victory, KY on a small farm where she was the youngest of 10 children. Six of her brothers served in WW2. She recalls spending most of her childhood teasing her brothers and sisters. She also enjoyed dancing.She attended Berea College in Kentucky. Berea College was the first interracial and [...]
Ellen Spangler was born in 1934 and was the only child of Red and Isabelle McCurdy of Murraysville, Pennsylvania. She loved the outdoors, played the piano and was crowned May Queen of Franklin High School in her senior year. Ellen met her future husband, Richard, the summer before her senior year at Lake Erie. [...]
