(1911 – 1940) Lanford Muir White was born in Belle Factory, Alabama, on September 11, 1911. He earned his high school diploma from Clay County High School, Ashland, in 1927. He continued his education at Auburn University, receiving his B.S. degree in 1934. His...
(1906 – 1979) James Newman White was born in Meridianville, Alabama, in 1906. His father was a county agent in Clay County from 1918 to 1941. J. N. didn’t start out to be a ‘chip off the old block,’ however. His college freshman year was spent at Auburn studying...
(1877 – 1952) Fleming Muir White, the grandson of Scottish immigrants, was born in Madison County on August 1, 1877. After attending local schools, he took a business course in Nashville, Tennessee. Fleming grew up on a farm and as a young man working with a local...
(1902 – 1989) Born on September 10, 1902, in Hickory, North Carolina, Mamie Nell Whisenant distinguished herself everywhere she went. Her attendance at North Carolina College for Women in Greensboro, Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory, North Carolina, and Columbia...
(1906 – 2008) Helping others was always a guiding force in the life of Mona Whatley. During her forty-six-year career in home economics, she helped thousands of women and girls improve home life for their families. While teaching home economics and science in Rowand...
(1903 – 1955) While on duty October 24, 1955, at age 52, Martin Frederick Whatley died of a heart attack. He was returning from Montgomery on official business at the time of the attack. A Clarke County resident, Mr. Whatley attended Auburn University, graduating in...