Business and Industry Inductees

The following inductees have brought jobs and growth to Edgecombe and Nash counties.

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Twin County Hall of Fame Business and Industry Inductees

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The following inductees have brought jobs and growth to Edgecombe and Nash counties.

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Ann W. Bailey

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Hyman Battle

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Kemp Battle

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Thomas H. Battle

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Robert Barnhill, Sr.

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Thomas A. Betts, Jr.

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Boddie Noell Group

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Joel King Bourne

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James Edward Bridgers

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Harold D. Cooley

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Elijah Longstreet Daughtridge

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Harold Denton

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James “Jim” Russell Dickens Sr.

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Joe Dickens

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Richard T. Fountain

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Spencer “S.K.” Fountain

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Lee Gravely

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William “Billy” Harrison

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James Williams Hines

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Charles Johnson

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Jack A. Laughery

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Robert (Bob) Ray Mauldin

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Jesse Claude Mayo

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John LeRoy “Lee” Parker, Jr.

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Joseph Leonard Rawls, Jr.

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DJ Rose

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Frank Parker Spruill

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Adolphus Staton

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Norris Tolson

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Arthur Tyler

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Other Cultural Organizations You May Be Interested In…

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Twin County Here's to Success

Preservation Rocky Mount • Stonewall Manor • Country Doctor Museum • Braswell Library 

Edgecombe County Veterans Military Museum • Historic Tarboro • Blount Bridgers House

Digital NC •  Braswell Library  • Kings First Dream • Nash County NCGenWeb

NC Family Records • NCpedia • Tar River Connections Genealogical Society

Rocky Mount Chamber of Commerce • Tarboro Edgecombe Chamber of Commerce

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Ann Pitts Cobb

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Anna Easter Brown

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