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reggie singletary and
After graduating from West Columbus High
School, the highly recruiting lineman played e
four seasons for N.C. State. The Phila- max lennon faces
delphia Eagles drafted Singletary in 1986. Of Evergreen, former chancellor of
Singletary played five seasons for the Eagles. Clemson University
He ended his playing career in 1991 after e
one year with the Green Bay Packers. edolphus towns
e Who served in the United States House e
Jane mcneill-balter of Representatives from 1983 to 2013 as a archie ammons
A stage, film, and television actress from Democratic representative for New York’s A poet from Whiteville who won the annual
Whiteville who is best known for her role 10th and 11th congressional districts is from National Book Award for Poetry in 1973
as Patricia on the second season of AMC’s Chadbourn. and 1993. He was elected a Fellow of the
The Walking Dead. In 2015, she served as e American Academy of Arts and Sciences in
Queen of the North Carolina Pecan Harvest otis nixon 1978.
Festival in Whiteville. From Evergreen, the former MLB player e
e was a center fielder and switch-hitter who tommy greene
mackenzie gore played from 1983 to 1999. He holds the Former MLB pitcher from Whiteville who
Gore was a three-time NC State 1A baseball record for the most stolen bases for a player played with the Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia
championship series MvP. Gore was named that has never appeared in an MLB All-Star Phillies, and Houston Astros. He pitched a
the Gatorade National Baseball Player and game since the game was inaugurated in no-hitter while playing for the Phillies. He is
Athlete of the year in 2017. He was the third 1933. currently a post-game studio analyst for the
overall pick of the 2017 MLB draft by the e Philadelphia Phillies.
San Diego Padres. chris Wilcox . e
e From the Mt. Olive community, the former Joe gore
patrick lennon NBA power forward and center last played East Columbus High School class of ’11.
Lennon was selected 8th in the first round of for the Boston Celtics in 2012 after playing Played right tackle for Clemson and is
the 1986 MLB draft out of Whiteville High for the Los Angeles Clippers, Seattle Super- currently a free agent with the Washington
School by the Seattle Mariners. Lennon Sonics, Oklahoma City Thunder, New York Redskins.
played in the majors for four clubs between Knicks, and Detroit Pistons. Wilcox won an e
1991 and 1999. NCAA Championship at The University of Willard cole & horace carter
e Maryland. Cole and Carter were the editors who won
eric (eJ) Jenkins e the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service at
Jenkins, a product of West Columbus High maggie Will The (Whiteville) News Reporter and The
School, was selected 45th overall by the The Whiteville native grew up competing Tabor City Tribune, respectively. These
Texas Rangers in the 2015 MLB draft. Jen- on the Boys Golf teams in high school. After were the first non-daily newspapers in the
kins is currently in the Rangers minor league graduation, Will attended Furman University nation, and the first newspapers in North
system. and was a key contributor to the 1987 Pala- Carolina, to win journalism’s top prize.
e dins Womens Golf team’s NCAA runner-up e
chester mcglockton finish. Will was a member of the LPGA tour millie-christine mckoy
McGlockton was a high school football All- for 11 seasons, winning three tournaments. Conjoined twins who went by the stage
American at Whiteville High. He led the e names “The Carolina Twins” and “The
Wolfpack to a 15-0 record and the 2A State William “bill” valentine Two-Headed Nightingale” were born on a
Championship his senior season. After his From Whiteville, an architect and Chairman farm outside of Whiteville in 1851. Sold as
collegiate career at Clemson, he was picked Emeritus of HOK, the largest architectural, slaves from their owner to a showman, they
16th in the 1992 NFL draft by the LA Raid- engineering, and planning design firm in the were exhibited at North Carolina’s first state
ers. McGlockton played 12 seasons in the world. fair in 1853, traveled to Britain, and were
NFL and was selected to the Pro Bowl four e provided an education and learned to speak
times. donell nixon five languages, dance, play music, sing, and
e The Evergreen native played four seasons even appeared with the Barnum Circus.
roger soles in the major leagues, appearing in the 1989 e
The former president and CEO of Jeffer- World Series for the San Francisco Giants. eJ Jenkins
son Pilot Insurance grew up in the Pleasant Nixon stole 144 bases for Bakersfield in West Columbus High School class of ’15
Plains community between Whiteville and 1983. This is the second highest total in pro playing centerfield for the Hickory Crawdads
Nakina. baseball history. in the MLB South Atlantic League
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