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Luther N. Byrd history

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Luther N. Byrd, Historian, born in 1905, Genealogist, Coach, Newspaper Editor of the Mount Airy Times from 1929 - 1939, Reporter at the Mt. Airy Times from 1940-46,Teacher and Coach at Westfield School from 1929-1948, principal of Westfield from 1945-1948, was referred to a the "godfather" in girls' basketball, taught at Elon College for 30 years from 1949-1979. He died in December 1982 at the age of 77.

Source

Surry County Heritage Volume I

Publisher

Hunter Publishing

Date

1983

Format

Type

text

Identifier

Mta_HSCV1_mam

Rights

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