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Biscoe Township, population 5,765, [3] is one of eleven townships in Montgomery County, North Carolina, United States. Biscoe Township is 47.97 square miles (124.2 km 2) [1] in size and is located in the east central part of the county. The Towns of Biscoe and Candor are located in this township.
Candor is a town in Montgomery County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 840 at the 2010 census. Candor is the home of the North Carolina Peach Festival, which is held every year on the third Saturday of July. The town's welcome sign reads: Welcome to Candor. Peach Capital.
Charlotte Ancher Gardner (November 14, 1931 – June 10, 2020) was an American politician and educator.. Gardner was born in Baltimore, Maryland.She moved with her family to Rockwell, North Carolina and graduated from Rockwell High School.
LeRoy Whitfield (September 19, 1969 – October 9, 2005) was an African-American freelance journalist who chronicled his personal experience with HIV infection and AIDS.He was hailed by many as one of the nation's leading journalists reporting on AIDS in the African-American community.
North Carolina Highway 2 (NC 2) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The highway runs between the towns of Pinehurst and Southern Pines connecting NC 5 with US 1 . Much of the routing is known as Midland Road, a four lane road connecting the two towns.
A funeral service was held on May 18, 1987, at the Church of the Good Shepherd. [39] Pallbearers included actors Ricardo Montalbán, Glenn Ford, Cesar Romero, Anthony Franciosa, choreographer Hermes Pan, and a family friend, Phillip Luchenbill. [103] She was interred at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City. Her headstone includes Yasmin's sentiment ...
Jesse Louis Jackson [1] (né Burns; born October 8, 1941) [1] is an American civil rights activist, politician, and ordained Baptist minister.Beginning as a young protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, Jackson maintained his status as a prominent civil rights leader throughout his political and theological career for over seven decades.
Edmund Sixtus Muskie [a] (March 28, 1914 – March 26, 1996) was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 58th United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter from 1980 to 1981, a United States Senator from Maine from 1959 to 1980, the 64th governor of Maine from 1955 to 1959, and a member of the Maine House of Representatives from 1946 to 1951.