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Thomas Lawton Neely: North Greenville’s Second President
Thomas “Tom” Lawton Neely was born on September 11, 1915, in Greenville, South Carolina, to parents Kreswell Edward Neely and Mamie Willingham Lawton Neely. His father was a businessman who ran Neely Lumber Company in Greenville before relocating the business to Spartanburg when Tom was eight years old. Tom was the oldest of nine children Read more
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Vetville
North Greenville has a long history of helping students receive an education who normally would not have had the opportunity for one. In fact, North Greenville was founded as a high school in 1892 because there were no high schools in the upper part of Greenville County. Later, students would be given reduced or free Read more
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Leslie Augustus Jones: North Greenville’s Sixth Principal
Leslie Augustus Jones was born on July 21, 1879, in Orangeburg County, South Carolina to parents James Alfred Jones and Cornelia Wannamaker Jones. Leslie was the oldest of about six children and his father was a farmer and a postmaster. The family moved to Salley, SC when Leslie was a kid and he attended the Read more
From These Roots 