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North Greenville’s Paratrooper: Rufus Garner Rushton
Rufus Garner Rushton was born in Oconee County, South Carolina, on October 23, 1919, to parents Christopher Columbus Rushton and Martha Melinda Sanders Rushton. He spent the first years of his life on a farm in Oconee County and was the fifth child born out of eight. His older sister, Elsie, died in 1917 of… Read more
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Faith in the Foothills: How a Little Mountain High School Became a University
“In overcoming the power of darkness, North Greenville has done more good than all the revenue officers and sheriffs combined for a hundred years. In instilling a love for Christ, it has changed the streams once used for whiskey into rivers of baptism.”- Dr. E.B. Crain When the founders of North Greenville High School met… Read more
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Nettie Onell Burnette: North Greenville’s First College Graduate
The following biography of Nettie Onell Burnette was written for the NGU Archives by her great-niece, Dr. Jenny Hunter. The pictures included in this post are also courtesy of Dr. Hunter and Carolyn Mason. Through a life rooted in faith and service, Nettie Onell Burnette showed that one person’s quiet dedication can leave a lasting… Read more
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The First Valedictorian of North Greenville Junior College: John Daniel Carter, Jr.
John Daniel Carter, Jr. was born on January 18, 1917, in Columbia, South Carolina, to John David Carter, Sr., and Estelle Powell Tison Carter. His father worked in sales and insurance, while his mother was an educator and a 1908 graduate of Greenville Women’s College (now part of Furman University). During John’s infancy, the family… Read more
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From the Foothills to Japan: The Life, Love, and Service of Marion Moorhead and Thelma Chandler
Marion Moorhead and Thelma Chandler spent a lifetime together, but their early lives could not have been more different. Marion Frances Moorhead was born on April 23, 1917, in Easley, South Carolina, to parents Walter Lewis Moorhead and Mary Sue Floyd Moorhead. He was the youngest of ten children, but three of his siblings died… Read more
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From Campus Courtship to Enduring Legacy: Vannie and Mays Barnett
Love stories have been part of North Greenville’s history since its earliest days, when the school was still a small Baptist high school tucked into the foothills of South Carolina. Students met, courted, and sometimes pledged their futures beneath the campus trees or on the wooden swings scattered across the grounds. Among the first of… Read more
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