This project could not have come this far without generous contributions from:
Joyce Anderson
Kevin Barnette
Albert Blackwell
Simone Bouyer, Ad World Services
Manuel Briscoe
Gilbert Briscoe
Brown’s Auto Sales
Nichole M. Brown
Joe & Janice Brummit
Teresa Buckner
Richard Carr and Carolyn Davis
John Chandler, Chandler’s Gulf
Conservation Trust for NC
Scott Donald, Padgett & Freeman Architects
Elon College
French Broad EMC
John & Jamie Gosnell
Helen Tarasov Reed Memorial Fund
Judy Futch & Paul Smith, Judy Futch Consulting, Inc.
Diane Van Helden
John Hough
Joy Kish
Madison County Genealogical Society
Don Locke
Madison County Government
Madison County Schools
Mars Hill Baptist Church
Mars Hill University
Annie McDonald, NC Dept. of Cultural Resources, Western Office
Justin Metcalf
Kay Meyers
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Margaret Newbold
Papa Nick’s Pizza
Teresa & Ryan Phillips, Legacy Films, Ltd.
Laura Ponder, Dancing Moon
Lawrence Ponder
Ray & Dorothy Rapp
Augusta Ray
Charity Ray
Ronnie Ray
Beth & Lenny Ross
Shirley Sewell
Omar McCLain & Fatimah Shabazz
Theta Sorority
Town of Mars Hill
Wagon Wheel Restaurant
Art & Nancy Wood
David & Willa Wyatt
Roy J. Young
Bob Zink
Zink Power Equipment
Extensive research is ongoing. Special thanks to the Mars Hill Rosenwald History Committee: Richard Dillingham, Chair; Edwin & Pauline Cheek; Dan Slagle; Dorothy Coone; and Charity Ray.