Extraordinary Tar Heel

William C. Friday

thanks his

seventh grade teacher,

Wilma Thornburg.

Best-selling author

Jill McCorkle

thanks her

fourth grade teacher,

Ruth Prevatte.

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Peaches Hauser Golding

thanks her Winston-Salem NC

fourth grade teacher

Clarise Carter

Comic/Author/Playwright

Lewis Black thanks

William "Will" Geer,

his college history professor

in Chapel Hill NC.

Corporate CEO

James H. Speed, Jr.

thanks Ms. Louise Bibby,

his fourth grade teacher

in Oxford NC.

Indy rocker Don Dixon

thanks his high school band director in Lancaster SC,

Ben Watkins.

Former US Navy Fighter Pilot

Missy Cummings

thanks Ms. Birdwell,

her fourth grade teacher

in Hampton Roads VA.

Member of the Academy of Arts and Letters Allan Gurganus

thanks Lula Brantley Simmons, his 6th grade teacher

in Rocky Mount NC.

Author and musician

Bland Simpson

thanks his fourth grade

teacher in Elizabeth City NC,

Audrey Austin.

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