Montress Greene

Nettie walked along the dirt road looking from one ditch bank to the other. As I watched her pull weeds and briars aside I felt safe...

Gardners Township, Wilson County, N.C.   This story is from my childhood memories when I was five or six years old.      Election Day was...

“I ordered my first car from Sears & Roebuck.” Tom and Nannie Wiggins had a big gathering of their family, neighbors and church family...

Thomas Josephus Wiggins and Bettie Pender He was just thirteen years old in the summer of 1881, as he sat outside the small unpainted...

Pine products from the “Turpentine Woods” were in high demand for everything from sealing leaks in sailing ships, preserving wood, making...

Curtis got up early on this Thursday morning in March of 1943. He hitched his favorite mule named Emma to the old wagon with rusty wheels...

“Once upon a time – Tobacco was King” Let's take a stroll through downtown Wilson in the 1940’s and 1950’s - here's a glimpse back at a...

Lordy, How Did We Make It? The birds are singing this morning and some I recognize and some I don’t. My IPhone has an app called Merlin....

Maybelle Winborne "Pete" Rickard 1912-2002 A WILSON LEGEND A Talented Wilson Artist Whose Work Is Treasured On a beautiful fall day in...

General William Dorsey Pender 1834 - 1863 He was affectionately called, “Dorsey” or “Dorse” by family and friends. Penders Crossroads,...

Wilson County – 1939 The woods near the tobacco barns had really tall trees and most of these trees had vines hanging from way up high...

Tom’s first train ride Nashville NC Train Statiom . circa 1880's. Just a few...

It was the week of Thanksgiving There are some things that happen in childhood that are etched in in our minds. This happened 83 years...

Service and company better than a hotel. Woodard Herring Hospital, Wilson, N.C. “Let’s open a window and get rid of some of this cigar...

(Native of Wilson/Edgecombe County) And The Thomas J. Wiggins and Nannie Forbes Story “I have never been arrested, never been sued, never...

Pender’s Crossroads Buried Treasure Mystery Wilson County, N. C. It has been told for over 160 years that Joseph John “Jack” Pender had...

Dr. William Beauregard Young III, Wilson, N.C. Dr. Putney and Dr. Goldin in Elm City, N.C. When you walked into the front lobby of the...

‘A Stock Hog Just doing his job’ Pa (Tom Wiggins) bought a pig at the North Carolina State Fair Livestock Show in the 1920’s. He was a...

(Some Wilson County History) What is special about these two glasses? They were a gift in 1954. - almost 70 years ago. They came from...

“Skip To The Loo” Over 80 years ago I was lucky enough to spend time with my Granny, Nannie Wiggins. She was an amazing woman. Small and...