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 Marian Cheek Jackson

Alberta Neely

Sallie Pendergraft

Ms. Sallie Pendergraft was born in Winnsboro, SC, lived in Durham as a child, and moved to Chapel Hill, NC, as a teenager. Ms. Sallie is one of the oldest living and active members at First Baptist Church. She co-founded the Lyon Park Family Life and Recreation Center in Durham and served for many…

Loretta Perry

 Thomas James "Bubba" Norwood

Thomas James "Bubba" Norwood enjoying a sunny afternoon at the 2018 Northside Festival.

 Thomas James "Bubba" Norwood

Thomas James "Bubba" Norwood plays the drums.

Paris Miller

Ibn McClain

Patricia Mason

Nathaniel Lee

To learn more about Nathaniel Lee and Pee Wee Homes, click here to read an article from Chapel Hill Magazine.

Shannon French

Garrett Penley

"I learned the whole organic nature of everything in the world. The soil’s alive. The plant’s alive. There’s an interdependence of everything. You realize that it all of a sudden becomes ecology." - Garrett Penley

Melvin Parrish

David Parrish

Bertina Parrish

Jerry Neville

Equashia Mumeen

Michael Jenkins

Charles Geer

Joe Alston

Joe, a long-time resident of Northside, is known for the care with which he maintains his yard and the way he looks out for elderly neighbors on Lindsay Street.

Kara Baldwin

Deloris Bynum

Deloris Bynum, the oldest of seven siblings, grew up in Chapel Hill and has been here all her life. Her mother worked in the infirmary as a nurse’s aide, and her father was a chef. In high school, Bynum was a member of the cheerleading squad, and she eventually married her high school sweetheart who…

Carolyn Briggs

Carolyn Briggs grew up on S. Merritt Mill road in a two-story rock house. As a child, she walked over a mile to go to elementary school in Northside – no matter if it was raining, snowing, or sleeting. She is a graduate of Lincoln High School and participated in the Civil Rights Movement in Chapel…

Amanda Ashley

Amanda Ashley grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her mother was a home economics teacher, and so she grew up with a strong understanding of nutrition. In the summers, they would sometimes visit her grandmother who had a farm in Georgia, where they enjoyed fresh pecans, corn, and scuppernong…