Assignment – “Write 300 words..or so.. on 300 notable St. Georgians that have lived in the past 300 years of St. Georgia’s history…


The list below is in no particular order or no ranking. All on this list made valuable contributions to St. George’s long history. The effort was to sample from the entire range of St. George’s history.

Some are still living – we should honor those who have helped to make the present as well as the past. Thank them for their help. Learn from them.

And no.. this list is not finished but a start has been made.


1. Elsie Lewis

2. Mary Faulkner

3. Edgar Young

4. Earl Baughman

5. John Wallace

6. John W. Herndon

7. Thomas F.Knox

8. Alexander K. Phillips

9. William D. Smith

10. Marshall Hall

11. Avis Harris

12. Houston Sweetser

13. Ed Jones, Peggy Marshall

14. George Van Sant

15. James Marye, Sr. and Jr.

16. Thurman Brisben

17. Marion Rambo

18. Cameron Thompson

19. Edward McGuire

20. George Hume

21. Reuben Thom

22. Joseph B. Ficklen, Jr.

23. Charles Sydnor

24. Archibald McPherson

25. A. Wellington Wallace

26. Carrol Quenzel

27. Alfred M. Randolph

28. John Jabez Lanier

29. Marge Arnold

30. Willie K. Goolrick

31. John Coakley

32. Edgar Woodward

33. Martha Embrey

34. Zachary Lewis

35. Mary Downman

36. Bill Greenup

37. Pete Myers

38. Duff Green

39. Wistar Wallace

40. Mary Jane O’Neill

41. Henry Willis

42. R.C.L. Moncure

43. Joseph Walker

44. Dr. Brodie Herndon

45. Mac & Barbara Willis

46. Lisa Bogardus