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Griffith was born on June 1, 1926, in Mount Airy, North Carolina, the only child of Carl Lee Griffith and his wife, Geneva (née Nunn). [3] As a baby, Griffith lived with relatives until his parents could afford to buy a home. With neither a crib nor a bed, he slept in dresser drawers for several months.
Mount Airy / ˈ m aʊ n t ər i / [4] is a city within Surry County, in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 10,676, an increase of 288 (+2.8%) from the 2010 census count of 10,388. [5] As of 2020, the city is the most populous municipality in Surry County.
Former South Carolina baseball player and beloved radio personality Tommy Moody has died. Moody was 72 years old. A former two-sport standout and 1969 graduate of A.C. Flora High School, he played ...
Plaque commemorating the spot on Court Street in Boston where Dwight Moody was converted in 1855 by Edward Kimball in 1855. Dwight Lyman Moody (February 5, 1837 – December 22, 1899), also known as D. L. Moody, was an American evangelist and publisher connected with Keswickianism, who founded the Moody Church, Northfield School and Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts (now Northfield Mount ...
Shearn Moody Jr., was born on May 23, 1933, to Shearn Moody Sr. and Frances Moody Newman in Galveston, Texas. [5] His father died in 1936, while he was an infant. [6] Moody was well known for eccentric behavior, such as building a slide from his bedroom window to a swimming pool, where he kept pet penguins, and wearing house slippers wherever he went. [3]
William Lewis Moody was born to Jameson Moody and Mary Susan (Lankford) Moody in Essex County, Virginia. [2] He attended law school at the University of Virginia from 1847 to 1851. After passing the bar exam, he moved to Fairfield, Texas , where he practiced law and operated a mercantile trading company. [ 1 ]
Dave Moody (born 1962), Dove Award-winning producer, songwriter, filmmaker (Fayetteville) Thelonious Monk (1917–1982), jazz composer, pianist (Rocky Mount) The-Dream, real name Terius Nash, R&B singer, writer, producer ; Oliver (born William Oliver Swofford) (1945–2000), singer (North Wilkesboro)
Ira David Sankey (August 28, 1840 – August 13, 1908) was an American gospel singer and composer, known for his long association with Dwight L. Moody in a series of religious revival campaigns in America and Britain during the closing decades of the 19th century.