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By the 1920s, Grier Heights was the home to several prominent Black residents, including Arthur Samuel Grier, a funeral-home director for whom the community is named after, and James McVay, founder of Grier Heights’ Antioch Baptist Church. [1] Additional land was purchased in 1907. [2] In 1927, the landowner pursued the need for a school.
Sidney and Ethel Grier House is a historic home located near Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was built in 1916, and is one-story, three-bay, vernacular Bungalow / American Craftsman style farmhouse. The house sits on a brick pier foundation, clapboard siding, and has a hipped roof with dormer.
Grier-Rea House is a historic farmhouse located near Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The L-shaped dwelling consists of a two-story, side-gable main block built about 1815, with an original, one-story, rear shed appendage and a two-story, rear ell added about 1830. Also added about 1830 was the hip roofed front porch.
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Brianna Grier, a mother of 3-year-old twins who died last month in police custody, was remembered Thursday by her family as a loving, caring person. Rev. Al Sharpton spoke at Grier's funeral ...
Loved ones and social justice and mental health advocates gathered Thursday to honor the life of Brianna Grier. Investigators say Grier was having a mental health episode, so her family called 911.
His father was the owner of the Alexander Funeral Home, the only black funeral home in Charlotte. He played football at Second Ward High School, becoming known as "Ship-wreck Kelly." Alexander studied at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama and Renouard College of Embalming in New York City before returning to Charlotte to help run his father's ...
Years later he partnered with Curtis Turner in 1959 to build his first permanent motorsports facility, the Charlotte Motor Speedway, which would come to host NASCAR’s longest race at 600 miles.