Unsung Heroes of Wilkes County, Georgia; Volume 1
Stone Mountain, GA: Your Family Research & Publishing, 2013. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. xviii, 157, [1] pages. Illustrations. Bibliography. Signed by the author with sentiment on title page. Ink date on title page. Reverend Anderson's business card laid in. A native of Wilkes County, Georgia, Ed Anderson, Sr. was educated in the public schools of Wilkes County and Charlotte-Mecklenburg County, N.C. He is a Distinguished Military Graduate of North Carolina A&T State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics. He is a seminary graduate and an ordained Baptist minister. He recently retired after successfully serving as the first African American Municipal Court Judge in his ancestral home county – Wilkes County, Georgia and the Toombs Judicial Circuit. Ed Anderson, Sr. is the Founder of Anderson Ministries of Wilkes County and author of “Unsung Heroes of Wilkes County, Georgia”. and Fifty Years Later: The Class of 1964 of West Charlotte Senior High School. This book is about ordinary people who rose above their challenging circumstances, through faith in God, patience, perseverance, determination, sacrifice and plain old hard work, to achieve much for themselves, their families, their generation and for their posterity. Rev. Edward Anderson exhibited his innate ability with persistence to write a chronicle of many who have quietly demonstrated their courage, knowledge, power, or benevolence in all walks of life in Wilkes County, Georgia. Rev. Anderson’s power of authorship makes new things familiar, and familiar things new. Rev. Anderson’s study of leadership in local black culture is long overdue. It is the kind of work widely needed for promotion of recognition and support of individuals of integrity, strength and wisdom. Such individuals stand as guideposts for both their peers and for generations to come. Anderson’s work is a model for greatly-needed cultural history. Condition: Very good.
Keywords: Wilkes County, Georgia, African-Americans, Lewis Williams, Albert Zellars, Kenneth Walker, Albert Rucker, John Henry Jackson, Austin Dabney, Samuel Jenkins, Oree Dee Willis, Willie Bolton, Reese Booker
ISBN: 9781492818533
[Book #77952]
Price: $75.00