Wilkes County Hall of Fame 613 Cherry St, North Wilkesboro, NC 28659 • (336) 667-1121

Inductees to the 2022 Hall of Fame range from the agricultural sector to community groups.

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Belinda Stone Davis

Belinda “Jean” Stone Davis

  • Year Inducted: 2022
  • Belinda “Jean” Stone Davis was born in Wilkes County in 1951. Jean graduated from North Wilkes High School in 1969.
James Richard Hix

James Richard Hix

  • Year Inducted: 2022
  • James Richard Hix was born October 7, 1878 in Moravian Falls, North Carolina. He attended high school at the old Moravian Falls Academy.
Flossie Johnson

Flossie Ellen Clark Johnson

  • Year Inducted: 2022
  • JWhen one hears the name Flossie Johnson, the First Lady of NASCAR usually comes to mind...
Tom McNeil

Thomas “Tom” McNeil

  • Year Inducted: 2022
  • Tom was born in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains on February 5, 1941, to Joseph Clyde McNeil and Ruby Dianna Huffman McNeil.
David McNeill

David McNeill

  • Year Inducted: 2022
  • David’s roots in Wilkes County goes back many generations with his family being in the car business since 1939.
Sylvia Robinson

Sylvia Robinson

  • Year Inducted: 2022
  • Sylvia Robinson was born July 29,1950, in Wilkes County, North Carolina, to Paul and Gertrude Robinson.
Betty and Bob Strickland

Betty & Bob Strickland

  • Year Inducted: 2022
  • Elizabeth Miller Strickland (Betty) was born in Biloxi, Mississippi in October 1932.
Frances Tharpe

Dr. Frances R. Tharpe

  • Year Inducted: 2022
  • Dr. Frances Roope Tharpe was born December 8, 1937 in the rural eastern section of Wilkes County to Willie Freelin Roope and Levaude Bryant Roope.