Wilson Daily Times, 7 January 1949.
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- 301 Club
- Ritz Theatre
- Frank Jackson
- William Harris — in the 1950 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 312 Finch, Benjamin Harris, 55, brick mason foreman; wife Pauline, 49; and children William, 24, brickmason, Agnes, 18, and Ben Jr., 15.
- Ben Harris Jr. — see above.
- James Battle
- Raymond Barnes
- Lonnie Hagans — in the 1940 census of Wilson, Wilson County: tobacco factory laborer John Becton, 63; wife Hattie, 58, tobacco factory laborer; son-in-law Lonnie Hagan, 31, hospital orderly; granddaughter Zelma, 31; and grandchildren Thelma, 7, Lonnie Jr., 4, and Hattie, 2.
- Walter Robinson — in the 1940 census of Wilson, Wilson County: Lonnie Robinson, 40, truck driver at wholesale grocery company; wife Mary L., 38, beautician; and children Helen R., 20, housecleaner; Walter M., 14, Kathrine C., 12, and Hosea I., 9; and granddaughter Dianne, 1.
- Alphonze Pone
- Theodore Jackson — in the 1940 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 1203 Carolina, barber Theodore Jackson, 38; wife Sara, 34; and children Margaret L., 14, Thurman, 13, Louise, 12, Theodore, 7, and Doris, 5.
- Willie Battle
- Boyd Lee Lane — in the 1950 census of Wilson, Wilson County: James Buckhannon, 61, “plows gardens”; wife Anna, 55; nephew Edgar Snow, 22, farm helper; and grandson Boyd Lane, 14.
- Freddie Delaney — in the 1940 census of Wilson, Wilson County: WPA bricklayer George Deland [sic], 46; wife Mariah, 39; and children Lewis, 18, Willie, 15, Joyce, 12, Ray, 9, James D., 8, Ruby, 4, and Fred, 2.
Freddie Oliver Delaney (1937-1992).
- Milton McPhail — in the 1940 census of Wilson, Wilson County: post office janitor Jesse McPhail, 32; wife Minnie, 27; and children Jesse Jr., 8, Clarence, 7, Milton, 5, Geraldine, 4, Ester, 3, Nathaniel, 1, and Minora, 4 months.
- Theodore Sanders — in the 1950 census of Wilson, Wilson County: on Norfolk-Southern Railroad Street, Lawyer Sanders Sr., 61, ditching for water line-street department for city; wife Beatrice R., 51, private service work; children Theodore, 16, Eloise, 12, and Mary Lee, 17; and grandchildren Velma L., 1, and Willie L., 1.
- Robert Mincey — in the 1940 census of Wilson, Wilson County: hospital orderly Madison Mincey, 25; wife Lalla Rook, 22; and children Elizabeth E. and Robert E., 3; Johnny M., 1; and Luther, 5 months.
- Robert Barnes
Photo courtesy of Michael Delaney.