Wilson Daily Times, 29 December 1944.

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“Inmates” in this context were not prisoners, but indigent people who lived at the Wilson County Home. The Home was located near the current intersection of Ward Boulevard and Goldsboro Street, behind the gas station/convenience store. 

Rev. Frank Moore and his wife, Ara Moore, regularly ministered to residents of the Wilson County home in the 1940s. Frank Hilliard is listed in the 1940 census of Wilson as one of 46 lodgers at the home, 19 of whom were African-American.