Journal and Guide (Norfolk, Va.), 8 January 1938.
The Dixie Trotters, a semi-pro basketball team, competed in the late 1930s. Player-coach Jack Sherrod led a squad of ten players that included Nat Saunders, Peanut Strickland, Rob Haskins, Thomas Monroe, Jim Pennington, Rat Bynum, Earle Ennis, Chick Lassiter, and Eugene Tennessee.
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- Jack Sherrod
In 1940, Jack Benjamin Sherrod registered for the World War II draft in Wilson County. Per his registration card, he was born 27 October 1912 in Speed, N.C.; lived at 807 East Nash Street, Wilson; his contact was mother Lucy E. Sherrod; and he worked for William Barnes Jr., Cherry Hotel, Wilson. He was 5’11”.
- Nat Saunders
In 1940, Nathaniel Saunders registered for the World War II draft in Wilson County. Per his registration card, he was born 2 December 1914 in Middlesex, N.C.; lived at 102 North East Street, Wilson; his contact was wife Mrs. Nathaniel Saunders; and he worked for T.A. Loving Company, Goldsboro, N.C. He was 5’6″.
- Peanut Strickland
- Rob Haskins
In the 1940 census of Wilson, Wilson County: Robert Haskins, 55, drug company salesman; wife Gertrude, 48; and children Mandy, 36; Elizabeth, 33, cook; Estelle, 29, beauty shop cleaner; Robert D. Jr., 29, hotel kitchen worker; Lossie, 24, N.Y.A. stenographer; and Thomas, 20, barbershop shoeblack; plus granddaughter Delores Haskins, 15, and lodger Henry Whitehead, 21.
In 1940, Robert Douglas Haskins registered for the World War II draft in Wilson County. Per his registration card, he was born 1 June 1913 in Wilson; lived at 1300 Atlantic Street, Wilson; his contact was father Robert Haskins; and he worked for Robert Haskins as a salesman. He was 5’9″.
- Thomas Monroe
- Jim Pennington
- Rat Byrum
- Earle Ennis — Earl E. Ennis.
In the 1930 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 904 Viola, rented for $15/month, Maggie Ennis, 45, and children Freeman, 22, barbershop bootblack, Earl, 12, and Hennie, 10, and roomer Julus Barnes, 27, laborer at Hackney body plant.
In 1940, Earl Edward Ennis registered for the World War II draft in Manhattan, New York, New York. Per his registration card, he was born 11 March 1917 in Wilson, N.C.; lived at several addresses in Manhattan; his contact was sister Dolores Ennis; and he worked for Schecter, Strauss, Beckman Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y. He was 6’1″.
- Chick Lassiter
- Eugene Tennessee
In the 1940 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 111 Pender Street, Elizabeth James, 45, nursery school cook; son Randle James, 23, assistant undertaker at Darden Funeral, his wife Ruth, 22, and their daughter Dianne, 1; son Charles, 26, undertaker at Darden Funeral; cousin Eugene Tennessee, 22, field agent for Darden Funeral; and brother Arthur Darden, 40, [occupation illegible.]
In 1940, Eugene Leonard Tennessee registered for the World War II draft in Elizabeth City County, Virginia. Per his registration card, he was born 1 August 1918 in Phoebus, Elizabeth City County, Virginia; lived at 58 West County Street, Phoebus, Elizabeth City County; his contact was mother Artelia Tennessee; and he worked for Newport News Shipyard-Erectors Department, Washington Avenue, Newport News, Virginia. He was 5’7″.