The March 2026 issue of Our State magazine introduced me to Ammie McRae Jenkins, a community historian after my own heart. Mrs. Jenkins founded Sandhills Family Heritage Association in 2001 when she was 60 years old, creating a multi-pronged legacy in preservation. She passed unexpectedly last fall, and I join those who lift her name and memory in praise.
Read the Our State magazine story here.
[N.B.: Many black Wilson County families have roots in the Sandhills, arriving from Cumberland, Robeson, and other counties in the 1920s and ’30s. (If you’re a Mc- or Mac- anything, this might be you.)]