The Apple of Their Eye

July 15, 2024.Reading time 8 minutes.

Amongst the beautiful Brushy Mountain range in Wilkes County, third generation arborist Donald Hendren and his wife Rhoda raised three daughters on their family apple orchard. An idyllic life for the close family who instilled the value of hard work and the importance of community. As the daughters grew up and had families of their […]

Mt. Airy Veteran’s Family Rallies the Troops

July 11, 2022.Reading time 12 minutes.

“I’m proud to be the daughter of a dad who in spite of what he had to face in the military — fighting the fires with the jets [during the Korean War] — he’s a hero to me,” proclaims Tammy Wiles of King, North Carolina. James Henry Creasy, aka Papa Creasy, is now 90 years […]