Director of development at RMWC; vice-president for institutional advancement at Duke university and guided the largest fund raising effort in Duke history
Manufacturer; general manager of Hampton Looms, Inc., in Bedford; director of Peoples National Bank, Virginia Manufacturers Association, Lynchburg Gas Company, Roanoke Gas Company, Lynchburg Hotel Corporation; director of Virginia Manufacturers Association; served on board of Lynchburg Foundry Company
Past president of Pacific Mutual Agency Association and Lynchburg Association of Life Underwriters; born in Mecklenburg County, son of Willie Wise AVERETT and Ella SNEED
Newspaper clippings; samples of work. Native of Lynchburg; studied with Pierre DAURA at RMWC; instructor of art at Lynchburg College and the Lynchburg Fine Arts Center
Born in Lynchburg; served in World War I; assistant Naval attache in London from 1940 to 1942; commander of the "Texas" during invasion at Normandy in 1944