Category: People Making A Difference in Rocky Mount

Dr. Leslie O. Stone – His House and Garden – Part 3

Dr. Stone's family home and garden can be found on Sycamore Ave in the Historic Edgemount District. I rang the doorbell to ask permission to take a few photographs of the exterior of the house and gardens. A lovely gentleman, Mr. James R. Davis, husband of Lorraine Davis, answered the door and joined me outside … Continue reading Dr. Leslie O. Stone – His House and Garden – Part 3 →

A Mystery That Has Never Been Solved – Dr. Leslie O. Stone – Part 2

I love a good mystery, don't you? English mysteries are my favorite, set in the village with the usual list of characters as suspects, a Vicar, his ditsy wife who serves tea. The cottages have names like Rose and Bramble. The crime takes place in a paragraph or two, not much blood, the Inspector and … Continue reading A Mystery That Has Never Been Solved – Dr. Leslie O. Stone – Part 2 →

Saluting Rear Admiral Leslie O. Stone – Rocky Mount’s Dr. Stone – Part 1

Leslie O. Stone represents a way of life that is in peril. That's why his story is important in Rocky Mount, NC and in today's world.  It's worrisome! The previlent sense of entitlement that now exists, politicians promising free "stuff." There's something wrong in the message to a child playing sports today, everyone gets a … Continue reading Saluting Rear Admiral Leslie O. Stone – Rocky Mount’s Dr. Stone – Part 1 →

Rocky Mount Memorial Hospital – Tipping Our Hats To The Doctors Who Helped Keep The Community Well – Part 2

"GPs are almost the only doctors these days who understand all problems, can see the whole person…spend time with the dying…see things through to the end.” Jane Wilson-Howarth’s quotation says it nicely for us when we consider the Rocky Mount doctors….way back when. Jane, is a writer who qualified as a doctor of medicine and … Continue reading Rocky Mount Memorial Hospital – Tipping Our Hats To The Doctors Who Helped Keep The Community Well – Part 2 →

Setting the Stage: Memorial Hospital and Dr. Marvin Lee Stone – Part 1

Some of you can tick off the names of the hospitals that have been a part of the medical story in Rocky Mount. They are  The Atlantic Coast Line Hospital, Rocky Mount Sanitarium (1913), Park View with its 1st patient in 1914, Memorial in 1937 and finally, Nash General. Each deserve their own story. We … Continue reading Setting the Stage: Memorial Hospital and Dr. Marvin Lee Stone – Part 1 →