WILKES CO. HISTORY LINKS
Historical Places Poultry Farms in Wilkes Co.
Notable People from Wilkes Co. - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Historical Places
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Wilkes County Public Library has a Genealogy Room Wilkes Genealogy Society
Notable People from Wilkes County
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Carl R Brantley as Former Pro-Wrestler Vladimir Koloff
Chang & Eng Bunker - The Siamese Twins
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William B. Lenoir - eldest son
Lowes Foods and James Lucius Lowe
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Montfort Stokes - father
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Otto Wood: The Bandit Play & The Man
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Poultry Farms in Wilkes Co.
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1944 - Lovette Poultry Co., Inc. was formed by the Charles Odell Lovette (1900-1978) family.
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1953 - Charles Fred Lovette and wife, Margaret, grew the company to be one of the world's largest poultry producers.
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1961 - Lovette's family and 16 other business owners and leaders integrated and formed Holly Farms Poultry Industries Inc.
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1968 - Holly Farms merged with The Federal Company of Memphis, Tennessee in 1968.
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1989 - Holly Farms was acquired by Tyson Foods, which is operated until today in Wilkesboro and in Wilkes County and surrounding counties.