Mary Watson
Mary Watson (Grad ’83 CM)
Mary Watson (Grad ’83 CM) is giving a series of lectures about the Sandhills region of North Carolina at the St. Joseph of the Pines retirement community in Southern Pines, North Carolina. The series began in July 2016 with a lecture about women’s attitudes toward secession and the Civil War. The other presentations are about John Charles McNeill, the first poet laureate of North Carolina; traditions and rituals in Scotland County and their relation to those in the country of Scotland; and journalist and historian Gerald White Johnson. Ms. Watson is professor emeritus at Nash Community College and a Road Scholar with the North Carolina Humanities Council.
Mary Watson (Grad ’83 CM)
Mary Wayne Watson (Grad ’83) is chair of the Knightdale, N.C., branch of the State Employees Credit Union advisory board. She also serves on the board of directors of the Richmond Temperance and Literary Society, located in Wagram, N.C. She is a Road Scholar for the North Carolina Humanities Council. In this role, she gives talks throughout the state on the following subjects: “John Charles McNeill: Poet Laureate’s Home Songs” and “The Sandhills: The Comfort of Tradition and Ritual.” Ms. Watson is a professor of English at Nash Community College in Rocky Mount, N.C.