Profile: Hollis Owens, Sr.

He was a man for all seasons at Cliffside Mills. In his 50 plus years of service he held high positions at the mill, the railroad and the bank. And in a 1978 interview he remembers his stint in the Army Air Corp in France during World War I.

Profile: Dr. Zeno Wall

This imposing man had a great effect on the people of Cliffside and the area. From helping establish the first Baptist church in the new 20th century to the last funeral he conducted here, probably 50 years later, he was at our service.

Daphene Ledford Cantrell

Many of our young people have gone out to find their place in the world and made us extremey proud. None more so than Daphene Ledford, a member of Cliffside High's class of 1948. In the days when few women entered the legal profession, she obtained her law degree, became a successful lawyer and eventually served for many years as a District Court judge in Mecklenburg County. On October 16, 2011, Daphene passed away at the age of 81. Here is her obituary.

Profile: Henry G. Davis

A lifelong resident of Belgium, his spiritual home is Cliffside, home of his father's family, the Henry V. Davis'. His grandfather who Henry G. never met, was our deputy sheriff. His first visit "home" was at age 40, in 1988, when he created the now legendary Cliffside drawings.

Profile: James Odell Harris

From a young lad at Buck Shoals School, to a soldier in the invasion of Western Europe in WWII, to the manager of a Duke Power plant, James O. Harris was another Cliffside boy who made good. Here's his profile by Don Bailey.

Profile: George Kelly Moore

He was R.R. Haynes' right-hand man, who oversaw the design and building of nearly every structure in Cliffside, including the mill. Like R.R. himself, G.K. died much too young, killed in 1930 by a drunken driver. Yet we who came along later were never told all that he had done, nor was there a plaque or monument erected in his honor or memory.

Grover & Ina Fortune Haynes

We learn a great deal about them in this double profile by their son, Grover, Jr. They were married in 1910, after each finished college. At the end of the decade Grover had finished dental school (in Atlanta) and was practicing dentistry in Cliffside. Ina, shown here at age 27, was an influential person in her own right, as a writer and once serving as Cliffside's postmistress. Read their compelling stories and enjoy the photographs.