Saturday's Internet Edition, May 17, 2008.
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George and Brook Martin are Davie’s humanitarians of the year.
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And today, Davie residents and those from other parts of the country are still the beneficiaries of the generosity of George and Brook Martin.
George Martin raises an eyebrow and gives a quick, quizzical look when asked why philanthropy is important. “It just comes along, son.”
George and Brook Martin received the E.C. Tatum Humanitarian Award from the Davie Chamber of Commerce in 2007. They received the award for the years of George working behind the scenes to bring industry to Davie County, to improve service to local residents. They received the award for the years Brook helped improve the lives of people from here and afar.
Brook, a New Yorker, said she immediately liked Davie County, although it took her 15 years to call it home after she married George in 1954, a couple of years after she met the “charming” man from Mocksville.
She was on her way to Scotland to visit friends, in an area she had grown to love after visits with her father. It was her first trip on her own ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise Record, P.O. Box 99, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.