A Walk Through Saluda, NC with Betty Anna Thompson Brown

Take a walk through Saluda, NC via the memory of Betty Anna Thompson Brown, a local Saluda girl. She is the daughter of Richard and Atlas Johnson Thompson, Jr. and granddaughter of local builder Luther Thompson and Alice Cantrell Thompson. She graduated from Saluda High School, Brevard College, Appalachian State and Western Carolina, with degrees in radio, television and criminal justice. She met her husband Joe Brown at a local basketball game. She was an English teacher for 45 years and her husband retired from Bigelow-Sanford after 51 years.

[@victoriabanks3098]

I had Betty Brown in high school English 3 years running! What an incredible woman. RIP Betty.

[@kathygriffin3387]

What a delight to hear Mrs. Brown’s hometown memories. Saluda is a real town Mayberry!

[@markwhichard6332]

Rip Betty, love you so much! Betty Anna Brown 1928-2021 💔💔💔

[@jimkirkpatrick7021]

So much enjoyed this from my one of my favorite teachers! Many thanks Betty Brown!

[@00jamiejohnson00]

martha ashely s was my dads and my 1st grade teacher in saluda.

[@00jamiejohnson00]

we had our own telephone company up til the early 90s you would pick up to make a call and have to tell one of your neighbor to get off the phone if they were holding up the line too long. they were called party lines