Bob Floyd was educated in Caldwell County, attending Lower Creek Elementary, East Harper, Davenport Junior High, and graduating from Lenoir High School in 1969. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from North Carolina State University, then worked in the furniture industry until he returned to Caldwell County in 1975 to begin his career in financial services.

Bob continued his education as a financial advisor, earning numerous professional designations, including Chartered Life Underwriter, Chartered Financial Consultant, and Accredited Estate Planner. His successful family business, The Floyd Group, provides employee benefits and retirement plans for companies of all sizes.

Bob Floyd has been very involved and active in community service organizations in Caldwell County. He has served as a Board Member and Chair of the Caldwell County Chamber of Commerce, the Economic Development Commission of Caldwell County, and Caldwell Memorial Hospital. Bob serves on the board of Caldwell 20/20, CMH Foundation, and the Coffey Foundation. Bob is the Mayor of the Village of Cedar Rock and serves as an officer on the Executive Committee of the Western Piedmont Council of Government.

Following a Chamber of Commerce initiative, Bob was a founding member and served as the first President of the Education Foundation of Caldwell County. He was instrumental in building the organization into a powerful and effective resource to support students and teachers in Caldwell County Schools.

Bob has been recognized for his support of education and community service with several awards and honors, including the L A Dysart Man of the Year Award; the Herman Anderson Economic Development Award; the CCB Gold Apple Award; and the Order of the Long Leaf Pine presented by the Governor of North Carolina.

Bob and his wife Susan Cross Floyd have two children and five grandchildren, with the entire family educated in the Caldwell County School System.

Mary Hood Thompson was born on August 11, 1919, in Caldwell County, North Carolina. She graduated from Lenoir High School in 1937 and enrolled in Mrs. Earl Tote's Business College. In the same year, she became employed as the secretary to the first Probation Officer in Caldwell County, and that began her journey of 38 years of courthouse service.

On July 11, 1941, she married Lander Thompson and followed her husband to clerk's jobs in Asheville and then to Fayetteville, where he served in the United States Army at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. On her first day's return to Lenoir.

In 1946, she secured a position with Clerk of Superior Court Fred Hoover. After his retirement in 1951, she became the Assistant Clerk to Clerk of Superior Court Walter Sullivan, who died in office in 1965 and Mary Hood Thompson was appointed by Judge James C. Farthing to fulfill the remaining two years in his term of office.

Due to her unparalleled service and popularity in the clerk's office, Mary Hood Thompson was the first female Clerk of Superior Court elected in North Carolina, serving four terms as the Caldwell County Clerk of Superior Court from 1967 to 1980. She became a mainstay in the local Democratic Party and was the only Democratic candidate elected to office in two separate elections. Her dependable and trustworthy character influenced the formation of the Clerk of Court position and since her tenure, only women have been elected to this office in Caldwell County.

After her retirement, she and Lander enjoyed their family of two children, Mary Thompson Miller and Mike Thompson, and their four grandchildren.

Born in Lenoir to Paul and Brenda Knight, Gregory Knight began playing the piano when he was four, with his mother's guidance. He began private lessons at age eight, and by the time he was eleven, he was studying piano with Professor Thelma Rast at Lenoir-Rhyne College and playing for his local church. He attended Hudson High School and South Caldwell High School from 1976-1980 where he participated in both concert band and chorus every year. He served as president of the chorus during his senior year and was invited by director Robert Love to perform a movement from Grieg's Piano Concerto with his concert band. 

After graduating from high school, Gregory attended Lenoir-Rhyne College, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in piano performance in 1983. While in college, he was a recipient of the Hickory Music Club Award, as well as the winner of an eight-state concerto competition. In 2012, he received a Master of Science degree in Software Engineering from East Carolina University. In 2014, Gregory Knight was featured on American Public Media's "Performance Today," the most-listened-to-classical music radio show in America. He was also selected as one of six finalists in the 2016 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs, where he was awarded the Creative Programming Award. Following that event, the City of Lenoir presented him with a Pinnacle Award for lifetime achievement in music. In March 2017, he was invited to perform an all-Chopin recital at the Gasteig Performance Center in Munich, Germany, as part of the Mein Pianoforte Pianomarathon Internationaler Meisteramateure festival.

In 2016-2017, Gregory was invited by WDAV Classical Public Radio to perform and record on Van Cliburn's personal Steinway, as well as give performances at Davidson College and the Charlotte Steinway Piano Gallery for the benefit of their classical music service. His performances have been broadcast many times over the years on WDAV. 

Gregory Knight has performed in Bass Performance Hall and Van Cliburn Recital Hall in Fort Worth, Texas, and as a guest soloist with the Fort Worth and the Western Piedmont Symphony Orchestras. In addition, he performs regularly with a variety of local musical groups, including Puddingstone, the Caldwell Men's Chorus, and Foothills Performing Arts. He has appeared extensively over the years with choral groups, schools, stage shows, and various other soloists and musical groups. 

Cecil E. (Sonny) Viverette is a Randolph County native. His family moved to Lenoir in time for him to start second grade at East Harper Elementary. He also attended Lower Creek School and graduated from Lenoir High School in 1959. He graduated from N. C. State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological and Agricultural Engineering. 

After college and time in the U.S. Army, he went to work for Virginia Electric Cooperative in 1965. He held various positions, and in the late 1970s was assigned to help bring about the merger of Virginia Electric and a neighboring electric cooperative. The resulting Rappahannock Electric Cooperative was incorporated in 1980. Rappahannock is now the largest electric cooperative in Virginia, with service territory stretching from the Chesapeake Bay to the Blue Ridge Mountains. 

Sonny was named President and CEO of Rappahannock and its subsidiary companies in 1988. He served on the board of directors (chair from 1998 -2001) of Old Dominion Electric Cooperative, a three-state generation and transmission entity. He also served on the board of directors of the Virginia, Maryland, Delaware Associations of Electric Cooperatives and on the board of directors of the Better Business Bureau of Central Virginia.

Early on, with the encouragement and support of his wife, the former Frances Lawrence of Durham, Sonny became involved in community service. He was a volunteer firefighter, serving as president and assistant chief. He also founded and was the first president of the Caroline County Volunteer Emergency Units organization. He served in various capacities with his church, in the community, and as chair of the board of directors of the Fredericksburg March of Dimes campaign, the Caroline County Economic Development Corporation, and Hope House, a homeless shelter for women and children. 

Frances and Sonny moved to Hilton Head Island after his retirement in 2004. In 2006 he was appointed to the board of directors of the South Carolina Public Service Authority, the state-owned electric utility. He served until his term expired in 2014. In 2016 he was appointed to the advisory board of Protect Our Power, a Washington, DC group that advocates for national electric grid security. Sonny was an Elder in Hilton Head's First Presbyterian Church and was the Commander of The Hilton Head Sail and Power Squadron. He remains a certified instructor and a Vessel Safety Examiner for the Squadron. Sonny currently serves as Commodore of the Yacht Club of Hilton.