Janie Walker from Portsmouth, Virginia, was one of two women who entered the Piedmont nurse training program when it began in fall 1918. She graduated from the program in spring 1920, in a graduating class of two, and took up a position as a school nurse in Portsmouth. Her name is listed on the plaque posted at Piedmont Geriatric Hospital.

Annie B. Hunt graduated from Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium in June 1930. Hunt returned to Lynchburg after graduation and worked as a nurse in a city clinic. Hunt died in1987. More information about Hunt is available from her profile.

Julia E. James was born on February 3, 1908 , in Richmond. She graduated from St. Phillip's Hospital Nursing program and then took a postgraduate course at Piedmont Sanatorium in 1934. James enlisted in the US Army Nurses Corps, serving in World War Two. James passed away in 2001. More information about James is available here.

Inez Elizabeth Holmes was born in 1915 in Norfolk, Virginia., and entered the Piedmont Sanatorium Program after working as a seamstress and graduating from Booker T Washington High School. After graduating fro Piedmont in 1935, Holmes entered the UA Army Medical Corps and served in World War II. More information about Holmes is available here.

Mary Susan L. Polk was an alumna of he A.T. Wright High School. She graduated from Piedmont Sanatorium in May 1938. She was one of the nine graduates of this class.

Rebecca Chavers graduated from Piedmont Sanatorium in May 1939. She was one of the six graduates of this class. She moved to Richmond, Virginia after she graduated.

Margaret L. Young graduated from Piedmont Sanatorium in May 1939. She was one of the six graduates of this class. She went on to St. Phillips for more education.

Hera Naomi Bishop was born on July 14, 1919, in Portsmouth, and entered Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium in September 1938. After graduating in 1940, Bishop enlisted in the US Army, serving in World War Two. Bishop died in 1993, after serving in the Army Staff College. More information about Bishop is available here.

Georgia Peterson, from Norfolk, Virginia, graduated from the Piedmont Nurse Training program in 1940. More information about Peterson is available here.

Eva Jane Wheeler was born on July 19, 1916, in Hot Springs, Virginia. Wheeler died in 2009 in Illinois; her grave marker at Arlington National Cemetery lists her military service and rank. More information about Wheeler is available here.

Josephine Stokes was born on December 29, 1919 in Alexandria, Virginia, and graduated from the Piedmont Nurse Training Program in May 1940. Josephine Stokes Ragland died in 1989, and is buried at Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, in the Maryland suburbs of Washington DC. More information about Josephine Stokes is available here.

Nanette Stanley was born in 1915 in Norfolk, Virginia, to parents Losandus, a laborer, and Nannie Stanley. Nannette Stanley graduated from the Piedmont Training Program in 1940, and married John Vaughter. Nanette Stanley Vaughter died in 1981 and is buried in Crewe, Virginia. More information is available here.

Florence Virginia Brown was born on February 8, 1920, in Hopewell, Virginia. Brown entered the Piedmont Nurse Training Program in September 1938 and graduated in May 1940. More information about Brown is available here.

Eddie Mae Shirley was born in Jackson, Mississippi, in April 1918, and graduated from the Piedmont Nurse Training Program in May 1940. After working as a nurse in Detroit and then Jackson, Eddie Mae Shirley Romans died on November 5, 2001. More information about Shirley is available here.

Mary Carolyn White was born in Allegheny County, Virginia, on November 25, 1918, to parents Jesse White, age 27, and Easter Hull, age 27. Mary White graduated from Piedmont Training Program in May 1940, and died on May 3, 2001, in Covington, Virginia, her birthplace. More information is available here.

Thelma Brown Williams completed the Piedmont Nurse Training Program in June 1942. She entered the US Army in August 1942 and served in world war two and Korea. She was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in 2004. More information available from the profile linked here.

Josephine Penn graduated from the Piedmont Sanatorium Nurse Training in 1943. She was one of the eleven graduates from this year. She went on to marry S/Sgt. Virgil R. Gordon in 1946. She then resigned from her position at Piedmont Sanatorium and moved to California with her husband.

Minnie Gertrude Childs graduated from the Piedmont Sanatorium Nurse Training in 1943. She was one of the eleven graduates from this year. She passed away in 1947 from pulmonary Tuberculosis at Piedmont Sanatorium.

Bessie Lee Nicholas was born in Doswell, Virginia, and graduated from the Piedmont Nurse Training Program in May 1940. After working as a nurse in St. Phillips Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, Bessie Lee Nicholas died on September 18, 2007. More information about Bessie is available

Louise Thelyn Heyward graduated from the Piedmont Sanatorium Nurse Training School in 1944. She was one of the graduates from this year.