Piedmont Graduate Training Program for Tuberculosis Nurses
This section of the website provides information on the Piedmont Nurse Graduates. The names on this list correlate with the plaque that is outside the Piedmont Geriatric Hospital that was commemorated in 1978. Through our findings, it is possible that not every graduate nurse's name is on this plaque. To submit information about a nurse associated with the Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium (1918-1967), please use the form linked here. Contact Tom Ewing (etewing@vt.edu) for more information.
Piedmont Nurses (arranged by graduation year; names in blue have links to full profiles)
Click here for alphabetical list of nurses, with links to full profiles
Watts, Grace (1920)
Grace Watts (1889-1922) left Norfolk to attend the Piedmont Nurse Training Program. She graduated in 1920. Two years after completing the program, Grace died of pulmonary tuberculosis after being admitted as a patient at Piedmont. Complete profile is available here.
Janie Walker (1920)
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.
Carrie Powell Cromwell (1921)
Hattie Williams (1921)
Isabelle Chambliss (1922)
Ella Mae Evans (1924)
May Smith Nottingham (1924)
Sudie M. Smith (1924)
Laura V. Williams (1924)
Beulah Carr (1925)
Gladys Louise Alexander Jupiter (1925)
Oliver Wingo Luida (1925)
Ophelia Davis Richardson (1925)
Cassandra Marrell Branch (1926)
Mary Cornick (1926)
Sallie Hunt (1926)
Carrie D. Lively (1926)
Oleatha D. Smith (1926)
Esterleen Dorothy Campbell (1927)
Perlinia Corlick (1927)
Dilcy Anna Gaddy (1927)
Lydia O'Neil Green (1927)
Georgia Elsie Yerby (1927)
Ceclia Narion Blackwell (1928)
Larosa Jones (1928)
Alnerta Virginia Smith (1928)
Dorothy May Swann (1929)
Eilie Ledbetter (1929)
Hazel Smith (1929)
Ollie B. Hill (1929)
Camilla Logan (1929)
Annie B. Hunt (1930)
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.
Amaza Green (1930)
Kathleen Jackson (1930)
Inez M. Thorpe (1930)
Frances Beaver (1931)
Gena Chaney (1931)
Pearl Downey (1931)
Dove Lee Mitchell (1931)
Julia Montague (1931)
Viola Montague (1931)
Julia Terry (1931)
Inez Taylor (1931)
Mama Latta Travis (1931)
Helena Sword (1931)
Leona Sellers (1931)
Mattel Camilla Brown (1932)
Marcele A. Clark (1932)
Ethel Pearl Harris (1932)
Emma Spratley (1932)
Ethel Dorothy Wright (1932)
Hattie Jane Fuller (1933)
Elizabeth Virginia Miles (1933)
Attoweis Nuggins Lester (1933)
Mary F. Breazel (1933)
Flossie M. Parker (1933)
Nettie Cureton (1934)
Eva Davis (1934)
Mary H. Owens (1934)
Nellie G. Arnold (1934)
Lillian H. Hayes (1934)
Pansy Craig (1934)
Willie Mae Davis (1934)
Pearl Wilson (1934)
Annie V. Taylor (1934)
Julia E. James (1934)
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.
Gladys Holmes (1934)
L. V. Watts (unknown)
Frances Beaver-Beale (1935)
Inez Elizabeth Holmes (1935)
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 Priscilla Odom (1935)
Gladys Nelle Humbert (1935)
Alease Edwina Graham (1935)
Irene Lucy Graham (1935)
Mary Adam (unknown)
Mary Priscilla Odom (1935)
Gladys Louise Alexander Humbert (1935)
Aleasa Edwina Graham (1935)
Cora Lee Kirby (1936)
Frances Roberta Thomas (1936)
Addie Mae Tweedy (1936)
Ethel Lee Diggs (1936)
Jean Elizabeth Briscoe (1937)
Pennie Virginia Washington (1937)
Willie Mae Ross (1937)
Geraldine Pheobie Edmunds (1938)
Susie Bernice Ewell (1938)
Vivian Louise Keene (1938)
Ruby Lee Norris (1938)
Mary Susan L. Polk (1938)
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.
Esther Mae Nelson (1938)
Mabel Dawn Shepperson (1938)
Hazel Ruth Stamps (1938)
Mary Alna Winston (1938)
Jessie Ethel Bell (1939)
Rebecca Chavers (1939)
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.
Martha Melvina J. Johnson (1939)
Allee Little (1939)
Althamease E. Murph (1939)
Margaret L. Young (1939)
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 (1940)
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 Beatrice Peterson (1940)
Georgia Peterson, from Norfolk, Virginia, graduated from the Piedmont Nurse Training program in 1940. More information about Peterson is available here.
Eva Jane Wheeler (1940)
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 (1940)
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.
Nannette Lee Stanley (1940)
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 (1940)
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 (1940)
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 (1940)
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.
Annie Leatha Foy (1941)
Dorothy Ruth Moone (1941)
Evelyn Clara Mitchell (1941)
Eradelle Merlyn Conway (1941)
Helen Wheeler Mitchell (1941)
Jessie Mae Johnson (1941)
Ola Mae Bland (1942)
Freda Althea Chapman (1942)
Eulah Pell Gunter (1942)
Ada Elizabeth Mack (1942)
Mary Elizabeth Taylor (1942)
Rebecca Mae Wiggins (1942)
Thelma Brown Williams (1942)
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.
Mildred Juanita Frederick (1943)
Gladys Mae Hamlett (1943)
Bernice Louise Taylor (1943)
Virginia Leigh Smith (1943)
Elinor E. Kelly (1943)
Janet Wilson Cargill (1943)
Josephine E. Penn (1943)
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.
Gladys Mae Jones (1943)
Minnie Gertrude Childs (1943)
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.
Mozelle Scott (1943)
Celestine M. Hodge (1943)
Cora Belle Babcock (1944)
Lillian Leola Denefield (1944)
Sadie Bernice Drew (1944)
Bessie Lee Nicholas (1944)
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
Dorothy Irene Edwards (1944)
Eugenia Claudia Foxworth (1944)
Mary Elizabeth Graves (1944)
Mamie Dell (1944)
Naomi Hatcher (1944)
Louise Etrelyn Heyward (1944)
Louise Thelyn Heyward graduated from the Piedmont Sanatorium Nurse Training School in 1944. She was one of the graduates from this year.
Bernice Virginia Jeter (1944)
Nattie Broone Mickins (1944)
Catherine Louise Pickney (1944)
Mildred Elizabeth Robinson (1944)
Hazel Lee Rose (1944)
Alice Mae Smith (1944)
Sarah Elizabeth Townsend (1944)
Clara Bethel (1945)
Ruby Celestine Hicks (1944)
Margaret Johnson (1945)
Ada Elizabeth Waring (1945)
Evelyn Louise White (1945)
Vera Lee Davis (1946)
Maurice A. Copeland (1946)
Mary Elizabeth Hughes (1946)
Dorothy Grant (1946)
Ruth Glendora Turner (1946)
Essie Louise Williams (1946)
Susie Mae Burks (1947)
Katie Calowise Graves (1947)
Izetta Ruth McCants (1947)
Dorothy Dorothea Middleton (1947)
Lorena Wilson (1947)
Addie Isabell Ames (1948)
Annie Evelyn Brown (1948)
Scottie Mae Brown (1948)
Betsy Zenobia Bynum (1948)
Annie Mae Gailliard (1948)
Althea Irna Jiggetts (1948)
Lena Lenora Johnson (1948)
Ora Beatrice McClure (1948)
Edmonia Cox Richardson (1948)
Bertha Mae Strickland (1948)
Laverne Kathryn Tucker (1948)
Sadie Mae White (1948)
Jeanette Virginia Henderson (1949)
Etta Lathrope Morton (1949)
Ernestine Jones (1949)
Daily Lee Johnson (1949)
Floretta Elizabeth Brown (1949)
Rebecca Thelma Wright (1949)
Pearl Rebecca Gailliard (1949)
Constance Elizabeth Taylor (1949)
Ellen Marionette Foster (1949)
Laurice Viola Brown (1949)
Laurice Brown Johnson from Petersburg, Virginia, was born on March 12, 1929 and entered the Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium in September 1947. After graduating in 1949, one of 1949 Piedmont Sanatorium nurse graduates. From there, Brown graduated from the St. Philip School of Nursing and Virginia Commonwealth University and receiving degrees and certificates in nursing and business administration. She passed away in 2012, after retiring as a registered geriatric nurse. More information about Brown is available here.
Mary Hill (1949)
Louise Helen Ramsey (1949)
Martha Mattye Waring (1949)
Gladys Faith Farrar (1950)
Lillian Fowlkes (1950)
Joanna Fox (1950)
Sarah Elizabeth Harris (1950)
Christine Frances Jackson (1950)
Ellen Delle Wallace (1950)
Dorothy Arlean Wiggins (1950)
Dorothy Mae Ballard (1951)
Ida Mae Berry (1951)
Eddie Mary Cargill (1951)
Eunice Overton Chatman (1951)
Lue Ella Claiborne (1951)
Cora Lee Crowder (1951)
Cora Lee Crowder Tabb, a native of Jarrett, Virginia, was born on April 28, 1928 and entered the Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium in September 1949. After graduating in 1951, Crowder went on to train at the St. Philip School of Nursing in Richmond, Virginia. She passed away in 2007. More information about Crowder is available here.
Mary Ellen Drummond (1951)
Zelma Louvester Gooknope (1951)
Zelma Louvester Gooknope (1951)
Carlithia Dalphne Hunter (1951)
Elisabeth Ethel Johnson (1951)
Mary Maggie Johnson (1951)
Lorena Nelson (1951)
Arlethia Meredith Ricks (1951)
Bernice Arnitha Ross (1951)
Bernice A. Ross was born on November 19, 1931. She completed the Piedmont Nurse Training Program in 1951. She worked as a local registered nurse at the University of Virginia Hospital staff. She eventually left to work at Indiana University Medical Center at Indianapolis where she also pursued a B.S. degree in nursing education. She was buried at Quantico National Cemetery in 2013. More information available from the profile linked here.