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Lynn Wells
Lynn Wells Rumley is a historian and politician associated with Cooleemee, North Carolina known for her efforts to preserve the textile history of Cooleemee. Prior to moving to Cooleemee, she was a civil rights activist in Atlanta, Georgia during the 1960s and was a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Southern Student Organizing Committee The Southern Student Organizing Committee (SSOC) was a student activist group in the southern United States during the 1960s, which focused on many political and social issues including: African-American civil rights, opposition to the Vietnam W ... (SSOC), and then a national leader of Students for a Democratic Society and the Revolutionary Youth Movement in the late 1960s. Rumley served as director of the Cooleemee Historical Association / Textile Heritage Center for several decades from 1989 until 2017, and as the mayor of Cooleemee from 1998 until 2021. The previous mayor of Cooleemee and black residents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cooleemee, North Carolina
Cooleemee ( ) , from the North Carolina Collection's website at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2012-09-25. is a town in Davie County, North Carolina, Davie County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 940 at the 2020 census. History Cooleemee Mill Town Historic District and the Foard-Tatum House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.Geography Cooleemee is located at (35.814509, -80.556180). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there were 940 people, 379 households, and 270 families residing in the town.
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