Covington History Generations
Report
Compiled
07/01/2021
Descendents
of: CALVIN COVINGTON. Ref:24410.
Born: around 1848 at North Carolina NC
GENERATION
One
CALVIN COVINGTON. Ref: 24410. Born:
around 1848 at North Carolina NC. Father: not known, Father Ref: 0. Mother: not
known, Mother
Ref:
0. Mar: 8 Dec 1870 at Cleveland, Rowan
Co NC to Wellman, Sarah 24411. (Last
updated: 17/11/2020 16:58:54)
WESTLEY C COVINGTON. Ref: 5530.
Born Apr 1871 at North Carolina NC. Mother: Wellman, Sarah, Ref: 24411
MARY MAGDELENE COVINGTON. Ref:
24412. Born 12 Oct 1883 at North Carolina NC. Mother: Wellman, Sarah, Ref:
24411
GENERATION
Two
WESTLEY C COVINGTON. Ref: 5530.
Born: Apr 1871 at North Carolina NC. Father: Covington, Calvin, Father Ref:
24410. Mother:
Wellman,
Sarah, Mother Ref: 24411. Mar: 12 Jan
1895 at Catawba Co NC to Abernathy, Fannie 24402. Died: 12 Jun 1940 at Catawba
Co NC aged
69. In 1910 Census shown as living in
Catawba NC.(Last updated: 01/04/2001)
ALBERT COVINGTON. Ref: 24403.
Born Mar 1895 at Catawba Co NC. Mother: Abernathy, Fannie, Ref: 24402
PRESTON COVINGTON. Ref: 24404.
Born Dec 1897 at Catawba Co NC. Mother: Abernathy, Fannie, Ref: 24402
MACY COVINGTON. Ref: 24405. Born
2 Mar 1900 at Catawba Co NC. Mother: Abernathy, Fannie, Ref: 24402
DARIE COVINGTON. Ref: 24408. Born
1902- 1903 at Catawba Co NC. Mother: Abernathy, Fannie, Ref: 24402
ELLA RAE COVINGTON. Ref: 24406.
Born 2 Jul 1905 at Catawba Co NC. Mother: Abernathy, Fannie, Ref: 24402
HELON HENRY COVINGTON. Ref: 6690.
Born 18 Jul 1908 at Catawba Co NC. Mother: Abernathy, Fannie, Ref: 24402
WEBSTER COVINGTON. Ref: 24407.
Born 1911- 1912 at Catawba Co NC. Mother: Abernathy, Fannie, Ref: 24402
MARY MAGDELENE COVINGTON. Ref:
24412. Born: 12 Oct 1883 at North Carolina NC. Father: Covington, Calvin,
Father Ref: 24410.
Mother:
Wellman, Sarah, Mother Ref: 24411. Mar:
13 Feb 1904 at Mountain Creek NC to Cornelius, Silonia . Died: 30 Oct 1968 at
Hickory,
Catawba Co NC aged 85. (Last updated:
17/11/2020 16:58:54)
GENERATION
Three
ALBERT COVINGTON. Ref: 24403. Born:
Mar 1895 at Catawba Co NC. Father: Covington, Westley C, Father Ref: 5530.
Mother:
Abernathy,
Fannie, Mother Ref: 24402. (Last
updated: 05/12/2020 12:23:11)
PRESTON COVINGTON. Ref: 24404.
Born: Dec 1897 at Catawba Co NC. Father: Covington, Westley C, Father Ref:
5530. Mother:
Abernathy,
Fannie, Mother Ref: 24402. (Last
updated: 17/11/2020 16:58:54)
MACY COVINGTON. Ref: 24405. Born: 2
Mar 1900 at Catawba Co NC. Father: Covington, Westley C, Father Ref: 5530.
Mother:
Abernathy,
Fannie, Mother Ref: 24402. Mar: around
1922 at Catawba Co NC to Cline, Walter Dermont . Died: 19 Dec 1947 at North
Carolina NC
aged 47. (Last updated: 17/11/2020
16:58:54)
DARIE COVINGTON. Ref: 24408. Born:
1902- 1903 at Catawba Co NC. Father: Covington, Westley C, Father Ref: 5530.
Mother:
Abernathy,
Fannie, Mother Ref: 24402. (Last
updated: 17/11/2020 16:58:54)
ELLA RAE COVINGTON. Ref: 24406.
Born: 2 Jul 1905 at Catawba Co NC. Father: Covington, Westley C, Father Ref:
5530. Mother:
Abernathy,
Fannie, Mother Ref: 24402. Mar: 4 Apr
1926 at Catawba Co NC to Bly, Garfield . Died: 13 Jul 1992 at North Carolina NC
aged
87. (Last updated: 05/12/2020 12:23:11)
HELON HENRY COVINGTON. Ref: 6690.
Born: 18 Jul 1908 at Catawba Co NC. Father: Covington, Westley C, Father Ref:
5530. Mother:
Abernathy,
Fannie, Mother Ref: 24402. Mar: around
1934 at North Carolina NC to Davidson, Fannie 4570. Died: 7 Feb 1998 at
Salisbury,
Rowan Co NC
aged 89. Known as Henry.(Last updated:
01/04/2001)
HAROLD DOUGLAS COVINGTON. Ref:
5529. Born 7 Mar 1935 at Winston-Salem, Forsyth Co NC. Mother: Davidson,
Fannie, Ref: 4570
WEBSTER COVINGTON. Ref: 24407.
Born: 1911- 1912 at Catawba Co NC. Father: Covington, Westley C, Father Ref:
5530. Mother:
Abernathy,
Fannie, Mother Ref: 24402. (Last
updated: 05/12/2020 13:29:15)
GENERATION Four
HAROLD DOUGLAS COVINGTON. Ref:
5529. Born: 7 Mar 1935 at Winston-Salem, Forsyth Co NC. Father: Covington,
Helon Henry,
Father Ref:
6690. Mother: Davidson, Fannie, Mother Ref: 4570. Mar: 14 Jun 1958 at U.S.A. to Mitchell,
Beatrice 4738. Died: 27 Jun 2012
at Alabama
AL aged 77. Academic Administrator.
Bachelor of Science, Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio 1957; Master
of
Science,
Ohio State University 1958, Ph D, 1966.
Formerly
psychologist Dayton (Ohio) Public Schools; Supervisor, testing and research
Gary, Indiana Public Schools; Assistant Supervisor
for
curriculum Public Schools, Saginaw, Michigan; Deputy Superintendent Schools
& Public Schools, Montclair, New Jersey; Vice
President
Development Affairs Tuskegee Institute; Chancellor Winston-Salem (N.C.) State
University, 1977-84; President Alabama A&m
University,
from 1985; Assistant to Chancellor Tennessee State Board of regents, Nashville;
Interim President, Shelby State Community
College,
Memphis from 1989; Adjudicating Professor & Lecturer at various
Universities & Colleges; Board of Directors ARC, North
Carolina
Theatre Arts; Trustee National Council Economic Education; Member N.Carolina
Medical Care Commissioners; Advisory Board
Office for
Advancement of Public Negro Colleges; Member of Advisory Committee Department
of Training & Development United Negro
College
Fund; Vice Chairman Public Services Area United Way Campaign. Recipient of
awards from various orgaisations, including
NAACP,
National Council Negro Women, Alpha Phi Alpha, Phi Delta Kappa, National
Council Exceptional Children, & Saginaw Model
Cities
Policies Board, plus others. Member of Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce
(Director), Ammerican Association State Colleges
&
Universities (Board of Directors) and of the Rotary Club (Winston-Salem).
Office at Shelby State Community College, Office of President,
P.O. Box 40568, Memphis, Tennessee 38174.
A native of
Winston-Salem, N.C., Dr. Douglas Covington is a graduate of Central State
University and holds both Master's and Ph.D.
degrees
from Ohio State University. He was previously president of Cheyney University
in Pennsylvania, the nation's first historically Black
educational
institution. Covington also served as chancellor at Winston-Salem State
University and president of Alabama A&M University.
Before he
was appointed by a unanimous Board of Visitors vote, Dr. Covington gained
widespread support from all university
constituencies
during a series of interviews and open forums on campus. Dr. Covington also was
awarded tenure jointly in the departments
of
psychology and special education and the faculty rank of professor of
psychology and education. He favors a student-centered approach
to
administration. His wife, Beatrice, is a native of Dayton, Ohio, and enjoys an
active career as an educator, mentor to students and
supporter
of the arts. They are the parents of two adult sons, Anthony Douglas and
Jeffrey Steven.
Inaugural
Address by Dr. Douglas Covington, Radford University, September 29, 1995
Rector
Waldron and other members of the Board of Visitors; Secretary Sgro, and other
outstanding elected officials; President Dedmon;
distinguished
clergy and other platform associates; dedicated colleagues on the faculty and
staff; loyal students and alumni; honored
guests;
ladies and gentlemen:
I wish to impress on each of you my sincere
gratitude for your warm words of welcome and encouragement. Because we share a
common
commitment
to the development of potential for leadership and service, I am heartened by
your presence, as well as your expression of
support on
this occasion. I am particularly pleased to see so many of our students in
attendance today. Thank you for coming! And to our
University
choir and our other talented musicians, I applaud you for your marvelous gift
of song! And I commend the several gifted artists
who
composed musical selections to commemorate this inauguration. I also salute the
ROTC color guard for presenting the colors with such
precision.
I come
before you now to accept the charge, the enormous challenge, and the distinct
privilege of leading Radford University into the future. I
have sworn before this assembly, the Almighty
God, the same solemn oath taken by each of my four predecessors. But the
significance of
this
inaugural event extends beyond the installation of a fifth president. It is
time of celebration and dedication. In celebrating the anniversary
of Radford
University's founding, its proud history will be observed henceforth through an
Annual Founder's Day Convention on the eve of
Homecoming
Weekend. And so it is a time for reunion and remembrance … an appropriate time
for some reflection upon our university …
what a
past, and present, and to come.
Naturally,
what is to come cannot be anticipated wholly apart from what has been. Nor
would we have it so. In order to understand the
present and
plan for the future, we must recall our history. Traditions built over time
will not be forgotten as we approach a new millennium. In
1910, legislation was enacted by Virginia's
General Assembly which established the State Normal and Industrial School at
Radford,
presently
Radford University. In the course of the past 85 years, its emergence as a
vibrant, full-service university of superior quality has far
exceeded
anyone's dreams.
The
university's evolution supports the view that great accomplishments often have
humble beginnings. Who in 1910 could have envisioned
what
surrounds us this afternoon? Some 8,700 students are here. A careful blend of
historic and modern structures grace this scenic
campus of
177 acres in the heart of out progressive city … a city known for its civic
pride and friendly people. Selu, the University's
conservancy,
offers an additional 376 acres located five miles from the main campus. It is
an invaluable outdoor educational resource which
accommodates recreational activities, field
studies in the environmental sciences, and a retreat for the creative arts. We
stand at the
entrance of
a recently expanded library with holdings of more than 400,000 volumes, and
adjacent to a newly completed facility which
houses many
of the university's administrative, financial and enrollment management
services.
While the
details of this picture were not foreseen in the institution's formative years,
neither is it accidental. It represents the aspirations,
talent and
perseverance of earlier leadership. It is they and their associates who made it
all possible. So, I take this opportunity to pay
tribute to
those whom I am privileged to follow: Dr. John Preston McConnell, Dr. David W.
Peters, Dr. Charles K. Martin Jr., and most
recently,
Dr. Donald N. Dedmon who, along with Mrs. Dedmon, honors us with his presence
here today. The long successful tenure of each,
distinguished
by effective and dedicated presidential leadership, has elevated our university
to successively higher levels of attainment and
prominence.
There is at least one other whose name should not be omitted from the list of
notables … one who gave much of her life to this
institution.
Let us not forget Dr. M'Ledge Moffett. The consummate Dean of Women, she served
Radford College with steadfast loyalty and
uncommon
devotion from 1913 until her death in 1969. No one served the college longer,
knew its students better, or loved them more than
Dean
Moffett.
I am fully
aware of the noble, relentless quest for excellence by these outstanding
educators … dreamers, torch bearers, courageous
leaders
whose distinct personalities and contributions have left such a profound and
lasting imprint on Radford University. My primary
objective
is to uphold the high standards of my predecessors, and to build upon their accomplishments.
Therefore, I commence my tenure
with a keen
sense of anticipation and enthusiasm … but also with humility, because I have
an appreciation for the precedents set by others
who have
led this institution. And I have a healthy respect for the expectations, the
demands and the challenges immediately and in the
coming
years. In a real sense, this gathering marks the dawn of a new era for Radford
University, and we can add another chapter in the
writing of
its history. Let the record show that an alliance is formed between the best of
those who represent its past, present, and future,
and who now
come together as partners in progress.
If, today,
I were granted one inaugural wish for you and me, I would be tempted to wish
that it could always be Homecoming in 1995 at
Radford,
and that we could be here together. Yet, this University is not a static
entity, but a robust, dynamic enterprise. Its change is not only
inevitable,
but desirable as well; for without change, there can be no progress. So let us
not merely expect it and accept it as a
consequence,
let us also create it and manage it … Manage it in ways that move the
university in positive directions.
When an
institution is motivated by excellence, success follows … Any progressive
organization must make a bold decision (and reaffirm it
daily) to
strive for excellence rather than tolerate mediocrity. A decision to pursue
excellence is to follow a hard, demanding master; and, to
believe
otherwise is to be deceived. Matthew Arnold cautions us that "excellence
dwells among rocks hardly accessible, and it would
almost wear
out the heart of a man to reach her." These words convey truth and meaning
for this institution, and for those who support and
care for
it. Yet, Radford University's commitment to the pursuit of excellence is
clearly evidenced in a number of eminently successful
academic
programs … some of which can and should become pre-eminent. In that regard, our
university must establish undisputed centers
of
excellence in the health sciences (with emphasis on fitness and wellness); the
visual and performing arts (offering independent study and
enrichment
programs for artistically talented students); international education (an
interdisciplinary program which promotes cultural
exchange
and international trade); economic development, specializing primarily in
serving small and medium-size businesses; and of
course
teacher preparation, one of this institution's historic strengths, yet one
which presents new challenges in contemporary and future
society.
JEFFREY STEVEN COVINGTON. Ref:
5532. Born after 1959 at U.S.A.. Mother: Mitchell, Beatrice, Ref: 4738
ANTHONY DOUGLAS COVINGTON. Ref:
5531. Born after 1959 at U.S.A.. Mother: Mitchell, Beatrice, Ref: 4738
GENERATION
Five
ANTHONY DOUGLAS COVINGTON. Ref:
5531. Born: after 1959 at U.S.A.. Father: Covington, Harold Douglas, Father
Ref: 5529. Mother:
Mitchell,
Beatrice, Mother Ref: 4738. (Last
updated: 24/08/2001 18:05:38)
JEFFREY STEVEN COVINGTON. Ref:
5532. Born: after 1959 at U.S.A.. Father: Covington, Harold Douglas, Father
Ref: 5529. Mother:
Mitchell,
Beatrice, Mother Ref: 4738. (Last
updated: 24/08/2001 18:05:38)
GENERATION
Spouses, etc
Sarah COVINGTON. Ref: 24411. Born:
around 1848 at North Carolina NC. Father: Wellman, Father Ref: 0. Mother: not
known, Mother Ref:
0. Mar: 8 Dec 1870 at Cleveland, Rowan Co NC to
Covington, Calvin 24410. (Last updated:
17/11/2020 16:58:54)
Fannie COVINGTON. Ref: 24402. Born:
18 Dec 1871 at North Carolina NC. Father: Abernathy, Henry, Father Ref: 0.
Mother: Vira, Mother
Ref:
0. Mar: 12 Jan 1895 at Catawba Co NC to
Covington, Westley C 5530. Died: 16 Nov 1972 at North Carolina NC aged
100. (Last
updated:
05/12/2020 12:23:11)
Fannie COVINGTON. Ref: 4570. Born:
28 Mar 1913 at Iredell Co NC. Father: Davidson, Agustus, Father Ref: 0. Mother:
Byers, Annette,
Mother Ref:
0. Mar: around 1934 at North Carolina NC
to Covington, Helon Henry 6690. Died: 30 May 1992 at Salisbury, Rowan Co NC
aged
79. She was a Plastic Molder.(Last
updated: 05/12/2020 12:23:11)
Beatrice COVINGTON. Ref: 4738.
Born: 25 Feb 1936 at Dayton, Montgomery Co OH. Father: Mitchell, Daniel, Father
Ref: 0. Mother: Mary,
Mother Ref:
0. Mar: 14 Jun 1958 at U.S.A. to
Covington, Harold Douglas 5529. Died: 28 Mar 2005 at Radford City VA aged
69. Known as
Bea. A native of Dayton, Ohio, she enjoyed an
active career as an educator, mentor to students and supporter of the arts.
Buried at
Roselawn
Memorial Gardens, Christiansburg, Montgomery Co VA.(Last updated: 04/12/2020
19:27:04)