Ray Belcher

The authors themselves are legendary locals. Ray Belcher, a Greer native, has been an educator and local historian for 37 years. Joada P. Hiatt, retired from the Greer Branch Library, is known locally as an oral storyteller who has enchanted children and adults alike with tales. The authors have written two other books: Greer: From Cotton Town to Industrial Center and Greer, in the Then & Now series.

The authors themselves are legendary locals. Ray Belcher, a Greer native, has been an educator and local historian for 37 years. Joada P. Hiatt, retired from the Greer Branch Library, is known locally as an oral storyteller who has enchanted children and adults alike with tales. The authors have written two other books: Greer: From Cotton Town to Industrial Center and Greer, in the Then & Now series. See less