Rock Creek Jersey Dairy

Date: 1928 [unknown]
Location: Whitsett, Guilford, North Carolina

History

Rock Creek Jersey Dairy, commonly called Rock Creek Dairy was a dairy farm located on Rock Creek Dairy Road in Whitsett, North Carolina. It was incorporated in 1928 with with E.D. Broadhurst and G.G.Gibson of Greensboro and Alfred W. Pugh of Gibsonville as stockholders.^[1] It was owned and operated by the Gibsonville Development Company.

1937 Aerial Photo

The dairy was located off U.S. Highway 70 on Rock Creek Dairy Road.

At the beginning, the dairy used gray, horse-drawn carraiges to delivery milk.^[2]

Employees

• C.B. Amick Jr. - Manager (1941)
• Ernest Murphy Andrews (abt.1916-2013)
• Cletus Elbert Doby (1928-2017)
• Floyd Monroe Doby Sr. (1930-1989) - Milked cows^[3] Made and bottled chocolate milk.^[2]. He would have to go to work at the dairy everyday before going to school in Gibsonville.^[3]
• Hardin Wayne Doby (1920-1970)
• Marley Napoleon Doby (1925-2013) - Milked cows.
• Troy Lee Doby Sr (1910-1989)
• Troy Lee Doby Jr (1936-2016)

Research

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Sources

1. ↑ Excerpt from the Greensboro Daily News, between 26 Jan 1928 and 1 Feb 1928 (top of page 2).]
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Personal memory shared by Frank Doby (Frank Doby) with Allan Capps.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Personal memory shared by Kim Doby (Kim Doby) with Allan Capps.