On April 15, 1998 a new newspaper hit the streets in Iredell County. The paper was called the Iredell Citizen created, published and edited by Robert “Bob” Plyler. Volume 1, Number 1, began its run with the headline, “Hello Iredell” in large black...
There is an old saying that when an old person dies it’s like a library burning down. That was certainly the case when Troutman’s Jimmy Alley passed away on April 3, 2021 at the age of 91.
I always thought of Jimmy as “Mr. Troutman.” Whenever I...