Twelve Notables in Western North Carolina Mini-biographies featuring compelling life journeys, as told to author Jack J. Prather Rev. Dr. Dan Matthews, O.B.E. - Waynesville Priest at Ground Zero on 9-11 / Recipient Order of the British Empire / Chair, Friends of the Smokies Musician David Holt - Fairview Multi-Instrumentalist, Storyteller / Four Grammy Awards, Eight Nominations / PBS-TV, NPR-Radio Host Captain Ray F. West, Jr., USNR, Ret. - Flat Rock Founder-President Moldova World Children's Fund / UNCA 2006 Taylor Distinguished Alumnus Award Judge Harry C. Martin - Biltmore Forest Former NC and Cherokee Supreme Court Justice / Honorary Cherokee / 2010 Liberty Bell Honoree Olson Huff, MD, FAAP - Black Mountain Former President NC Pediatric Society / Founding Medical Dir., Mission Children's Hospital, Asheville Glenis Redmond - Asheville Mountain Xpress Hall of Fame Poet / Third in National Poetry Slam / Kennedy Center Teaching Artist Douglas M. Orr, Ph.D. - Black Mountain President Emeritus Warren Wilson College / Author / Musician / Order of the Long Leaf Pine Award Billie Ruth Sudduth - Bakersville Basket Artist / Smithsonian Collection / 1st Woman NC Living Treasure / Order of Long Leaf Pine Award Matthew J. Hayes, M.D., Ph.D., FACEP - Hendersonville Pioneer National Emergency Medical Services / Co-Founder American College of Emergency Physicians Joe S. Epley, APR - Tryon Global Leader Public Relations Profession / UNC Journalism School Hall of Fame / Order of Long Leaf Pine Richard Ritter - Bakersville Glass Art Master / NC Living Treasure 2011 / Governor's Award for Volunteer Service as Fire Chief Julyan Davis - Asheville Nationally Recognized Painter of Southern Art / Gallery Shows on East-West Coasts and Europe Portion of book proceeds dedicated to Young Writers Scholarship Fund Future Now Publishing.com (est. 1986)