Reception for all of the honorees is this Sunday
The Randolph Society Foundation Board is pleased to announce that Don and Margret Wiley, historical preservationists and educators, will be inducted into the 2025 class of honorees.
Margret Baue Wiley was born at her parents’ farmhouse in rural Sparta in 1927. Her family had deep roots in Randolph County, and that family history was fascinating to Margret from an early age. With her younger brothers, she attended the Goddard School, a one-room schoolhouse located about a mile away from the family farm. She developed a love for learning, as well as a passion for the traditional skills and crafts that she picked up while growing up on the farm. She and her brothers often played with children who lived on nearby farms, including the boys of the Wiley family.
For more on the Wileys, please see this week’s print edition.