Carl Rowan [SEP] place of birth
Carl Rowan
Carl Thomas Rowan (August 11, 1925 – September 23, 2000) was an American government official, journalist and author.
Background.
Carl Rowan was born in Ravenscroft, Tennessee, the son of Johnnie, a cook and cleaner, and Thomas Rowan, who stacked lumber. He was raised in McMinnville, in that state. Rowan was determined to get a good education. He graduated from Bernard High School in 1942 as class president and valedictorian. He studied at Tennessee State University (1942–43)
music legend born just outside McMinnville. Macon would go on to move to Nashville in 1884. A memorial at the Warren County Courthouse memorializes his birth and is built of brick from the home of his birth.
- Dinah Shore grew up in McMinnville, where her family moved in 1924 and her father owned a department store.
- Carl Rowan, United States government official, journalist and author was raised in McMinnville. Born in Ravenscroft in 1925, he worked in the nurseries of McMinnville, hoeing bulbs as a teenager