FAMOUS MOORESVILLIANS

Click the names below to learn more about these famous Mooresvillians.  Also visit Mooresville Public Library's website.

• LEON ADLER
• RUTH ELLEN COMER
• SAMMY LEE DAVIS
• JOHN DILLINGER
• GEORGE H. FIELDS
• CLIFFORD C. FURNAS
• PAUL HADLEY
• BOBBY HELMS
• REV. DR. FRANK CLAUDE HUSTON
• ROBERT INDIANA
• FRANK INN
• SAMUEL MOORE, FOUNDER OF MOORESVILLE
• JULIA D. NELSON
• ARTHUR C. NEWBY
• JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
• AMOS RUSIE
• CLIFTON WHEELER
  

Sammy Lee Davis (Famous Mooresvillian)

Sammy Lee Davis moved to Waverly, Indiana from California following his junior year to attend Mooresville High School (graduated MHS Class of 1966). After enlisting in the U.S. Army, he distinguished himself in combat service in Vietnam and, on November 19, 1968, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor by President Lyndon B. Johnson (see the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Monday, November 25, 1968, pp. 1611-12, 1614). Davis has an autobiography available to checkout from our Evergreen Indiana catalog.

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Sergeant Sammy L. Davis, Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient (1968)

President Lyndon Baines Johnson  (far right) awards the Congressional Medal of Honor to (L to R): Gary G. Wetzel, Dwight H. Johnson, Sammy L. Davis, James Allen Taylor, and Angelo J. Liteky (November 19, 1968)

Photos From Sammy Davis Book Signing

Here are a few photos from last Friday's (June 3, 2016) book signing with Sammy L. Davis, Mooresville High School graduate (class of 1966) and recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor.  Click the images to enlarge.

  Dixie Davis & Sammy L. Davis

L to R:  Dixie Davis, Susan Haynes, David Reddick, Diane Huerkamp, and Sammy L. Davis

Dixie and Sammy Davis have each written books that are available to checkout from our Evergreen Indiana catalog.  Click here and here.

In the photo above, Susan Haynes is the communications director for Mooresville Consolidated School Corporation, which hosted Sammy Davis' speech last Friday evening at his alma mater, Mooresville High School.  David Reddick is Morgan County bicentennial celebration chairperson, and Diane Huerkamp is MPL executive director.

Meet Sammy Lee Davis at MPL

Meet Mooresville High School graduate (class of 1966) and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Sammy Lee Davis on Friday, June 3, 2016 from 2-4 p.m. in the MPL Community Room.

Sammy L. Davis in Vietnam (circa 1967)

Sammy L. Davis in Vietnam (circa 1967)

Sammy L. Davis (right) in Vietnam (circa 1967)

Sammy L. Davis receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor

from President Lyndon B. Johnson (1968)