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KNOTT
COUNTY HALL OF FAME
Alice Geddes Lloyd
Alice Geddes Lloyd (1873-1962), the founder of Alice Lloyd college,
was a
native of New England. She left her wealthy family in Boston
in 1916 suffering
from spinal meningitis which left her permanently crippled to come
to Knott
County for health reasons. She did not come to start a school,
but began one
at Ivis (Mallie) in 1916. She went to Caney Creek (now called
Pippa Passes)
and started a school on land provided by Abisha Johnson. In 1919 the
elementary
school added a high school and in 1923 a two year college was added.
The
Caney Creek Community Center she began was more than a school as it
offered
out-reach programs. She directed the school through tough and
lean times.
Shortly after her death in 1962, the board of trustees of Caney
Creek Junior
College named the school after Miss Lloyd.
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