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"Norwood Women" from Norwood Creech

“Norwood Women” an exhibition of portrait and landscape paintings by three generations of women, descendants of the Norwood family of Perry, Houston County, Georgia, USA. Included are traditional oil portraits of historical figures of the American South by K. Doyle Ford (1910-1993), Memphis,... more

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Unveiling of portrait of General Courtney Hicks Hodges (1887-1996) painted by Mrs. Kathleen Doyle Ford, June 17, 1950
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  • Unveiling of portrait of General Courtney Hicks Hodges (1887-1996) painted by Mrs. Kathleen Doyle Ford, June 17, 1950, 1950

(Left) Engraved invitation to the unveiling of a portrait of General Courtney Hicks Hodges (1887-1996) painted by Mrs. Kathleen Doyle Ford, June 17, 1950, at the Perry Library, Perry, Georgia.

General Hodges, also a Norwood, was known for his prominent role in World War II, in which he commanded the U.S. First Army in Northwest Europe.

(Right) Press release photograph from the unveiling of General Hodges portrait, Mrs. Mary ‘Mamie’ Norwood Doyle, mother of K. Doyle Ford (left), Millicent Ford, daughter of K Doyle Ford (center), and Mrs. K. Doyle Ford. Perry, Georgia newspaper.

K. Doyle Ford is the mother of Millicent Ford Creech, and maternal grandmother of Norwood Creech.