Heritage of Black Highlanders Collection, UNC Asheville Ramsey Library
Lacy Thomas Haith:  bhcP77.10.4.3.26

Lacy Thomas Haith was born at Elon College, North Carolina. He graduated from high school in Burlington, North Carolina and attended college at the Agriculture and Technical College of North Carolina (now North Carolina A & T State University). There he received the Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Arts. Later he received the Master of Arts degree in Industrial Education at the University of Michigan. He also studied at Ohio State University and Columbia University.

In 1937 Lacy Haith joined the faculty of Stephens-Lee High School, Asheville, North Carolina as a vocational teacher. He remained with the Asheville School System, teaching at Stephens-Lee, South French Broad, and Asheville High Schools, until his retirement in 1972.

Lacy was married to Harriet Haith.  To see their oral history page, go to:  http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/VOA/D_H/Haith_LandH.html