Person

Williams, Vinnie

1920

Vinnie Williams was born near Charleston, SC. Her maiden name was Ahlsweh. In 1937, she entered Florida State College for Women, now Florida State University, and majored in journalism. The publisher had been a successful short story writer, a best-selling novelist, and freelanced for two city newspapers. She bought the Oconee Enterprise in 1986. in 2014, when she was 94 years old and working at the weekly five days a week, she was named to the Gold Club of the Georgia Press Association for 50 years in journalism)