Jr., '86 – U.S. Circuit Court Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit
Alison Lundergan Grimes, '01 – former Secretary of State of Kentucky
Dustin Burrows, '01 – Texas State Representative, District 83
Jasmine Crockett, '03 – U.S. Congresswoman for Texas's 30th congressional district
==== Literature and the arts ====
Verner Moore White, 1884 – Noted landscape and portrait artist; completed commissions for three U.S. Presidents
Dorothy Jordan, '25 – Stage and film actress; played John Wayne's brother's wife in The Searchers
Carroll Cloar, '34 – Guggenheim Fellow and artist; one of the South's most highly regarded and widely collected artists
Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, '39 – Pulitzer Prize-winning author
Marion Keisker, '39 – former Sun Studios employee, first person to record Elvis Presley
Anne Howard Bailey, '45 – Emmy Award-winning television writer (Adams Chronicles, Bonanza, Lassie)
Mignon Dunn, '49 – Internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano, longtime star of New York's Metropolitan …
