LOUIS CODY SOSSAMON

Gaffney High School Class of 1938

University of South Carolina Class of 1943

Student body president

Blue Key Honor Society

USC’s first AP All-America football player

Publisher of The Gaffney Ledger 1969-1999

Served in Navy from 1943-1945

Past president SC Press Association

Limestone College trustee

USC trustee

Past member of state development board

Awarded first ever SCPA Freedom of Information Award

Diamond Circle Honoree by USC College of Journalism for outstanding contributions to print journalism