Editing Moore County, North Carolina (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Charles E. Brady, Jr.|Charles Brady]] (1951–2006), was raised here. He became a physician, career Navy officer, and NASA astronaut
* [[John Edwards]] (born 1953), politician, US Senator and former presidential candidate was raised here
* [[Jeff Hardy]] (born 1977) and [[Matt Hardy]] (born 1974), brothers, were raised here; they are professional wrestlers currently working in [[All Elite Wrestling]] as [[The Hardy Boyz]]
* [[Mable Parker McLean]] (1922–2012), academic administrator<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Bates |first=Gerri |date=2007 |title=These Hallowed Halls: African American Women College and University Presidents |journal=The Journal of Negro Education |volume=76 |issue=3 |pages=373–390 |issn=0022-2984 |jstor=40034579}}</ref> 
* [[Shannon Moore]] (born 1979), was raised here; he is a wrestler currently working in the [[Independent Circuit]]
* [[Watts family murders|Shanann Watts]] (1984–2018), murdered with her two daughters by her husband Chris in [[Colorado]] in 2018<ref>{{cite web|last=Chapin|first=Josh|url=https://abc11.com/chris-watts-update-parents-news-family/4677948/|title='He's not a monster': Parents of Chris Watts defend son who admitted to killing wife, children|work=[[WTVD]]|date=November 13, 2018|access-date=September 8, 2022|quote=Shanann Watts lived in Moore County when she was younger and attended Pinecrest High School in Southern Pines}}</ref>