Wake Forest, NC

Wake Forest is located in central North Carolina; it is a suburb of Raleigh, NC.

Tommy Byrne is strongly connected to the town as he studied at the university when it was still located in Wake Forest, then was its mayor and died here.

Persons who died here

• Tommy Byrne, pitcher
• Jim Garland, scout
• Tommy Smith, outfielder

Educational institutions located here

• Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
• Wake Forest High School
• Wake Forest University (formerly)