Sallie Duke Drake Twitty

Sallie Duke Drake Twitty (July 28, 1835 – July 26, 1923) was an American schoolteacher and school administrator. She served as lady principal at Oxford Female Seminary in Oxford, North Carolina for forty-six years.

Early life Twitty was born on July 28, 1835, at Fitts Place, her maternal family's home in Warren County, North Carolina, to Matthew Mann Drake and Winnifred Fitts Drake. She was educated in private schools in Oakville and Warrenton before studying at the Warrenton Female College.

She retired from teaching on May 25, 1915, at which time a portrait of her was presented to Oxford Female Seminary by the senior class.

Personal life and death She married John Eldridge Twitty, a corporal in the Confederate States Army, on December 31, 1862. Her husband was later promoted to the rank of sergeant but was wounded during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House on May 12, 1864, and died at Carver Hospital in Washington, D.C. Following her the death of her husband, Twitty remained in black mourning dress for the rest of her life.

Following her retirement in 1915, Twitty lived at the home of George R. Scoggin in Warrenton.

She was a supporter of the Democratic Party and a devout Methodist.

Twitty died on July 26, 1923, at the Scoggin home and was buried next to her husband in the Fitts family cemetery. A Methodist funeral was conducted by Rev. R. H. Broom from Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina.