Gov. Roy Cooper evokes Woody Durham in declaring June Aphasia Awareness Month

Posted Jun 7, 2017
Gov. Roy Cooper was among the thousands in this state who came of age to the familiar soundtrack of Woody Durham’s voice on the radio. Durham, the longtime play-by-play voice of UNC football and men’s basketball games, visited the governor’s mansion on Wednesday while Cooper signed a proclamation designating June Aphasia Awareness month in North Carolina. (Durham Herald-Sun)

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